U.S. Taxpayers Fund $5 Billion Project NextGen to Develop Novel COVID Vaccines and Drugs
Just three months after the Biden administration announced that U.S. taxpayers would fund a $5 billion initiative called Project NextGen to develop “next generation” COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) awarded $1.4 billion in contracts under the program on Aug. 22, 2023. The total includes “$1 billion for […]
U.S. Colleges, Companies Reinstate COVID Mask and Vaccine Mandates
Even though the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency in May 2023, some colleges and companies in the United States have announced they will be reinstating mandates to force people to wear masks and get COVID shots as a condition of getting a college education […]
Study Finds Mask Wearing Reduced the Risk of COVID by Only Five Percent
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, societies throughout the world have been divided on the efficacy of face coverings to prevent influenza or influenza-like-illness (ILI), such as COVID. However, research conducted by the independent Cochrane, a charitable medical research organization based in London, England appears to have put to rest this longstanding dispute. Published earlier this year, […]
One-Third of Adults Polled Think COVID Shots Killed Thousands
A recent poll released by KFF (formerly Kaiser Family Foundation) of San Francisco, California on Aug. 22, 2023 found that one-third of adults in the United States believe that the COVID-19 shots “caused thousands of sudden deaths in otherwise healthy people.” Ten percent of that one-third believe it is “definitely true” that the shots killed thousands […]
EcoHealth Alliance Sued by Families for Funding Chinese Institute Linked to Mutant SARS-CoV-2
Family members of four people who died from COVID-19 are suing the New York-based non-profit EcoHealth Alliance and its president, Peter Daszak, for funding and collaborating with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China. Since 2020, there have been allegations that the Chinese biohazard research facility is responsible for a lab leak that released […]
Congress Launches Investigation into Federal COVID Shot Mandates
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee launched a probe earlier this month into the COVID-19 shot mandates and related policies enacted by the Biden administration in 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is demanding answers about the federal government’s decision to order COVID shot mandates for federal workers […]