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Nov 29 2021
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Biden Calls Omicron Variant a ‘Cause for Concern,’ not ‘Panic’
President Joe Biden said Monday that the newly-discovered omicron COVID-19 variant was “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic.”
Biden also said his strategy to combat the new variant would focus on vaccines, not new lockdowns and travel restrictions. The same day, the World Health Organization said omicron posed a “very high” global risk due to “considerable uncertainties” about
Fox Business CBS News (Online) The HillApr 06 2020
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Wisconsin to Hold Primary Election Tuesday
Wisconsin will hold in-person voting for its primary election on Tuesday, following wide-scale debate that led to the state's Supreme Court blocking Gov. Tony Evers' Monday motion to postpone the election.
The decision comes after Wisconsin Republicans and the Republican National Committee asked the Supreme Court to freeze the extension of the state's absentee ballot deadline. Many
Associated Press Washington Examiner New York Times (News)May 11 2023
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Record Number of Migrants Apprehended in Single Day as Title 42 Ends
According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), more than 10,300 unauthorized migrants were apprehended on Tuesday, with Title 42 set to end Thursday at midnight.
Key Details: The number is a single-day record for migrant apprehensions, and well above the 7,000-8,000 arrivals seen per day last week. Total encounters with migrants for fiscal year 2023 are on pace to top 1.5 million
Associated Press New York Post (News) BBC NewsDec 16 2021
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Health Authorities Discourage J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Amid Concern About Blood Clots
Health authorities and drug regulators in the U.S. are conveying more concerns about rare but severe blood clots associated with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.
On Thursday, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel unanimously gave a preferential recommendation to the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines over Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine.
CNN Digital STAT The Epoch TimesDec 14 2021
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Supreme Court Denies Health Care Workers' Religious Challenge to NY Vaccine Mandate
The Supreme Court on Monday denied two requests from New York health care workers who said the state's vaccine mandate for their industry violates their constitutional right to freely exercise their religion.
The court's unsigned order offered no explanation of the ruling. Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, dissented and criticized the court for purportedly denying
New York Times (News) SCOTUSblog National Review (News)Feb 17 2022
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Mapping the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is gradually winding down as infection rates fall, immunity grows and experts show optimism about society's ability to manage the virus.
The Associated Press reported this week that roughly 73% of Americans are immune to the now-dominant Omicron COVID-19 variant, and said that number could rise to 80% by March. In an interview this week, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel
New York Daily News Associated Press ReasonMay 15 2024
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US Suspends Funding For Nonprofit Group Connected to COVID Lab Leak Theory
The Department of Health and Human Services suspended federal funding for the nonprofit research organization EcoHealth Alliance.
For Context: EcoHealth Alliance is linked to suspicions that the COVID-19 virus originated in a lab and leaked out, on account of the group’s work at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, where COVID-19 was first documented. Proponents of the lab
New York Times (News) The Hill Washington ExaminerNov 19 2021
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CDC Recommends Booster Shots for All Adults
A CDC advisory panel voted unanimously on Friday to recommend making all adults eligible for booster shots of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine six months after their second dose. The panel also voted unanimously to strongly recommend that people over 50 should get a booster shot. In their deliberations, some panel members pointed to confusion over the current rules about who should get a
Washington Post New York Post (News) The HillJan 07 2022
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US Adds 199,000 Jobs in December
U.S. hiring slowed in December to 199,000 new jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday.
The number of jobs added was roughly half of what economists expected, and represents the fewest jobs added in any month of 2021 and the lowest total since the economy cut over 300,000 jobs in December 2020. Meanwhile, the jobless rate declined from 4.2% to 3.9%. The U.S. added a record number of
Fox Business Associated Press CNN BusinessAug 29 2023
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Could China’s Economic Woes Impact the US?
China is facing several economic challenges, leading some experts to consider the global impact of a “hard landing” — or even a broader collapse.
Slowing Growth: By some measures, China’s yearly GDP growth slowed to about 3 to 4% over the summer — much slower than its usual 6 to 8% range. Debt crises among local governments and major real estate developers have added to the country’s
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