Category: breaking-news

Unvaccinated Covid Patients Cost U.S. Health System Billions — And They’re Not The Ones Paying For It

Taxpayers, businesses and workers will be paying back some $2.3 billion in Covid-19 hospital expenses from June and July alone that could have been easily prevented with vaccination, new research suggests.

Pfizer And Moderna Rally After FDA Grants Full Approval To Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine

Pfizer climbed 4%, while its German vaccine partner, BioNTech, soared more than 10%.

FDA Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine

The first vaccine to receive this licensing in the U.S., the Pfizer shot has been fully approved for people 16 and older.

Pfizer Booster Significantly Lowers Risk Of Covid-19 Infection Among Elderly, Israeli Data Shows

Some 1.5 million people in Israel have received a third vaccine dose.

Biden Reportedly Considering Tapping U.S. Airlines To Help Afghanistan Evacuations

The Civil Reserve Air Fleet would not fly into Afghanistan but would shuttle evacuees between intermediate bases.

17,000 People Evacuated In First Week Of Airlifts, Pentagon Says

Thousands more Americans—and tens of thousands more Afghans—await rescue.

U.S. Embassy Tells Americans To Stay Away From Airport Due To ‘Potential Security Threats’

The alert was published to the embassy’s website Saturday morning.

State Department Touts New Strategies To Boost Evacuation Numbers

More countries are accepting airlifted Americans and Afghans.

Covid Water Crisis: Orlando Urges Residents To Conserve Water Amid Liquid Oxygen Shortage

Water usage needs to be cut “immediately,” Orlando officials say.

Uzbekistan Deports 150 Afghan Refugees Under Taliban Agreement

The Taliban had reportedly guaranteed their security.