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Aug 10 2022
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Experts Remain Divided on Long COVID Treatments
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers remain divided on long COVID and how to cure its symptoms.
The CDC currently defines post-COVID conditions as a wide range of ongoing health problems that can last weeks, months or years after an initial COVID-19 infection. One recent study from King’s College London identified three different "subtypes" of long COVID that
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FDA Advisors Endorse Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Some Groups
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend the agency let certain groups of Americans get Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.
The 19–0 vote followed an all-virtual meeting that featured hours of discussions, presentations and deliberations over who should qualify. The panel ultimately advised the FDA to release the shots for
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US Records Over 1 Million New COVID-19 Cases in a Day, Setting Global Record
The U.S. recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 new cases Monday, a single-day record for any country since the pandemic began.
The record 1,082,549 cases reported by Johns Hopkins University comes amid the spread of the contagious but apparently mild Omicron variant. It's nearly double the previous U.S. record of 590,000 cases set over the weekend. Hospitalizations are also rising, but
New York Post (News) Bloomberg NPR (Online News)Nov 08 2022
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When Will We Know the 2022 Midterm Election Results?
It’s likely that we won’t know the final results of every state and local election on Election Day.
For Context: In 2020, a rise in the use of mail-in ballots — which many states bar election officials from counting before Election Day — led to delays in official election results. This created a “mirage” effect, where some candidates appeared to gain a lead after Election Day as mail-in
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Study Examines Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Against Infection, Hospitalization Over Time
A study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet Monday says that Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine loses effectiveness over time but remains strong in preventing severe COVID-19 cases. According to the study, which was funded by Pfizer, the vaccine's effectiveness against infection falls from 88% in the first month after inoculation to 47% after five months. However, the
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Trump Attends First TV Town Hall of 2020 Election
President Donald Trump appeared on his first TV town hall of the 2020 election cycle on Thursday, when he fielded questions from Fox News anchors in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Topics of discussion ranged from the administration's response to the coronavirus to entitlement spending on programs like Medicare and Social Security, which the Republican suggested he might cut in order to reign in the
Townhall Politico FactCheck.orgJan 18 2022
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Ally or Adversary? Perspectives on Dr. Anthony Fauci
Two years into America's bout with COVID-19, White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci remains one of the pandemic's most divisive figures.
Fauci has led the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. He was named to the initial coronavirus task force in January 2020 and was named the Biden administration's top COVID-19 adviser in December 2020. Public
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Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transit Extended
Passengers on public transit will be required to wear a COVID-19 face mask until at least next month.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will extend the federal COVID-19 mask mandate for airplanes, trains and other forms of public transit will be extended until at least April 18. It was set to
CNN Digital Associated Press The Daily CallerSep 03 2021
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235,000 Jobs Added in August, Well Short of Estimates
The U.S. economy added 232,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate fell from 5.4% to 5.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. It's the lowest monthly number of jobs added since January. Economists predicted that roughly 750,000 jobs would be added; reports across the spectrum cited the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and the spread of the Delta variant as reasons for the slowed
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Twitter Targets COVID-19 Misinformation With Labels, Strike System
On Monday, Twitter said it will begin labeling COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on its site. The platform also introduced a strike system for accounts that repeatedly violate the rules; one strike is a warning, second and third strikes result in a 12-hour account lock, a fourth strike is a weeklong lock on the account, and five strikes results in permanent suspension. This comes after Twitter
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