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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. From your friend pushing supplements, to former President Trump dangerously and erroneously suggesting the use of disinfectants to treat the coronavirus, it seemed like everyone had an opinion …

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is concerned. Innocent people are dying needlessly. A tyrannical government has grossly overstepped its bounds. Freedom and democracy are under attack — and it’s all Dr. Anthony Fauci’s fault. In an appearance on Fox News Friday evening, the Texas Congressman and outspoken anti-vaxxer used his platform …

Ninety-six percent of ICU beds in Texas are occupied as of Saturday thanks to a Covid-19 surge overwhelming the state’s health care system, and at least one city has no ICU beds available for children. Yet Republican Governor Greg Abbott still insists on banning mask mandates in the state’s schools. …

Manchester, Tennessee’s Bonnaroo just released a statement announcing that it will require attendees to show proof of vaccination or a negative test taken within 72 hours of entering the grounds. This news comes a mere three hours after Summerfest’s announcement. The four-day music festival — which takes place just about …

Juvenile has reworked his 1999 classic “Back That Thang Up” as “Vax That Thang Up” as part of a new campaign by the dating app BLK to encourage people to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The pro-vaccine reboot finds Juvenile linking up with fellow Cash Money great Mannie Fresh, who also …

Over the past few decades, Ted Nugent‘s controversial, often confrontational politics have overshadowed his music, and over the last year he has spent most of his energy on denying the existence of Covid-19. Now Nugent, whose age at 72 makes him one of the most vulnerable to the virus, has …

Dr. Nicole Van Groningen is exhausted. A hospitalist and assistant professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Van Groningen has been on the front lines fighting Covid-19 for 11 months, and as L.A. comes down from its worst surge in cases since the pandemic began, she’d spent the final …

Donald Trump should be happy that he has presided over more than 390,000 deaths from Covid-19 in the United States instead of over the Flint water crisis. Otherwise, he might some day face legal consequences. Former Michigan governor Rick Snyder was finally brought up on charges Thursday,more than six years …

Ever since Covid-19 brought concerts and tours to a crashing halt this spring, the global live music industry has been in a bind: It was one of the earliest industries forced to shut down, and it will likely be one of the last to reopen. In the meantime, promoters and …

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said House and Senate leaders have reached an agreement on a long-awaited Covid-19 relief bill. On Sunday evening, just hours ahead of a government shutdown deadline, McConnell made the announcement about the more than $900 billion deal on the Senate floor, finally telling the …