Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised South Africa's discovery of the Omicron variant and efforts to fight the coronavirus. During a meeting in Pretoria with the nation's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday, Blinken touched on developments in infrastructure and health the nation has made.
Joe Biden headed to the beach following his second negative test of COVID-19. According to reports Sunday, Biden decided to travel to his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
After chairing the only congressional hearing into the origins of COVID-19 and gain-of-function research, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) explained some of the subcommittee's findings. One America's John Hines has more from Capitol Hill.
OAN Newsroom UPDATED 11:14 AM PT – Thursday, August 4, 2022 Republican senators zeroed in on the government’s involvement in the creation of the coronavirus....
Republican senators zeroed in on the government's involvement in the creation of the coronavirus. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) led the first-ever Senate hearing focused on gain-of-function research and the origins of COVID-19 on Wednesday. Paul and GOP Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) pressed three scientists on the role the US government had in research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
According to a new study, restaurant and business closures were not an effective way to stop the spread of COVID-19. The data, published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports, found these closures actually do not contribute to the suppression of the coronavirus.
Senator John Cornyn tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated and boosted. In a tweet Monday, the Texas Republican said he'd been able to "dodge" the virus for more than two years.
The White House announces President Joe Biden has tested negative for COIVD-19 and his symptoms are almost completely resolved. In a statement Wednesday, Physician to the President Kevin O'Connor said Biden will no longer be subject to isolation after testing negative last night and again Wednesday morning
The Biden administration deployed Kamala Harris to Indiana as the state becomes the first to hold a special session to discuss abortion laws. On Monday, Hoosier lawmakers discussed a bill that would ban abortions except in cases of rape or incest.
White House Chief Medical Adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci has continued to defend COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In a recent interview, he was asked why vaccines are still mandated in many places when he himself was quoted as saying that everyone would come into contact with COVID and most would contract it anyway.