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Feb 05 2021
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Senate Votes 99-1 for Targeted Stimulus Checks
The Senate voted 99-1 Thursday in favor of an amendment to the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package. The amendment would ensure targeted stimulus checks, which would exclude higher earners from receiving direct pandemic relief payments. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the only senator in opposition. It's unclear at this point how exactly the cut-off between eligible
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Mayor De Blasio Announces New York City Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses
In-person private sector workers in New York City will be required to get at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Dec. 27, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
De Blasio called the move a “preemptive strike” against the pandemic amid colder winter weather, upcoming holiday gatherings and the new Omicron variant. The local mandate comes as the Biden administration’s
New York Post (News) CNBC New York Times (News)Jun 01 2021
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Report Reveals Fauci's Emails With Business Leaders, Chinese Health Official
A Washington Post report published Tuesday revealed 866 pages of leading disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci's emails sent during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unveiled emails show Fauci's correspondence with business leaders, random strangers, colleagues and leaders from foreign governments, including George Gao, director of China's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At
Axios Washington Post New York Post (News)May 24 2021
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Wuhan Lab Staff Sought Hospital Care Before COVID-19 Outbreak
According to a previously undisclosed intelligence report, three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019 "“with symptoms consistent with both Covid-19 and common seasonal illness,” months before China first disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal said the report — which provides fresh details on the
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Biden Admin Actively Considering Mask Mandates for Vaccinated People
The Biden administration is considering a return to mask mandates for all Americans, including people who are fully vaccinated, amid a nationwide rise in COVID-19 cases that followed months of decline. Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the U.S. is going "in the wrong direction" on COVID-19 and stressed that the pandemic now mainly exists among the "50% of the country that are not fully
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New York May Call On National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Healthcare Workers
With tens of thousands of health care employees likely to miss New York’s approaching deadline for mandated vaccinations, Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering employing the National Guard and out-of-state medical workers to fill hospital staffing shortages. In a statement issued on Saturday, Hochul said she plans on declaring a state of emergency that would “allow qualified health care
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US Life Expectancy Fell by One Year in First Half of 2020
Average American life expectancy declined by a full year in the first half of 2020, according to preliminary data from the CDC. “This is a huge decline. You have to go back to World War II, the 1940s, to find a decline like this,” said CDC official Robert Anderson. The decline affected certain groups disproportionately, with males losing 1.2 years, Hispanic Americans losing 1.9 years, and
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FDA Approves Second Booster Shot For People Over 50
The FDA approved a fourth dose of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for adults over 50.
The decision was announced Tuesday morning without consulting the agency’s independent vaccine advisory committee. Immunocompromised people will also be eligible for a second booster shot at age 12 for Pfizer and age 18 for Moderna. All patients must wait at least four months after their
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NYC Mayor Announces End of Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
New York City will end its private sector COVID-19 vaccine mandate starting Nov. 1.
Mayor Eric Adams announced the news Tuesday while receiving his second COVID-19 booster shot, and said that "because we've been so successful" with distributing vaccines, "it's time to move on to the next level of fortifying our city." Adams also said that the vaccine mandate for public sector employees
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Perspectives: Should Vaccinated People Mask Up Again?
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended Tuesday that some vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors, commentators across the spectrum revived the sharp left-right divide over mask-wearing. The new CDC guidance says everyone should wear masks indoors in COVID-19 hotspots and in schools for grades K-12. The CDC initially dropped its mask recommendation in
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