Author: Gabrielle M. Etzel

The World Health Organization has defined a new set of criteria for infectious diseases spread through the air following significant controversy and confusion during the pandemic about how the coronavirus was spread. Nearly 500 experts, including epidemiologists, physicists, engineers, and public health professionals, contributed to a report published Thursday that provides a concrete breakdown of…

PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden assured steel union members in Pennsylvania on Wednesday of his unwavering support, announcing increased tariffs and protections for domestic manufacturing in the lead-up to the swing state’s primary for the 2024 election season. “The backbone of America has a steel spine,” Biden said. “We’re investing in American workers again.” Biden…

EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans sent a subpoena order Tuesday to the former top aide of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, regarding his use of his private email address to conduct government business regarding the origins of COVID-19. The decision to subpoena the official, David Morens, comes following…

The Supreme Court on Monday let an Idaho law blocking gender transition medicine for minors to broadly take effect, overturning the decisions of lower federal courts. The justices allowed the Republican-backed law to take effect until the court has had the opportunity to hear oral arguments and make an official judgment in the case, which…

Private research organization EcoHealth Alliance voluntarily released private emails on Friday confirming that the top aide to then-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci used his personal Gmail account to conduct business regarding the origins of COVID-19. The publication of the emails comes following a letter sent from the House Select Subcommittee…

Infighting in the Arizona GOP is thwarting attempts from Democrat and centrist Republican lawmakers in the state legislature to repeal the Civil War-era law that prohibits nearly all abortions. The conflict is the fallout of a landmark decision from the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that the 1864 abortion ban that prevents abortion except for…

The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a Civil War-era law on Tuesday that nearly bans all abortions in the state. The decision could play a major factor in the 2024 election, in which voters will likely weigh whether abortion rights should be added to the state’s constitution. Upholding the 160-year-old law, passed before Arizona’s statehood, means…

Former Vice President Mike Pence sharply criticized former President Donald Trump for saying that abortion policy should be left to the states and declining to back a national abortion restriction. “President Trump’s retreat on the Right to Life is a slap in the face to the millions of pro-life Americans who voted for him in…

The Vatican on Monday issued a declaration condemning surrogacy and gender transition procedures as “grave violations of human dignity,” listing them alongside abortion and euthanasia as practices that degrade God’s vision for humanity. Repackaging what has been said on the various subjects individually, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a 20-page…