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Dec 13 2021
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Mass Protests in Prague and Vienna Over COVID-19 Restrictions, Vaccine Mandates
Thousands of people protested in Prague and Vienna over the weekend against COVID-19 restrictions in the Czech Republic and Austria.
The protests in Prague stemmed from a recent order from the outgoing government that made COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for police officers, firefighters, people ages 60 and over, and medical students and personnel. The demonstrations in Austria centered
Fox News (Online News) Associated Press Al JazeeraOct 26 2020
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How Swing States Are Shaping Up in Final Full Week of 2020 Election
As Election Day on Nov. 3 draws near, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden compete to win several battleground states that could decide the election, including Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. All the states mentioned, some historically Democrat, voted for Trump in the 2016 election. RealClearPolitics' national polling
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CDC and FDA Advise White House To Slow Down Booster Shot Plan
The heads of two leading federal health agencies have advised the White House to slow down its plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccine boosters. In a meeting with White House pandemic coordinator Jeffrey Zients on Thursday, FDA acting commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock and CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said they needed more time to collect and review all necessary data regarding the booster shots
New York Times (News) The Daily Wire NPR (Online News)Nov 16 2021
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Pfizer to Allow Generic Drugmakers to Manufacture COVID-19 Antiviral Pill
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced Tuesday that it would allow generic drug companies around the world to produce its COVID-19 antiviral pill by granting a royalty-free license to Medicines Patent Pool, a U.N.-backed nonprofit.
Merck made a similar arrangement for its COVID-19 pill last month. Pfizer also formally asked the FDA to grant emergency use authorization for its pill.
The Daily Wire Associated Press New York Times (News)Aug 20 2021
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High COVID-19 Case Counts, Mask Debates Put Florida in Spotlight
Florida's seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases has risen steadily in August amid the spread of the Delta variant, and the state currently has the highest seven-day average of new cases in the country. According to New York Times (Lean Left bias) data, an average of roughly 16,500 people in Florida are hospitalized with COVID-19 every day, the most of any state; Texas (12,357) is the only
Axios CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News)Mar 01 2023
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Bipartisan House China Select Committee Holds First Hearing
The newly created bipartisan House China Select Committee held its first hearing on Tuesday evening.
The Details: Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) laid out the threat that China poses to U.S. values and interests, and called for a concerted U.S. government response. While Republicans focused on a struggle against China's economic, ideological and military threat, Democrats on
Politico Wall Street Journal (News) Fox News (Online News)Oct 14 2021
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Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since March 2020
The Labor Department (DOL) reported Thursday that U.S. jobless claims fell to 293,000 last week, a decrease of 36,000 from the previous week's revised level and the lowest number of initial jobless claims since March 2020. The number contradicts the September jobs report, which showed the slowest job growth so far this year. According to Thursday's report, California and Michigan were the only
NBC News (Online) Associated Press Fox BusinessAug 06 2021
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Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Payment Pause to Jan. 2022
The Biden administration will extend a pause on federal student loan payments “one final time” to Jan. 31, 2022, the Department of Education announced Friday. The pause began in March 2020 with the CARES Act, was extended to Jan. 2021 by former President Donald Trump, and was extended to the end of Sept. 2021 by President Joe Biden. “As our nation’s economy continues to recover from a deep
The Hill New York Times (News) National Review (News)Oct 25 2021
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Perspectives: The COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids
As COVID-19 vaccines for nearly 28 million U.S. children near federal approval, parents remain divided on whether to give kids the shot.
White House coronavirus advisor Anthony Fauci said over the weekend that kids under 12 could begin getting COVID-19 shots "within the first week or two of November." The White House unveiled its plan to encourage vaccines for kids last week, and
U.S. News & World Report Fox News (Opinion) Des Moines RegisterAug 19 2021
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New US Jobless Claims Drop to Pandemic Low
New U.S. jobless claims fell to a pandemic low last week as applications for state unemployment benefits dropped for the fourth consecutive week. The Labor Department reported that initial unemployment claims fell 29,000 to 348,000 last week, and that there were 10 million job openings. This trend seems to indicate that the economy is recovering as labor market conditions improve; it also
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