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Iran’s President Says Country Is Running Out of Water, Government Offices Shut Down, Extreme Rationing

Aside from the sanctions, war, and inflation, Iran is facing another major problem: a water crisis that is forcing the country's citizens to ration water (if they can find it). Let’s go through the c…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

FDA Suspends Ixchiq Vaccine After 1.5 Years of Safety Data Showed Serious Risk

On Aug. 25, the FDA informed the public that the agency officially suspended its approval for Valneva’s Ixchiq vaccine.

Ixchiq is a vaccine for Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease. The vaccine was i…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

RFK Jr. Announces Major Overhaul of Vaccine Injury Compensation System

In a recent statement, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his intention to work alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Let’s go throug…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Federal Compensation Agency Gets $55 Million So Far for COVID Vaccine Refusers

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that it has been able to get more than $55 million in compensation to American workers who were impacted by the COVID-19 vaccine ma…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists in Georgia Manufacture New Lab-Made Strain of H5N1 Bird Flu Virus

After discovering a case of bird flu jumping from a dairy cow to a human, scientists have been scrambling to reverse engineer that strain of the virus and test it in laboratory settings. To that end,…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Case That Could End Racial Gerrymandering Requirements

One of the surprising aspects of the American electoral system is that while regular gerrymandering is frowned upon, racial gerrymandering is actually required by law. Meaning that if you redraw a co…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Arrest Warrants Issued for Texas Democrats Who Fled State; Texas GOP’s New Map Would Create 5 New Red-Leaning Districts

With midterm elections coming up next year, GOP state lawmakers in Texas are taking action. In a newly designed congressional redistricting map, they created five new right-leaning districts—the popu…

Published on 3 months ago

Former City Council President Gets 2 Years in Prison for Enacting 2022 Mail-in Ballot Scheme

On July 23, Alina Habba, the acting U.S. Attorney for the state of New Jersey, released a statement regarding a former Atlantic City official who was being sentenced to 2 years behind bars for the cr…

Published on 3 months ago

CDC Releases Update on Long COVID Symptoms

Let’s go through the most recent update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding Long COVID—and then crunch some numbers to see how many people might be collecting disability pay…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

“Big 4” Consolidate 80% of Beef Supply; Steak Prices Soaring

With a new Department of Agriculture report showing a nationwide cattle shortage—alongside a corresponding spike in the price of ground beef—let’s examine the monopoly that’s developed in the beef pr…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago