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Apr 30 2021
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COVID-19 in India
“India’s total COVID-19 cases passed 18 million on Thursday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked around the clock to bury victims and hundreds more were cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots… The world's second most populous nation is in deep crisis, with hospitals and morgues overwhelmed.” (Reuters)
“The United States is
The Flip SideApr 07 2024
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Abbey's Road: Remembering the COVID-19 pandemic four years later and what we've learned
Around this time four years ago, I spent my days perched in a rocking chair in our finished attic-turned-makeshift schoolroom with a Chromebook in my lap while one kid played math games on an iPad, another wrote in a notebook about her latest reading assignment and the third did her best to blend in. I was overwhelmed and frustrated by the different websites I was supposed to visit in order to
The Columbus DispatchSep 06 2021
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Most Parents Want Their Kids Back In The Classroom. Fewer Agree On The COVID-19 Safety Measures.
After more than a year of distance learning, many school-age children in the U.S. have gone back to the classroom. And while the highly transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus certainly triggers mixed feelings about kids’ returning to school, parents have maintained for the most part that they prefer in-person learning, at least some of the time, to the entirely remote, virtual learning
538 (ABC News)Sep 14 2023
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Are businesses ready for another wave of Covid-19 cases?
The onset of the pandemic caught companies and workers by surprise. If cases tick up again, are they prepared to absorb the shock?
As students return to school and employers call their workers back to offices, Covid-19 cases are once again rising globally. Two new variants of note – BA.2.86 (Pirola) and EG.5 (Eris) – have already shown up around the world, including in the US and UK.
BBC NewsSep 12 2023
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FDA Approves Newest Covid-19 Boosters
The Food and Drug Administration cleared updated Covid-19 shots, which should protect against the latest versions of the virus now circulating—if people get them.
The vaccines, one from Pfizer and its partner BioNTech and another from Moderna, were greenlighted by the health agency on Monday for adults and children 6 months and older.
The doses should be available at pharmacies,
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 28 2023
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says he has COVID-19
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he has tested positive for COVID-19. Sanders, who is 82 years old, posted on X, formerly Twitter, that he is experiencing "minimal" symptoms and is isolating at home in Vermont. He says he is up to date with his COVID vaccines. The Vermont Department of Health says a new variant known as JN.1 is now a prevalent strain of COVID in the state. State Epidemiologist Dr.
Vermont PublicNov 24 2023
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DC to distribute free COVID-19 tests at local libraries
D.C. Health announced Wednesday that it would again be giving away free COVID-19 rapid tests at local libraries throughout all eight wards, months after ending the pandemic-era testing program in February. The current testing distribution plan will allow for the distribution of tests at 22 D.C. public libraries during their hours of operation. Libraries offering free rapid tests include: • In
WTOPMar 07 2024
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Trump counters Biden's claims on Ukraine, NATO, Jan. 6 Capitol riot, COVID-19
Former President Donald Trump countered President Joe Biden's claims on Thursday about what occurred under their respective administrations regarding Ukraine, NATO, and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Biden opened his address by touching on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin won't stop at Ukraine.
"They're not asking for American soldiers,"
Just The NewsJan 28 2022
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Pfizer Moves to Intervene in High-Profile Case Dealing With COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data
Pfizer has asked a federal court to let it intervene in a high-profile case that has seen U.S. drug regulators try to slow-walk disclosure of data on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Pfizer says it supports disclosing the data but wants to ensure that information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is not “disclosed inappropriately.”
Public Health and
The Epoch TimesJun 21 2021
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California to pay off unpaid rent accrued during COVID-19 pandemic
California will pay off the accumulated unpaid rent that has piled up during the COVID-19 pandemic, the AP reports.
Why it matters: The move would fulfill a promise to landlords to help them to break even, while giving renters relief, the AP writes.
The big picture: A little over 2% of people in California who have applied for rent relief during the pandemic have received it,
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