ABC News16d
Johnson's future as speaker in question despite efforts to sway undecided Republicans
One GOP defection in Friday's vote could decide if Johnson gets another term. After spending Thursday trying to sway Republican holdouts to back his bid to retain the speaker's gavel, Mike Johnson ...
NDTV16d
China Faces New Virus Outbreak Five Years After Covid Crisis
China is dealing with an outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), five years after the Covid-19 pandemic ... for which there is no vaccine but whose symptoms resemble those of a cold.
PBS16d
5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don’t know about COVID
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past, since it’s still with us,” WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Scientists and vaccine-makers broke speed records developing COVID-19 ...
Forbes16d
Will Mike Johnson Get Reelected As Speaker? Johnson Faces Right-Wing Pushback—Despite Trump And Musk’s Endorsements
The House is set to vote Friday on whether to re-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as speaker—and while President-elect Donald Trump’s endorsement should pave the way to his re-election ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel16d
Fact check: Yes, there have been placebo-controlled studies on childhood vaccines
In making similar claims about placebo-controlled studies, vaccine skeptics often ... mumps and rubella; HPV; COVID-19 and influenza. Johnson’s office also shared an interview Kennedy did ...
CNN16d
Speaker Johnson will oversee narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years
Speaker Mike Johnson faces a major challenge in the new Congress: the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. In a dramatic turn of events, Johnson managed to retain the gavel in a single ...
seattlepi.com16d
5 things we know and still don't know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past, since it’s still with us,” WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Scientists and vaccine-makers broke speed records developing COVID-19 ...
People17d
Who Is Bryan Johnson? All About the Tech Entrepreneur Spending Millions to Live Forever in Netflix’s New Documentary Don’t Die
Bryan Johnson spends $2 million a year trying to reverse aging and avoid death Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...
The Economist18d
Cancer vaccines are showing promise at last
Today it is driving efforts to create a new generation of therapies known as “cancer vaccines” that aim to train the immune system to recognise tumours and fight their spread. Trials are now ...
CNN18d
After a long lull, Covid-19 levels are surging in the US
The currently circulating variants are similar enough to each other that the latest Covid-19 vaccines are still expected to be effective against severe illness or death, but vaccination rates are ...
Rolling Stone19d
Mike Johnson’s Reign as Speaker Under Threat Despite Trump’s Support
President-elect Donald Trump may have endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday, but some Republicans aren’t ready to fall in line. While Rep. Thomas Massie has come out strongly ...
The Hill19d
Elon Musk throws support behind Johnson for Speaker
Elon Musk backed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday, as the top Republican in the House attempts to secure support ahead of Friday’s Speaker vote. The tech mogul’s vote of confidence ...