Allen West, the Republican anti-COVID-19 vaccine gubernatorial candidate in Texas, is downplaying his admitted case of "COVID pneumonia" as "not serious" despite being hospitalized with low oxygen levels.

A recent study by Dr. Paula Braveman has found that disparities in preterm birth rates between Black and white women in the U.S. are directly or indirectly attributed to racism

While legislators in states like Texas, Florida and Mississippi are implementing restrictive abortion laws, the Biden administration is lifting a Trump-era restriction barring clinics from referring pregnant women to abortion providers. 

Speaking at the D.C. march, SisterSong’s Executive Director Monica Simpson said that fighting for abortion access was a fight against white supremacy.  "As Black women and people of color, our bodily autonomy is essential to our freedom," Simpson said. 

Responding to the report of holdouts among NBA players who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spoke in no uncertain terms about their "arrogance" and what he described as hypocrisy when it comes to following guidance from health professionals.

Several surveys have shown that as many as half of unvaccinated workers insist they would leave their jobs if forced to get the shot, but historical data suggest they're just bluffing.

Right-wing talk show host Wayne Dupree, who has repeatedly downplayed the COVID-19 vaccine, recently admitted he has been "battling COVID-like" symptoms over the course of several days.

Republican candidate for Nevada's lieutenant governor, Mack Miller, was violently thrown out of a Clark County Committee meeting where a resolution declaring misinformation on the COVID-19 vaccines a public health crisis was announced.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a Nigerian-born, Harvard-trained UCLA researcher who opposes mask and vaccine mandates, as Florida's new surgeon general.

Getting the vaccine approved and available for children under 12 is only half the battle. Vaccine equity concerns continue despite the availability of the vaccine for children.

Teachers and other school staff in Oregon must be vaccinated by Oct. 18. But a special education staffer at an elementary school decided protesting in blackface was the way to protest the change.

Chris Rock's tweet that he tested positive for COVID-19 prompted some anti-vaxxers who clearly don't understand how vaccines work or follow what medical experts have been saying to ask him why he's still recommending the vaccine even he got infected.