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White House Pushes to Save Key Covid Programs in Debt Ceiling Talks

Thu, 2023-05-25 22:27 — mike kraft

The White House is seeking to preserve funding for key components of the federal coronavirus response in debt limit negotiations with House Republicans, according to senior Biden administration officials familiar with the talks.

Administration officials are trying to protect roughly $5 billion in funding for a program to develop the next generation of coronavirus vaccines and treatments. They are also looking to preserve more than $1 billion in funding for an initiative to offer free coronavirus shots to uninsured Americans, according to the officials.

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Disinformation issue: Fact check-- CDC says COVID-19 vaccines safe, no proof of deadly batches sent to red states

Wed, 2023-04-26 15:22 — mike kraft

Fact check: CDC says COVID-19 vaccines safe, no proof of deadly batches sent to red states A frequent source of COVID-19 misinformation fabricated a claim that “rapid kill” batches of COVID-19 vaccines were sent to red states. Yahoo News

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Dr. Fauci reflects on missteps, successes of the US Covid-19 pandemic response

Tue, 2023-04-25 22:54 — mike kraft

Fauci reflects on missteps, successes of the US Covid-19 pandemic response | CNN Since Dr. Anthony Fauci retired late last year as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, effectively ending his role as America's Doctor during the Covid-19 public health emergency, he has been reflecting in a series of new interviews on the missteps -- and missed opportunities -- that characterized the pandemic response. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Analysis: Following COVID-19 precautions was closely linked to traditional values except in the U.S.--study

Wed, 2023-04-12 14:51 — mike kraft

Traditional values closely linked to following COVID-19 precautions, except in US CIDRAP

A new study from researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles shows the US population's response to COVID-19 precautions stood in sharp contrast to other countries.

Worldwide, people who professed to have more traditional or socially conservative values were more likely to adhere to COVID-19 recommendations, but in the United States people with those values were more likely to dismiss such recommendations.

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Biden signs bill ending U.S formal national COVID-19 emergency

Tue, 2023-04-11 00:49 — mike kraft

Biden signs bill ending national COVID-19 emergency President Biden on Monday signed a GOP-led resolution bringing an end to the national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House said. The resolution passed the House despite almost 200 … bsamuels The Hill

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Analysis: The Age of Energy Insecurity

Mon, 2023-04-10 15:58 — mike kraft

The Age of Energy Insecurity How the fight for resources is upending geopolitics. Foreign Affairs

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Americans hold mixed views on getting back to ‘normal’ after Covid-19, new polling shows

Mon, 2023-04-10 14:58 — mike kraft

Americans hold mixed views on getting back to 'normal' after Covid-19, new polling shows | CNN Politics Three years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans' views of the disease's impact have stagnated into a complex set of mixed feelings, recent polling suggests, with few believing that the pandemic has ended but most also saying that their lives had returned mostly -- if not entirely -- to normal. Ariel Edwards-Levy CNN

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U.S. Covid deaths and infections varied almost 4-fold across the 50 states --study.

Fri, 2023-04-07 21:11 — mike kraft

Study: US COVID-19 Outcomes Tied to State Characteristics and Policies Numbers of deaths and infections from COVID-19 varied up to almost 4-fold across the 50 states, even when factors like age and comorbidities were taken into account, according to an analysis of outcomes between January 1, 2020, and July 31, 2022. JAMA_current

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Misinformation issue: Facts largely ineffective in countering conspiracy theorists --research suggests

Thu, 2023-04-06 23:20 — mike kraft

Facts largely ineffective in countering conspiracy theorists, research says - UPI.com Conspiracy theories have become more prevalent than ever, and according to researchers, combatting conspiracies with factual evidence is largely ineffective in quashing conspiracy beliefs. UPI

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Congress passes legislation requiring declassification of intelligence information on COVID's origins

Fri, 2023-03-10 22:16 — mike kraft

House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted unanimously Friday to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19, a sweeping show of bipartisan support near the third anniversary of the start of the deadly pandemic. AP NEWS

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The 419-0 vote was final congressional approval of the bill, sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk. It’s unclear whether the president will sign the measure into law, and the White House said the matter was under review.

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