There was a mixed bag of news coming out of the December jobs report released by the Labor Department Friday. The unemployment rate fell to a pandemic low 3.9%, but the United States only added about 199,000 jobs. That’s down from the 210,000 jobs added in November, which in itself was the slowest hiring pace…

The World Health Organization (WHO) had good news and bad news Thursday: the world set a new record for COVID-19 cases in one week, and COVID-19 deaths decreased. The video above shows WHO official reacting to their weekly report on the pandemic, which found there were over 9.5 million new cases around the world last…

Update (Jan. 18, 2022): About two weeks after the Omicron variant of COVID-19 forced changes to the Grammy Awards, Sundance Film Festival and CES gadget show, the Recording Academy announced a new date and time for the Grammys Tuesday. Instead of happening on Jan. 3 in downtown Los Angeles, the show is now set to…

Update (Jan. 11, 2022): Students in Chicago Public Schools returned to class Wednesday, two days after the district reached a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union to adjust the district’s COVID-19 protocols. The deal comes after officials reported insufficient progress on reaching a deal over the past weekend. It includes expanded COVID-19 testing and establishing standards…

After pictures of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) vacationing in Miami surfaced on social media, some right-wing politicos are calling her a hypocrite. Videos show the Congresswoman dining and attending outdoor parties without donning a mask. “If I had a dollar for every lockdown politician who decided to escape to Florida over the last two years, I’d…

Update (Jan. 5, 2022): An advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted Wednesday to approve a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision regarding the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster in kids. That decision, in part, allowed for kids aged 12-15 to get boosted. The CDC panel also said teens should get the…

Update (Jan. 17, 2022): New research from a hospital in Israel released Monday found a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine only provided limited defense against the Omicron variant of the virus. The clinical trial, which looked at more than 270 medical workers who got the fourth dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, found…

According to recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the ongoing spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has lead to a massive spike in child hospitalizations. In the seven-day period from Dec. 21 to Dec. 27, 334 American children went to hospital. That’s a 58% increase compared to the previous week,…

According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, the United States is recording an average of over 265,000 daily COVID-19 cases. That’s the highest average of daily cases since the pandemic began, breaking the old record of 250,000 set back in January. New cases per day have more than doubled over the past two weeks.…

In the days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it has shortened its recommendation for isolation and quarantine following a new COVID-19 case from 10 days to five days, some are questioning the timing of the announcement. Specifically, they note the change came right after airlines struggled to staff flights all…