Public health officials have admitted paying more than 2,500 management consultants up to £3,100-a-day during the height of the pandemic. Lady Jenny Harries, the head of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), told MPs that they were still employing nearly 1,500 private contractors at an average day rate of £1,244 – roughly seven times higher … Read more
The United States eclipsed the grim milestone of one million COVID-19 deaths last week, the first country to reach the mark, and a new study finds that a large portion of these deaths could have been prevented by the vaccines. A report led by Brown University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that around 300,000 … Read more
Meet the glamorous United Australia Party candidate ‘fighting for freedom’ after she was stood down from her teaching job for refusing a Covid-19 vaccine – and what she wants for Australia Juanita Paterson is a glamourous young candidate for United Australia Party Ms Paterson, 23, is ‘fighting for freedom’ this election in the seat of … Read more
foo fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had complained to confidantes about being weary and not being able to tour a full schedule anymore, prior to his death at 50 in March. Multiple sources spoke to RollingStone more than a month after the veteran musician was found dead in a hotel in Colombia March 25, saying that … Read more
Apple has delayed plans to bring workers back to the office three days a week as COVID cases in its home state of California surged once again. The tech company blamed recent Covid-19 surges in California for the delay of the three day a week requirement. Workers must still come in two days a week, … Read more
Jimmy Kimmel reveals John Mulaney and Andy Samberg will fill in for him on his late night show after he contracted COVID-19 again… two weeks after his family came down with the virus Jimmy Kimmel announced he tested positive for COVID-19 again on Tuesday The host, 54, revealed the news in a tweet, confirming he … Read more
Anti-vaxxer Eric Clapton has been forced to cancel part of his European tour after contracting the virus while performing in London. Clapton, 76, who previously claimed he suffered alarming side effects from his Astra Zeneca jabs, will not perform his gigs in Zurich and Milan which were scheduled to take place over the next two … Read more
Children aged five to 11 years old can now get a booster shot of the Pfizer Covid vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. Officials green-lighted the top-up shots for the age group for the first time, saying they offered ‘continued protection against Covid’. The third jabs is to be given from five months … Read more
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers observed that a third messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine elicits a unique antibody response. Study: COVID-19 mRNA third dose induces a unique hybrid immunity-like antibody response. Image Credit: siam.pukkato/Shutterstock Background The appearance of novel variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) with substantial … Read more
North Korea officially claimed zero COVID-19 cases until last Thursday. Now, Pyongyang says 1.2 million people have feverish, COVID-like symptoms, 50 people have died and the entire country is under lockdown. Why it matters: North Korea has a 0% vaccination rate and meager health facilities, and it was already struggling to feed its population. Leader … Read more
