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More Than 1,000 CDC Officials Ask: Why Bench the CDC During a Pandemic?

In an open letter published this week, 1,044 former and current officers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, a renowned fellowship program that focuses on research and emergency response, expressed concern over the diminished role of the public health agency during the coronavirus pandemic. The letter had one clear demand: Take…

Health Jody Serrano

YouTube Now Says It Will Remove Videos Lying About Coronavirus Vaccines

YouTube announced on Wednesday that it will now be extending current rules about lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic to include misinformation about coronavirus vaccines. Per Reuters, the video giant now says it will prohibit content about coronavirus vaccines that “[contradicts] expert consensus from local health authorities or the [World Health Organization]”—such…

Tech News Tom McKay

AMC Says Its Cash Might Run Out by the End of the Year

Theater chain AMC might be totally broke by the end of 2020 and require “additional sources of liquidity or increases in attendance levels” to survive, the company disclosed in financial filings on Tuesday. AMC wrote that it expects its cash reserves to be “largely depleted” by the end of 2020 or early 2021, given low…

Movies Tom McKay

White House Doctor Says Trump Is No Longer Contagious, But Who Knows Whether He Still Has Covid-19

The White House is more madhouse lately—or at least, more than usual—so it’s important to take what it says with a grain of salt. However, there has been some interesting news coming from its corridors on Saturday: President Donald Trump is apparently no longer contagious for covid-19, the disease he contracted after making questionable decisions…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Trump Plans to Hold Another White House Event, Because What Could Go Wrong, Again?

On Friday, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases chief Dr. Anthony Fauci told CBS News Radio that there was a “superspreader event at the White House”—specifically, the Sept. 26 ceremony in the Rose Garden. The president himself, as well as numerous White House aides and GOP politicians, tested positive for the virus in following…

Health Tom McKay

Every Top U.S. Military Commander But the Marine Corps, Coast Guard Guys Now in Quarantine

All but one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is in quarantine after the vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Monday, CNN reports. The Joint Chiefs of Staff is composed of the chiefs of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and National Guard Bureau,…

Health Tom McKay

Trump Returning to White House to Possibly Infect Remaining Allies

Donald Trump, who disclosed last Friday that he and the first lady had tested positive for the coronavirus, announced his intent to leave Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday and return to the White House. Trump checked into Walter Reed on Friday evening, meaning his stay will have totaled just three days. The…

Politics Tom McKay

Trump’s Flunkies Told CDC to Alter Report on Covid-19 Risk to Children: Report

The novel coronavirus is estimated to have infected at least 7.43 million people in the U.S. and killed nearly 210,000 of them—and the Trump administration has mostly treated it as a political problem rather than one of the most serious health crises to strike the country in decades. The White House in turn has sought…

Health Tom McKay

Here Are a Bunch of Pictures of Donald Trump Taking the Pandemic Seriously

It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. I’m sure that’s what a lot of people were thinking when President Donald Trump announced on Friday morning that he and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, had tested positive for covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. No matter your politics, you can’t help but…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Open Channel: What’s the Trump Tweet Gonna Be?

Early Friday morning, the president—or some anonymous White House goon, it’s not always clear which—tweeted that he and the First Lady have tested positive for the novel coronavirus estimated to have infected at least 2.2 percent of the population and killed at least 208,000 Americans on his watch. This is more or less like if…

Tech News Tom McKay

Folks: He’s Got It

President Donald Trump disclosed via Twitter on Friday morning that he and his wife, Melania, had tested positive for covid-19. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!,” Trump tweeted. The president and his wife will remain at home in the White House, the president’s physician, Sean Conley,…

Health Tom McKay & Dell Cameron

Coal Baron Who Fought to Weaken Black Lung Protections Files for Black Lung Benefits

Bob Murray is many things. The last coal baron. A huge Trump supporter. A climate denier. A big deregulation fan. And now, apparently, an applicant for federal black lung benefits. Ohio Valley ReSource, a cooperative of local journalism outlets in the heart of coal country, reported and confirmed that Murray applied for the benefits managed…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

CDC Director Overheard Trashing Trump’s ‘Herd Immunity’ Guy, Scott Atlas

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention thinks that one of Trump’s top pandemic advisers has no idea what he’s talking about. Reports have indicated for months that the CDC chief, Dr. Robert Redfield, is on thin ice with the Trump administration for contradicting the White House’s brainwashed spin on the pandemic.…

Health Tom McKay

It’s 2020, So of Course a Texas City Is Dealing With a Brain-Eating Amoeba in Its Water System

2020 is so far the year of the novel coronavirus, murder hornets, climate change-induced wildfire hell and now: a brain-eating amoeba. Yes, you read that correctly. On Saturday, the city of Lake Jackson, Texas issued a disaster declaration after it detected the microscopic amoeba Naegleria fowleri in its water systems. Naegleria fowleri is commonly found…

Health Jody Serrano

This Dog Is Learning How to Detect Covid-19

Can man’s best friend lend a hand, or a nose, to the fight against the novel coronavirus? The answer might be yes. There are various ongoing efforts to train sniffer dogs to detect covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. If dogs prove to be reliable in detecting the virus, scientists believe that they could provide…

Health Jody Serrano

Australian Regulators: If You Want to Vape, Get a Prescription

Australia’s muddled laws on vaping are emerging from a dank cloud of confusion: According to a Wednesday report in the Guardian, the country’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has ruled that nicotine will be reclassified as a prescription-only medication in June 2021. Sales of nicotine e-cigarettes and fluids (whether nicotine juices or salts) are already prohibited…

Health Tom McKay

Pentagon Got $1 Billion to Fight Coronavirus, Bought Drones, Jet Parts, and Body Armor Instead: Report

The Pentagon has spent the $1 billion it received through the CARES Act on personal protective equipment, medical gear, and other emergency response supplies to support the nation’s teetering healthcare system. Just kidding, it spent it on fighter jets and body armor. Mask boring; loud thing go boom. Per the Washington Post, the Defense Department…

Politics Tom McKay

Pro-Trump NIH Goon to ‘Retire’ After Being Outed as Prolific Author of Anti-Mask, Anti-Fauci Blog Posts

One of the Trump administration’s flacks at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases secretly trashed the agency under the persona “streiff” for the right-wing blog RedState, according to a Monday report by the Daily Beast. He is now planning to “retire.” The official in question, public affairs specialist William B. Crews, wrote on…

Tech News Tom McKay

Studies Show Far-UVC Light Can Kill Coronaviruses Without Harming Humans

Ultraviolet light can kill microscopic creatures like bacteria and viruses by destroying the molecular bonds in their genetic material. But UV light also damages human DNA, causing eye and skin damage and increasing our risk of cancer. It turns out, though, that there’s a loophole: a specific wavelength of UV light that’s safe for people…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Australian Bushfires Stuck the Country With a $1.5 Billion Medical Bill

Smoke from Australia’s record-breaking 2019-20 bushfire season wasn’t just a disaster for wildlife. The fires and smoke also killed hundreds of people and sent thousands more to the hospital for urgent cardiovascular and respiratory issues, costing the country nearly $1.4 billion in healthcare costs, a new study found. The findings come as the West burns,…

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More Than 1,000 CDC Officials Ask: Why Bench the CDC During a Pandemic?

YouTube Now Says It Will Remove Videos Lying About Coronavirus Vaccines

AMC Says Its Cash Might Run Out by the End of the Year

White House Doctor Says Trump Is No Longer Contagious, But Who Knows Whether He Still Has Covid-19

Trump Plans to Hold Another White House Event, Because What Could Go Wrong, Again?

Every Top U.S. Military Commander But the Marine Corps, Coast Guard Guys Now in Quarantine

Trump Returning to White House to Possibly Infect Remaining Allies

Trump’s Flunkies Told CDC to Alter Report on Covid-19 Risk to Children: Report

Here Are a Bunch of Pictures of Donald Trump Taking the Pandemic Seriously

Open Channel: What’s the Trump Tweet Gonna Be?

Folks: He’s Got It

Coal Baron Who Fought to Weaken Black Lung Protections Files for Black Lung Benefits

CDC Director Overheard Trashing Trump’s ‘Herd Immunity’ Guy, Scott Atlas

It’s 2020, So of Course a Texas City Is Dealing With a Brain-Eating Amoeba in Its Water System

This Dog Is Learning How to Detect Covid-19

Australian Regulators: If You Want to Vape, Get a Prescription

Pentagon Got $1 Billion to Fight Coronavirus, Bought Drones, Jet Parts, and Body Armor Instead: Report

Pro-Trump NIH Goon to ‘Retire’ After Being Outed as Prolific Author of Anti-Mask, Anti-Fauci Blog Posts

Studies Show Far-UVC Light Can Kill Coronaviruses Without Harming Humans

The Australian Bushfires Stuck the Country With a $1.5 Billion Medical Bill

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