I n January 2020, just weeks before the NBA shut down and Costco shelves emptied and Tom Hanks got sick, Joy Corbitt’s only brother died in his mid-forties with symptoms of Covid. Which meant, from the pandemic’s earliest days, Joy was taking no chances. She’d heard that Black and brown …
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Steve Martin and Martin Short have canceled their comedy shows this weekend in Virginia after the former caught Covid. “Dear Virginia Beach and Richmond. Sadly, I have come down with Covid,” Steve Martin wrote on social media. “I can’t possibly do the shows that you deserve. So Marty and I …
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed today that mRNA vaccines kill people during a tense Senate hearing. The most common Covid-19 jabs, such as those produced by Pfizer and Moderna, are mRNA vaccines. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) asked Kennedy, Donald Trump’s top health regulator, about his …
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Donald Trump’s least convincing impersonator, Ron DeSantis, is bringing the president’s attacks on science and the health and safety of children to the Sunshine State. DeSantis’ handpicked state surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, announced Wednesday the state will move to eliminate all vaccine requirements for children to attend public schools. …
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Late last week, Donald Trump realized a dream that he’s had since he was president of the United States the first time: firing the person who informed the world that his economy isn’t as great as he wants to pretend it is. It was a move so comically autocratic that …
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During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — vaccine conspiracy theorist, former presidential candidate, and Donald Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary — answered most questions about his past and his plans for the future by talking in circles about vaccines, Medicare, …
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Last year, Donald Trump and his 2024 staff were worried about U.S. intel suggesting there could be an Iranian plot to assassinate the former and now current American president. Yet, in the waning months of that election, Trump — who survived a separate attempt on his life just before his …
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to “Make America Healthy Again” as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services — petitioned the government to stop use of all Covid-19 vaccines in the heart of the pandemic. Kennedy petitioned the Food and Drug Administration in …
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President Joe Biden is leaving office in a few weeks and — as presidents tend to do — is sharing some self-reflective thoughts in the twilight of his term. Not about the war in Gaza or about his decision to remain in the 2024 race long after it became clear …
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A judge is urging Kiss rockers Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, music manager Doc McGhee, and Kiss’ touring company to consider settling a lawsuit brought by the famed band’s longtime wig stylist over alleged mistreatment on tour. The lawsuit, first filed in February 2023, alleges Kiss deprived plaintiff David Mathews …
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