COVID-19

The Biden administration has relaunched its free COVID-19 testing program, allowing U.S. households to order at-home rapid antigen tests at no cost. The taxpayer-funded program that paused in March resumed on Sept. 26, according to Dawn O’Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “I am […]

Over $100 billion was lost to fraud within the program providing COVID-19 unemployment insurance aid, according to a report by the House Oversight Committee. The report says organized criminals were involved—and that states didn’t do much to stop them. NTD spoke to Pete Sepp, the president of the National Taxpayers Union, who said that system […]

The House Oversight Committee deposed former governor Andrew Cuomo on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, in particular the March 25, 2020, directive that affected nursing homes.

BUFFALO, N.Y.—A politically active western New York businessman has admitted to a multimillion-dollar pandemic loan fraud that, prosecutors have said, went partly to his campaign coffers for an unsuccessful bid for county office. Court records show Hormoz Mansouri, who sought the Democratic nomination for Erie County comptroller in 2021, pleaded guilty Friday to federal bank […]

A young man who fled China after Beijing lifted its pandemic lockdown is sharing his story. He told NTD that communist rule has wrecked his country and advises other Chinese to leave if they can.  

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook was pressured by the federal government to censor COVID-19 content, and he now regrets bowing to those demands. In an Aug. 26 letter sent to the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the tech billionaire wrote that senior officials from the Biden administration pressured his […]

In response to a fire that destroyed artwork at Liberty Sculpture Park in California’s Mojave Desert, NTD’s BJ Kang and Jimmy Ma visited the scene. They interviewed one of the artists, Chen Weiming, who said that someone had been vandalizing the park’s artwork—and especially those works depicting the CCP’s oppression of the Chinese people and […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 22 approved new COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. The shots, based on messenger ribonucleic acid technology (mRNA), target the KP.2 strain. “These updated vaccines meet the agency’s rigorous, scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality,” Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for […]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that COVID-19 levels across the United States are currently “very high” in more than half of states, with Omicron variants KP.3 and KP.3.1.1 accounting for about half of all cases. Citing wastewater data as of Aug. 15, the CDC said that “very high” COVID-19 levels […]

In recent months, local health authorities have conducted emergency infection disease response drills across China. On August 15, Dingxi City in Gansu Province, a district in Yancheng City in Jiangsu Province, and Lingchuan County in Shanxi Province carried out emergency drills for the outbreak of “pneumonia of unknown cause,” according to an official notice. A […]

China has seen a rise in COVID infections, as many countries in the world are experiencing a surge in infection cases. Here’s a closer look at the latest situation inside China.  

Sir Keir Starmer has said ministers will carefully consider the recommendations from the COVID-19 Inquiry. It includes creating “red teams” of experts that challenge the groupthink in government. Earlier, NTD discussed this and more with Dr. Tony Hinton.  

White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor released a new letter on July 21 providing a medical update on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms after the president tested positive for the virus four days prior. Mr. O’Connor said the president took his eighth dose of Paxlovid on Sunday morning. “His symptoms have improved significantly. His pulse, […]

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on July 17 before a planned speech at the UnidosUS Annual Conference in Las Vegas. The president canceled all events and headed to his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. “I tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon, but I am feeling good and thank everyone for the well wishes,” […]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) should be held accountable for its “systematic cover-up” of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused trillions of dollars of economic losses in the United States, a report finds. “It’s critical the United States take the leadership role in holding the Chinese Communist Party accountable for one of the most catastrophic […]

The Biden administration filed a motion on July 8 seeking to remove a preliminary injunction handed down by a federal judge relating to a lawsuit filed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that accused the government and social media companies of censoring vaccine and COVID-19 content. Earlier this year, Mr. Kennedy successfully petitioned a U.S. district […]

Tourism in New York City still has not recovered fully from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the New York State Comptroller’s office. The report says that tourism is down 7 percent in 2023 compared to 2019, with crime and high prices listed as part of the reason for the falloff. NTD speaks […]