Top news of the week: 30.08.2022.
Trump officials tried to ‘bully’ FDA over Covid treatments, House panel says
Congressional investigation finds new evidence of efforts to override health decisions early in pandemic
Panel: Trump staffers pushed unproven COVID treatment at FDA
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment , according to a congressional investigation ...
Program providing free home Covid tests to US households is ending
A dispute over who should fund the free kits will leave test sites or insurance reimbursement as the available options
Just a few school districts are imposing coronavirus vaccine mandates
They include D.C and New Orleans.
Florida man found guilty on hate crime charges for attacking Black man
Man was driving when Jordan Patrick Leahy spewed racial slurs and attempted to run him off the road
2 men convicted in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, delivering swift verdicts in a plot that was broken up by the ...
New Polio Outbreaks Worldwide Put Scientists on Alert
Cases of paralysis in the U.S. and Israel suggest vaccine-derived poliovirus has infected many people
Moderna seeks FDA nod for booster shot aimed at Omicron BA.4, BA.5
Moderna Inc on Tuesday sought U.S. authorization for its COVID-19 booster shot tailored against the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron and said if cleared it would be ready to deliver the ...