The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Biden administration’s rule requiring federal employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 on Thursday.

Sen. Rick Scott used 2021 footage of Dr. Anthony Fauci trying to convince a D.C. resident to get vaccinated to question President Joe Biden’s current pandemic strategy.

The 82 year-old veteran government official and infectious disease expert will officially retire at the end of 2022.

Free COVID-19 tests are being made available again via covidtests.gov.

Many Republicans remain suspicious of the COVID-19 vaccine despite its proven safety and effectiveness.

Kevin McCarthy has pledged that his party will oppose a budget bill funding the Defense Department’s operations next year if a rule supported by the president and military isn’t revoked.

The Biden administration’s strategy calls for a ‘whole of government’ approach to prevent and contain future pandemics.

The New Hampshire Republican falsely blamed an increase in miscarriages on the COVID-19 vaccine.

‘These updated boosters present us with an opportunity to get ahead’ of the next COVID-19 wave, said FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf.

‘A lot of people are going to be happy and a lot of grandparents are going to be happy, too.’

‘We have waited a long time for this moment,’ White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said.

‘Our goal here is to stay ahead of future variants and outbreaks and ensure we do our best to reduce the toll of disease and death due to COVID-19,’ said FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks.

Canadian anti-vaccination truckers have blocked supply chains and shut down cities with their rigs.

At least two dozen Republicans running for Congress this year have spread lies about the coronavirus pandemic, including the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.

No one in any state is actually being denied their right to vote based on their vaccination status.

Republican lawmakers want to override long-standing hospital policies to advantage vaccine refusers.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) said the Canadian truck drivers are defending ‘freedom’ from COVID-19 safety rules.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) thinks he has done ‘a really good job,’ even with an approval rating of 36%.

Five Senate Republicans are backing a bill to lift vaccine requirements imposed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel once dubbed Johnson Wisconsin’s “most irresponsible representative” since Joseph McCarthy.

They are upset about the administration’s straight talk on COVID-19 safety.

Officials in Pima County, Arizona, have insisted they do not have the authority to release inmates from jails in response to staffing shortages.

Experts doubt today’s shots will become useless but say it’s critical to see how fast companies could produce a reformulated dose, as omicron won’t be the last coronavirus variant.

Vaccine hoarding by rich nations could complicate efforts to stamp out the pandemic globally.

Republican lawmakers have been working to undermine efforts to mitigate COVID-19 at all levels of government.

After fighting against national COVID safety measures, GOP lawmakers are now trying to tell local governments not to implement them.

‘None of the information we have currently about omicron suggests we need to change the directions of our response,’ a WHO official said.

Conservative lawmakers are mad the stopgap funding bill won’t defund COVID-19 safety requirements.

President Joe Biden scrapped the policy, but a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri has forced him to put it back into effect.

The source for Sen. Ron Johnson’s claim is a database of unverified reports often cited by conspiracy theorists.