Tag: cdc
John Lott Jr. Opinion: CDC Funding Decisions Based Largely on Politics, Not Science
For the second year in a row, the Centers for Disease Control has been caught ignoring science and letting liberal interest groups set its policies.
In 2021, the American Pediatric Academy and the Children’s Hospital...
Ashley Moody, State AGs Oppose CDC Adding COVID Vaccine to Child Immunization List
At the end of last week, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, with 11 other state attorneys general, called on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to...
Florida Ranks in the Middle of New Healthiest States Index Comparing the States
Florida is the 21st healthiest state in the nation according to a new study that ranks all the states and the District of Columbia against 13 contributing factors.
The Healthiest States Index, published by fitness...
Bob Blancato:The CDC Must Refocus on America’s Seniors
As the U.S. has surpassed a once-unthinkable number of one million deaths associated with COVID-19, there is no question that the demographic most impacted by the pandemic is older adults who are aged 65...
CDC Data: More than 40 Percent of COVID Deaths at Start of Year Were...
The term “the pandemic of the unvaccinated” may no longer be applicable.
According to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) data compiled by the Washington Post, 42 percent of the COVID omicron deaths that occurred in...
Ron DeSantis, Ashley Moody Want to End Federal Mask Mandate on Public Transportation
Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General Ashley Moody are leading 20 other states in an action against President Joe Biden’s mask mandate on public transportation.
Moody argued that the mandate exceeds the authority of...
AAA: Americans Starting to Take Cruises After the Pandemic
AAA Travel announced this week that cruising is making a strong comeback after the pandemic temporarily put a hold on sailings.
The Auto Club Group’s travel agency reports that cruise bookings during the past four...
Marco Rubio Warns of Worsening Labor Shortages, Urges CDC to Update Isolation Guidance for...
Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sent a letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), regarding the agency’s isolation guidance for fully vaccinated individuals.
The...
Lois Frankel, Gus Bilirakis Team Up On Protecting the Health of America’s Older Adults...
Last week, two members of the Florida delegation--Democratic U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel and Republican U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis--teamed up on a proposal to “create a program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Florida GOP Congressmen Want Fauci, Feds to Recognize Natural Immunity Against COVID-19
This week, two members of the Florida congressional delegation--Republican U.S. Reps. Dan Webster and Neal Dunn--led a letter to key federal officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), calling...
Dr. S. J. Giorgianni, Jr.: Booster Vaccinations are an Important Tool to Continue COVID-19...
The Men’s Health Network (MHN) applauds the recommendations from CDC and NIH announced on August 18 to make booster vaccinations available for those who are at higher risk of COVID-19 infections, including nursing home...
Barney Bishop: Joe Biden Wouldn’t Know Science if it Slapped Him in the Face
The ongoing “political” debate about Americans and Floridians wearing masks again flies in the face of real science.
President Joe Biden should already know this, but, apparently, he doesn’t.
Thankfully, Gov. Ron DeSantis understands the science...
