The season of free COVID tests from the US Postal Service is ending a little before winter does. The dedicated USPS site for ordering free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from the government added an ominous notice on Monday: The site will stop accepting orders for COVID-19 tests this Friday, March 8. USPS/Screenshot by Peter Butler/CNET … Read more
Two and a half weeks after The Washington Post reported that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was preparing to revise its COVID-19 guidelines, the agency finally released its new rules, on Friday. Instead of recommending five days of isolation for people infected with COVID, the CDC now says those with COVID-19 should isolate … Read more
LeoPatrizi/Getty Images Singapore says it has removed personal data collected by its COVID-19 contact-tracing systems, except for information related to a murder case, which will be retained indefinitely. The move comes a year after the country announced plans last February to shut off the tracing systems, following the easing of travel restrictions as the global … Read more
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said that the former U.S. chief medical advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, should “go to prison” over his “dishonesty” in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and lying to Congress. “For his dishonesty, frankly, he should go to prison,” Paul said during a Sunday interview with radio host John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” … Read more
The U.K’s COVID-19 Inquiry into the government’s response to the pandemic picked up again on Wednesday morning. The hearings for the initial stage of the investigation were heard in London in June. Today, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who served as the nation’s leader from 2019 to 2022, was sworn in to give evidence … Read more
The United States Army is telling soldiers kicked out over the COVID-19 vaccine they can come back. The Army missed its recruiting goal by around 25% in 2022. An Army official Gen Z’s distrust in institutions may be causing a recruiting decline. The United States army is having such a difficult time recruiting that it’s … Read more
LONDON — The former top aide to ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday painted a picture of widespread chaos and dysfunction in the U.K. government during the coronavirus pandemic. In keenly awaited testimony to the country’s public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dominic Cummings, a self-styled political disruptor, was withering about many of the … Read more
CANBERRA, Australia — A cruise operator that failed to cancel a voyage from Sydney that led to a major COVID-19 outbreak was ruled negligent in its duty of care to passengers in an Australian class-action case Wednesday. The Ruby Princess ocean liner left Sydney on March 8, 2020, with 2,671 passengers aboard for a 13-day … Read more
Shaquille O’Neal once ballooned to 415 pounds during the Covid-19 pandemic. The LA Lakers’ playing weight was around 325 pounds, which forced him to do a hard reset. Shaq vowed to lose 50 pounds to one day “go topless” on Instagram. He has since been diligently working on that goal despite a hip surgery back … Read more
Gatwick Airport, London’s second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control ByThe Associated Press September 26, 2023, 7:07 AM FILE – Passengers walk into the Departures entrance at the North Terminal of Gatwick Airport near Crawley, just south of London, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Gatwick Airport, … Read more