WASHINGTON (AP) A U.S. judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction on Friday barring the federal government from enforcing President Joe Biden's requirement that federal workers without qualifying medical or religious exemptions be vaccinated for COVID-19. Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by then-President … [Read more...] about Trump Appointee Blocks Biden Federal Worker Vaccine Mandate
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Pope on COVID Vaccines Says Health Care a ‘Moral Obligation’
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a “moral obligation" and denounced how people had been swayed by “baseless information” to refuse one of the most effective measures to save lives during the pandemic. Francis used some of his strongest words yet calling for people to get … [Read more...] about Pope on COVID Vaccines Says Health Care a ‘Moral Obligation’
New York Teacher Arrested After Being Accused of Injecting Minor With COVID Vaccine
(NBC News) A New York teacher has been arrested for allegedly injecting a minor with a Covid-19 vaccine without the consent of his parents, police have said. Laura Russo, 54, was arrested on New Year's Eve in Sea Cliff after police were informed that she had allegedly injected a 17-year-old boy with a vaccine, the Nassau County Police department said in a news release on … [Read more...] about New York Teacher Arrested After Being Accused of Injecting Minor With COVID Vaccine
‘Terrifying’: China Goes Full Big Brother With Social Media Harvesting and Anti-religion Crackdown Online
(CBN News) China has a new scheme for its sophisticated internet surveillance system that is used to monitor the online activities of its citizens – identifying potential foreign targets by mining information directly from Western social media. After reviewing hundreds of Chinese bidding documents, contracts, and company filings, The Washington Post reports the communist … [Read more...] about ‘Terrifying’: China Goes Full Big Brother With Social Media Harvesting and Anti-religion Crackdown Online
Woman Tests Positive for COVID-19 Mid-Flight, Isolates for 5 Hours in Bathroom
(NBC New York) A Michigan schoolteacher who tested positive for COVID-19 in the middle of a flight to Iceland a few days before Christmas says she ended up voluntarily isolated in the plane's cramped bathroom for the last five hours of the trip to Reykjavik. "It was a crazy experience," Marisa Fotieo told NBC News' Steve Patterson in an interview that aired on TODAY … [Read more...] about Woman Tests Positive for COVID-19 Mid-Flight, Isolates for 5 Hours in Bathroom