Woody Harrelson Spouts Covid Vaccine Conspiracy In ‘SNL’ Monologue

Topline Actor Woody Harrelson spread a conspiracy theory about Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers during his monologue when hosting Saturday Night Live this week, adding to previous eyebrow-raising commen...

‘Shot In The Arm’ Shows How Disinformation Can Be Deadly

A doctor examines a child’s leg, weakened by polio. Nearly eradicated by global vaccination, … [+] poliomyelitis cases are on the rise due to a decline in vaccination rates. Bettmann Archi...

White House Calls Musk’s Tweets About Fauci ‘Incredibly Dangerous’ And ‘Disgusting’

Topline The White House press secretary called Twitter and Tesla head Elon Musk’s tweets attacking National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci “disgusting” and “extrem...

How A Rock Star, A Physician-Legislator, And An Evangelical Senator Bonded To Help End The Global AIDS Pandemic: A Backstory

Three weeks ago, Bono came through Nashville on his book tour for “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.” Following his 2-hour solo performance at the historic Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Gra...

Omicron BQ variants dominant, XBB circulating at low level

A person receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 22, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The omicron ...

Anthony Fauci to give final White House briefing

NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci addresses the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, January 21, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Dr. Ant...

Fauci Says Pandemic-Era ‘Anti-Vaxxer Attitude’ Could Hurt Childhood Vaccination Rates

Topline Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Financial Times he’s worried the vaccine skepticism that surged during the Covid-19 pandemic could affect childhood immunization rates for other viruses and result i...

Fauci Tests Positive For Covid-19

Topline Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tested positive for Covid-19 on a rapid antigen test Wednesday, the National Institutes of Health ...

Dr. Fauci Diagnoses China’s Bad Economic Habits

Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 20, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images Dr. Anthony Fa...

No One Can Keep Up With The Kardashians, And Other WHCD 2022 Takeaways

Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian attend the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at … [+] Washington Hilton on April 30, 2022. Getty Images It’s been a beat since the White ...

Alex Jones Will Be Refunded $75K In Fines After Finally Attending Deposition In Sandy Hook Lawsuit

Topline A judge ruled Friday that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be refunded $75,000 in fines after attending a long-delayed deposition in a trial to determine how much Jones must pay to the Sand...

Fact Checking The Fact Checkers

RUSSIA-MANIPULATED PICTURE-YEZHOV From left to right: Kliment Vorochilov, Vyacheslav Molotov, Josef … [+] Stalin and Nikolai Iejov aka Nikolai Yezhov, pose at the shore of the the Moscow -Volga ...

Anthony Fauci warns not to forget pandemic

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives for a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss the on-going federal r...

Merck’s Anti-Covid Pill Shows Better Effectiveness In Indian Study

Topline Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ Covid-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization by over 65% in a clinical trial conducted by their Indian partner Hetero, the comp...

RFK Jr. Apologizes For ‘Anne Frank’ Comparison At Anti-Vax Rally—As Wife Cheryl Hines Calls Comment ‘Reprehensible’

Topline Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized Tuesday for comments he made at a Sunday anti-vaccine rally suggesting that modern Americans opposed to Covid-19 vaccines have it tougher than Anne Frank did—c...

Bill Maher Uses ‘Masked Paranoid World’ To Describe Covid-19 Situation, Here’s What He’s Got Wrong Again

Bill Maher (center, not wearing a face mask) once again talked about Covid-19 and Covid-19 … [+] precautions during the season premier of his HBO show, “Real Time with Bill Maher.” (...

Pfizer Covid Vaccine For Kids Under 5 Could Be Authorized In The Next Month, Fauci Says

Topline Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine will hopefully be approved  for children under 5 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration “within the next month or so,” White House chief medical adviso...

Pfizer Says Its Covid Antiviral Pill Is Effective Against Omicron Variant

Topline Pfizer released three separate laboratory studies Tuesday showing its antiviral drug Paxlovid is effective at treating the omicron variant of the coronavirus, amid uncertainty over whether som...

It’s an ‘open question’ whether omicron spells Covid endgame

Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Chief Medical Advisor and Director of the NIAID, responds to questions from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on...

Disclosures Show Dr. Fauci’s Household Made $1.7 Million In 2020, Including Income, Royalties, Travel Perks And Investment Gains

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during … [+] a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U...

U.S. Covid Hospitalizations Set New Record — Especially In These States

Topline The number of Americans hospitalized with Covid-19 soared to record levels Tuesday, as the country faces a surge in coronavirus infections driven by the omicron variant — and some states are b...