ER Productions Limited / Getty Images Hospital System Suspends 178 Employees Who Have Not Complied with COVID Vaccine Mandate 'As nurses and medical staff, everybody feels like you should have a right to choose what you put in your body.' By Erin Coates June 9, 2021
Kevin Dietsch / Getty ImagesCommentary Lindsey Graham Says Unemployment Benefits Are So High People in His Own Family Aren't Working 'There's a lot of jobs out there that are unfilled and will never be filled until you change the benefit structure.' By C. Douglas Golden June 9, 2021
Matt Rourke / AP 'Deadliest Year': Experts Say Deaths from Heart Disease and Diabetes Increased During 2020 Pandemic The death rate from the nation’s No. 2 killer, cancer, continued its decline during the year of COVID-19, according to the AP. By The Associated Press June 9, 2021
Angela Weiss - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary NYC's Planned Reopening Concert Features Arguably the Dumbest COVID Policy We've Seen Yet There are multiple aspects of de Blasio's plan that are questionable, but the most glaring one is the strategy for separating the crowd. By Grant Atkinson June 9, 2021
Evan Vucci / AP President Joe Biden's Vaccine Goal for Americans Likely to Fail Despite efforts to incentivize vaccinations, the Biden administration will likely miss its vaccine goal by several percentage points. By The Associated Press June 8, 2021
Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office Former Pharmacist Who Sabotaged Hundreds of Vaccine Doses Sentenced A Wisconsin pharmacist who tampered with coronavirus vaccines is heading for prison, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. By Jack Davis June 8, 2021
Mary Altaffer - Pool / Getty Images Report: Federal Prosecutors Subpoena Material Connected to Cuomo's Controversial New Book Federal prosecutors are sniffing around Andrew Cuomo's book as part of an investigation into COVID-19 deaths in New York nursing homes. By Jack Davis June 8, 2021
Hector Vivas / Getty ImagesCommentary Fully Vaccinated Masked Kamala Harris Looks Weak Standing Next to Unmasked Mexican President Despite there being no rational reason for her to wear a mask, Harris wore one anyway while visiting with the president of Mexcio. By Johnathan Jones June 8, 2021
David Ryder / Getty Images State Announces It Will Hand Out Marijuana Joints as COVID Vaccine Incentive Thanks to a newly enacted state program, marijuana retailers will provide free joints to people who get vaccinated. By Michael Austin June 8, 2021
Hector Retamal - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Scientist Leading Virus Origin Task Force Is Same Man Who Funded Wuhan Lab, Thanked Fauci for Dismissing Leak Theory Peter Daszak is at the center of the effort to mislead the world as to the origin of the coronavirus. By Elizabeth Stauffer June 8, 2021