If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. More and more employers have instituted “work from home” policies, as officials try to curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, but just because we’ve swapped our conference …
Read More »More Americans Are Hospitalized With Covid Now Than at Any Other Point of the Pandemic
As Omicron sweeps through the nation, more Americans are hospitalized with Covid-19 than at any other point in the pandemic. It’s a staggering milestone and a dire warning that our health care system is overtaxed weeks before we reach the variant’s predicted peak. Nearly 146,000 people were hospitalized with Covid-19 …
Read More »AOC Latest to Join Growing List of Lawmakers Testing Positive for Covid
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, her office announced in a statement, reporting that she is experiencing symptoms while recovering from home. “The congresswoman received her booster shot this fall, and encourages everyone to get their booster and follow all CDC guidance,” the statement said. Covid …
Read More »Phish to Host 'Dinner and a Movie' Livestream Show After Canceling New Year's Gigs
UPDATE (12/28): After cancelling their New Year’s Eve run at Madison Square Garden, Phish will ring in 2022 with a special free livestream show Dec. 31 at 8:30 p.m. ET on their YouTube channel, LivePhish.com, and SiriusXM’s Phish Radio. The special concert — which will feature three full sets — …
Read More »Ron Johnson Insists Mouthwash Can Kill Coronavirus. A Mouthwash Company Disagrees
Republican opposition to the two most sensible and ways to mitigate the spread of Covid-19, vaccines and masks, has led lawmakers to recommend a variety of quack treatments for the disease that has killed nearly a million Americans. There’s ivermectin. There’s hydroxychloroquine. There’s, as Trump floated last spring, injecting oneself …
Read More »Eric Clapton Isn't Just Spouting Vaccine Nonsense–He's Bankrolling It
C ambel McLaughlin thought he was being punked. An unapologetic opponent of lockdowns and Covid-19 vaccine skeptic — he is, as he puts it, “pro-medical choice”— the 27-year-old Brit is founder of Jam for Freedom, a group of U.K. musicians that plays for free in public spaces, spreading the anti-lockdown …
Read More »No More Half-Measures: Biden Signals New Era in Struggle Against Covid-19
Facing an increasing number of new Covid-19 cases and deaths, President Joe Biden Thursday unveiled a more aggressive strategy in his war on the novel coronavirus — most notably, expansive federal vaccine requirements estimated to impact as many as 100 million Americans. In a speech, Biden outlined other details of …
Read More »Jason Isbell Concerts Will Require Vaccination, Negative Covid Test or 'We Won't Play'
UPDATE 2 (8/11):In response to Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion’s claim that they didn’t have time to institute a vaccine requirement, as Jason Isbell requested, Isbell’s rep says: “Our agent contacted Live Nation in Houston on July 31st with our new protocols.” *** UPDATE (8/11): Jason Isbell was scheduled to perform …
Read More »Fauci Sounds Covid Alarm: Our 'Kids Are Getting Sick'
“Something bad is going on. We’ve got to realize that,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said of the alarming rate at which covid cases are on the rise nationwide and how too many are ignoring safety measures that could save lives. During a Sunday interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, the director …
Read More »The Best Neck Gaiters for Music Festivals, Hiking and the Great Outdoors
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. With face masks as the norm now, you may have also noticed people wearing neck gaiters. The best neck gaiters can protect you during outdoor activities, say when …
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