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Aug 10 2022
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Sanya: Covid lockdown strands tourists on 'China's Hawaii'
More than 80,000 tourists have been left stranded in a popular resort in China after a coronavirus outbreak sparked a lockdown.
Authorities cancelled all flights and trains from Sanya, known as "China's Hawaii", on Saturday, a day after 263 positive cases were confirmed.
Travellers must now present five negative PCR tests over seven days before being allowed to leave.
BBC NewsApr 05 2021
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Democratic Florida Officials Explain How 60 Minutes Twisted DeSantis-Publix Story
Looking to expand COVID-19 vaccine distribution sites over the winter, Florida’s emergency management director says he first reached out to Walmart, not Publix, to execute the mission.
The reason: Walmart has more locations than Publix in socially vulnerable, rural areas in Florida. But Walmart wouldn’t be ready to distribute the vaccine for three weeks, Jared Moskowitz, the state’s
National Review (News)Jul 30 2020
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How a Pharma Giant Flooded the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation With Opioids
It was easy for Jana Wolf Necklace to get painkillers on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. She developed an opioid addiction while working at her dad’s bar in Fort Yates, the main town on the North Dakota side of the tribe’s land. Eventually, she started trading alcohol to customers for pills they obtained from the reservation’s federally-run Indian Health Services pharmacy.
“There
ViceNov 10 2021
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Nearly 1 million kids ages 5-11 will have their first COVID shots by the end of today
Beloved stuffed animals in hand, they lined up at schools, pop-up clinics and children's hospitals to do something that little kids generally hate to do: get a shot. COVID vaccinations for 5- to 11-year-olds began in earnest late last week, ramping up over the weekend and early this week.
By the end of the day on Wednesday, about 900,000 elementary school-age children will have gotten
NPR (Online News)Nov 02 2021
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US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11
U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration already authorized the shots for children ages 5 to 11 — doses just a third of the amount given to teens and adults. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends who should receive FDA-
Associated PressApr 20 2022
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U.S. Chamber urges Senate to wait on FTC nominee Bedoya
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday urged the Senate to delay consideration of President Joe Biden's Federal Trade Commission nominee Alvaro Bedoya, accusing the current FTC leadership of undermining companies' confidence in the agency.
The business lobbying group pointed to recent changes under FTC Chair Lina Khan, including action over consumer protection rule-making and a vote
ReutersMay 18 2021
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600,000 children, ages 12-15, have received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose
At least 600,000 children, ages 12 to 15, have received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccination, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a media briefing Tuesday.
The count comes just over a week after the Food and Drug Administration greenlighted it for emergency use in this age group, a total of 17 million in
NBC News DigitalJun 17 2022
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FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines for kids as young as 6 months
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for kids as young as six months old, finding them both safe and effective.
"Many parents, caregivers and clinicians have been waiting for a vaccine for younger children and this action will help protect those down to 6 months of age. As we have seen with older age groups, we expect that the vaccines
ABC News (Online)Jul 06 2022
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Covid-19 Vaccine Doses, Once in High Demand, Now Thrown Away
Governments, drugmakers and vaccination sites are discarding tens of millions of unused Covid-19 vaccine doses amid sagging demand, a sharp reversal from the early days of the mass-vaccination campaign, when doses were scarce.
Vaccine manufacturer Moderna Inc. recently discarded about 30 million doses of its Covid-19 shot after failing to find takers, while pharmacies and clinics have
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 21 2019
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Four big drug firms agree $260m opioid payout hours before trial set to begin
Four major pharmaceutical companies have agreed a multimillion-dollar payout over the US opioid epidemic, hours before a federal trial in Ohio in which they were to be accused of a conspiracy to profit off of addiction and death.
Teva Pharmaceuticals, the largest manufacturer of generic drugs in the world, and three drug distributors, among the biggest corporations in America, have
The Guardian