AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Jan 03 2022
News
FDA approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine boosters for children as young as 12
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that children as young as 12 can now get booster shots of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
The decision comes as the omicron variant is rapidly spreading around the U.S. and complicating plans for students to return to classrooms following winter breaks.
Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older, and federal
Fox News DigitalJul 13 2021
News
Fauci: ‘No Doubt’ Unvaccinated Children Greater than Two Years Old Should Wear Masks
Tuesday, during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci said that children as young as “greater than two years old” should wear masks if they are unvaccinated.
Fauci added that later this year, once data was available on vaccinations on those under the age of 12, the Food and Drug Administration
Breitbart NewsNov 09 2020
Analysis
How Biden Would Handle the COVID-19 Pandemic
President-elect Joe Biden, as one of the first official acts of his transition, appointed a COVID-19 Advisory Board to shape his incoming administration's efforts to handle the coronavirus pandemic. The board will be led by co-chairs former Food and Drug Administration commissioner David Kessler, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and Yale University public health professor Marcella
ReasonApr 07 2022
News
Student loan borrowers rip Biden’s extension: ‘It’s very unfair’
Student loan borrowers are speaking out against President Biden’s recent extension of a freeze on student debt payments, calling it a partisan and unfair move by the administration.
State University of New York in Albany graduate Matthew Noyes said that after finishing school in 2018, he paid off $27,000 worth of debt in just 11 months by making daily sacrifices like not eating out and
Fox BusinessMar 01 2022
News
Russian Advance on Kyiv ‘Stalled,’ Pentagon Official Says
A senior U.S. defense official said Tuesday that the Russian military’s advance on Kyiv has “stalled” because of logistical issues, while Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of war crimes after an apparent strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
“We generally sense that the Russia military movement to Kyiv is stalled at this point,” the official said in a
National Review (News)May 06 2022
News
FDA Restricts J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Over Risk of Blood Clots
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 5 that it will restrict the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to adults who can’t receive mRNA vaccines, because of the risk of potentially life-threatening side effects with the J&J shot.
The agency said the COVID-19 vaccine can now only be administered to people aged 18 years of age and older who can’t receive
The Epoch TimesApr 05 2022
News
Dr. Scott Gottlieb believes omicron BA.2 subvariant unlikely to cause ‘national wave’ in U.S.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Tuesday that he believes the U.S. this spring will avoid a “national wave” of infection related to the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant.
However, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner said on “Squawk Box” that he thinks cases are being “dramatically” underreported in some parts of the country. Given the reliance on at-home
CNBCApr 21 2022
News
When the Science Is Messy: How SciCheck Handles Scientific Disputes
What does a fact-checking organization do when the facts aren’t clear? And what happens when reputable scientists disagree about a public health policy?
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been numerous examples of when scientific opinion has been divided, at least to some extent, typically because of a lack of robust data. That includes the utility of face masks, particularly
FactCheck.orgNov 13 2021
Analysis
Most Americans Are Afraid Of Inflation
You can see it at the grocery store, the gas station and your heating bill (though, mercifully, not at the liquor store): Prices are getting higher. Since October of last year, prices for consumer goods have risen 6.2 percent — the biggest year-over-year increase since 1990 — according to a report released Wednesday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices are on the rise in nearly every
538 (ABC News)Dec 28 2021
News
Texas runs out of key monoclonal antibody treatment
Texas has run out of sotrovimab, a key monoclonal antibody treatment against omicron, due to a national shortage.
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services said the federal government controls the distribution of the monoclonal antibodies and that it expects a new shipment in January.
"Other monoclonal antibodies have not shown to be effective against the Omicron variant
Washington Examiner