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Apr 11 2024
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House Republicans probe secret COVID emails between Fauci aide and Boston University professor
House Republicans are probing the emails sent on private accounts between a high-ranking official with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a top epidemiologist at Boston University following whistleblower testimony regarding an alleged cover-up of the origins of COVID-19. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic was alerted by a whistleblower close to the
Washington ExaminerApr 11 2024
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Harvard Returns to Standardized Testing Requirements After Tossing Them Overboard During COVID
Harvard College will once again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, the Ivy League school announced Thursday, years after it dropped the requirement during the coronavirus pandemic. Harvard unveiled the change through a statement from its Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean, Hopi Hoekstra. Starting next year, Hoekstra said, prospective undergraduate students must submit their
Washington Free BeaconApr 11 2024
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PPP fraud investigation by state watchdog finds $7.2 million in improper loans
More than four years after the outbreak of COVID-19, a state watchdog is continuing to investigate public employees ripping off millions of dollars from the federal Paycheck Protection Program intended for businesses that struggled during the pandemic. Since the coronavirus pandemic began here in early 2020, the Office of Executive Inspector General has found 277 cases of wrongdoing involving
Chicago Sun-TimesAug 27 2023
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Biden Plans to Request Funds to Develop New Coronavirus Vaccine
U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he is planning to request more money from Congress to develop another new coronavirus vaccine, as scientists track new waves and hospitalizations rise, though not like before.
Officials are already expecting updated COVID-19 vaccines that contain one version of the omicron strain, called XBB.1.5. It's an important change from today's combination
Voice of America (VOA)Dec 04 2021
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The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations
A few months ago, Sizakele Mathe, a community health worker in this sprawling hillside township on the edge of the city of Durban, was notified by a clinic that a neighbor had stopped picking up her medication. It was a warning sign that she had likely stopped taking the antiretroviral tablet that suppresses her H.I.V. infection.
That was a threat to her own health — and, in the era of
New York Times (News)Jul 29 2021
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The U.S. Economy’s Prospects Looked Bright, Until the Delta Variant Surged
The U.S. economy grew rapidly in the second quarter and exceeded its pre-pandemic size, but the outlook has suddenly turned cloudier due to the fast-spreading Delta coronavirus variant.
Virus cases are rising again, particularly in parts of the country where vaccination rates remain low. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week recommended that vaccinated people resume
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 27 2021
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States lift restrictions gradually amid fears of new variant
States are loosening their coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of improved infection and hospitalization numbers but are moving gradually and cautiously, in part because of the more contagious variant taking hold in the U.S.
While the easing could cause case rates to rise, health experts say it can work if done in a measured way and if the public remains
Associated PressApr 09 2024
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Las Vegas conventions, tourism continue to rebound from pandemic
The Las Vegas convention industry and tourism in general continued their recovery last year from the height of the coronavirus pandemic, a report released today said. Las Vegas welcomed 6 million conventioneers last year, a 19.9% increase from 2022, according to the report by Applied Analysis for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. The report, which looked at the economic impact
Las Vegas SunFeb 08 2023
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Charts that track COVID-19 variants, vaccination rates and hospitalizations in Nebraska
Lincoln Journal StarApr 09 2024
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White House, Senate Democrats unveil bill to battle pandemic aid fraud
Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping, roughly $1.3 billion bill that would expand the federal government’s powers to find and prosecute pandemic fraud, as Washington scrambles to recover the federal aid stolen by scammers during the worst economic crisis in a generation. The measure, which would deliver on an earlier budget request from President Biden, arrived as the Justice
Washington Post