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With the different variants racing throughout the country, researchers and state representatives state that they need the vaccines to rollout even more quickly. In current labs, the three vaccines approved in the U.S. are showing signs of immunity from the different variants in the U.S. Some…

After 6 women were found to have symptoms of blood clotting after their Johnson & Johnson vaccination, the CDC has called for a pause on the delivery of this vaccine. Dr. Leana Wen, who has taken the J&J vaccine herself, tells the public not to worry for those who have already taken this…

With another rise of gun violence in the country, President Biden calls it “an international embarrassment”. He begins with addressing the increase in ghost guns, which are firearms that are assembled from kits. He calls for changes in administration with the epidemic of gun shootings that kills…

With the most worse season of wildfires in California, Gov. Newsom decides to utilize a $536-million proposal in order to implement various prevention measures, such as vegetation management and reconstruction fire-resistant architecture all across the state. California is expecting another dry…

With the recent events at the Atlanta shooting, the author of this article summarizes statistics on the U.S.’s gun violence. America is labeled to have 32nd highest rate of deaths due to gun violence in the world. Within the U.S., the District of Columbia has the highest rates, Louisiana is the…

This article focuses on how herd immunity percentages can change and “come and go”. First, they note how currently children under the age of 16 years old are unable to take the vaccine, which is about 25% of the population. Fauci states that children will have to wait for their vaccines until…

Last week, President Joe Biden stated that there will be sufficient vaccines for every adult by the end of May. CNN Analyst finds that with the current pace of 2 million doses of vaccinations each day, herd immunity can be reached by the summer. However, this does not include individuals that have…

With about 60 million people having received at least the first dose of the vaccine, there have been new C.D.C guidelines put in place. Fully vaccinated individuals are able to gather in small groups without masks or social distancing indoors. However, they must be in a single household and not…

Johnson and Johnson's Covid-19 Vaccine is identified to be 85% effective overall in all regions where it was experimented. The vaccine is a non-replicating viral vector vaccine that uses adenovirus 26 (a common cold virus vaccine). This J and J vaccine is especially important because it is the…

With more variants of the coronavirus coming to attention, scientists are not shocked but worried for especially four of the variants. These variants are able to spread more easily. Experts worry that these variants, although only having changes to a minor degree, will change to defeat the testing…

With holiday gatherings, there have already been more than 27,000 new Covid-19 deaths in the first 10 days of the new year. Health officials are expecting new records in number of deaths this month. The newly identified more highly contagious variant of the Covid-19 that has been found in at least…

Guidance from the FDA warned that the Curative testing operations have particularly false negative test results. Therefore, the county's health officials have stopped utilization of oral swab tests. The Dodgers Stadium, a testing site using Curative, is confirmed to end testing operations and begin…

As of Sunday, the Covid Tracking Project depicts another record high of 93,238 Covid-19 patients hospitalized across the US. If the rate of cases continues to rise, Gov. Gavin Newsom foresees intensive care unit bed capacity in California to reach 112% by Christmas Eve. In Rhode Island, a doctor…

Moderna has announced 94.1 percent effectiveness in taming the rise of Covid-19 cases, and has applied for authorization of vaccine emergency use. If the vaccine is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, injections can take place even as early as December 21 of this year. This brings…