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Last modified: 11/21/2025 01:45 PM Lifestyle

Millions Experienced COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects

More than a third of Americans who were vaccinated against COVID-19 say they had side effects from the shot, and nearly half suspect the vaccines killed many patients,

Last modified: 10/23/2025 03:40 PM Political Commentary

Did Hospital Protocols Make COVID Outcomes Worse? By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.

A new Rasmussen Reports survey reveals an unsettling reality: nearly one-third of American adults say someone they know died of COVID-19 while hospitalized, and almost half believe hospital treatment protocols likely contributed to that death.

Last modified: 10/22/2025 12:58 PM Lifestyle

Many Suspect Hospital Treatment Contributed to COVID-19 Deaths

Nearly a third of Americans say someone they know died while being treated for COVID-19, and many think hospital treatment protocols may have been a factor in those deaths.

Last modified: 09/11/2025 10:48 AM Politics

56% Suspect COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Deaths

More than half of voters think COVID-19 vaccines may have killed many people, and back Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s criticism of government health officials.

Last modified: 05/29/2025 12:19 PM Lifestyle

COVID-19: 51% Suspect Heart Damage From Vaccine

In the wake of recent warnings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), about half of Americans think vaccines against the COVID-19 virus may have caused heart problems for some patients.

Last modified: 05/07/2025 11:57 AM Lifestyle

COVID-19: Did the Experts Get It Right?

Five years after the COVID-19 virus emerged, Americans remain divided over whether health experts were right or wrong in their advice on dealing with the pandemic.

Last modified: 04/18/2025 10:24 AM Politics

COVID-19: 48% Suspect Deliberate Release

Now that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has concluded that the COVID-19 virus came from a Chinese laboratory, nearly half of voters think the pandemic outbreak was not accidental.

Last modified: 02/11/2025 04:25 PM Lifestyle

Democrats Are Far More Fearful of COVID ‘Dark Winter’ Than Others

Democrats strongly agree with their nominee Joe Biden that America is entering “a dark winter” because of the coronavirus, but other voters aren’t nearly as gloomy. President Trump is more upbeat, promising a COVID-19 vaccine soon, and most voters say they’re likely to get one.

Last modified: 02/11/2025 04:25 PM Lifestyle

Democrats Are More Enthusiastic About COVID Vaccine Since Biden Won

Democrats are a lot more eager to get the anti-coronavirus vaccine now that it appears Joe Biden will be administering the shot.

Last modified: 02/11/2025 04:25 PM Politics

Voters Want Congress to Investigate Whether Officials Report COVID-19 Cases Accurately

With New York Governor Andrew Cuomo accused of concealing facts about COVID-19 nursing home deaths in his state, most voters want Congress to investigate whether public officials are accurately reporting coronavirus cases.

Last modified: 02/11/2025 04:25 PM Lifestyle

Most Democrats Favor Mandatory Masks, COVID-19 Vaccine for School Children

When children return to school this fall, will they be required to wear masks and get the COVID-19 vaccine? Democrats hope so.

Last modified: 02/11/2025 04:24 PM Lifestyle

COVID-19: Majority Say Danger Is Mostly Past

Most Americans believe the danger of COVID-19 is now mostly over, and oppose making vaccination against the virus mandatory for school children.

Last modified: 12/16/2024 10:44 AM Politics

COVID Cover-Up? Voters Are Suspicious

Now that a court has ordered the release of COVID-19 vaccine trials, most voters suspect there’s been a cover-up.

Last modified: 09/17/2024 02:04 PM Lifestyle

Killer Shot? Most Still Suspect COVID-19 Vaccine Risk

Suspicion that COVID-19 vaccines may be to blame for unexplained deaths remains high, and many Americans think someone they know could be among the victims.

Last modified: 06/28/2024 10:49 AM Political Commentary

COVID-19: Another Fail-Safe Institution Proves Not So Safe By Michael Barone

Between 1998 and 2003, the budget of the National Institutes of Health was doubled. This was an extraordinary enterprise after the multi-year, post-Cold War decline in defense spending and at a time when government agency budgets tended to be increased marginally or carried over from previous years.