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Oct 16 2020
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Scientists Craft Herd Immunity Plan to Reopen Society; Others Say It's Too Risky
A proposal from Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, Dr. Sunetra Gupta of Oxford, and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford — titled the Great Barrington Declaration — seeks to end COVID-19 coronavirus lockdowns and reopen society. The plan focuses on "herd immunity," in which people would purportedly build immunity to the coronavirus without a vaccine; the authors argue lockdowns "are producing
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Jul 25 2022
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Biden Shows Signs of Improvement in Bout with COVID-19
Kevin O'Connell, the physician of President Joe Biden, said Sunday that Biden's COVID-19 symptoms "continue to improve significantly" after three days of Paxlovid treatment for the BA.5 variant.
The president tested positive on Thursday after giving a speech about climate change in Massachusetts. White House COVID Coordinator Ashish Jha said Sunday that none of the 17 people who came
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Aug 01 2021
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Fauci Doesn't Expect Lockdowns Amid Delta Variant Outbreak
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said during an interview on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday that he doesn't "think we're going to see lockdowns" to prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid the spread of the Delta variant. While the health official believes that an adequate percentage of Americans have been vaccinated to avoid lockdowns, he warned that "things will get worse
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Feb 14 2021
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Daily New U.S. COVID-19 Cases Dip Below 100,000, Health Officials Say It's 'Too Soon' To Ease Restrictions
The daily average number of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. fell below 100,000 for the first time in months as vaccine rollouts progress, but experts cautioned Sunday that infections are still high and restrictions must remain in place. For the majority of December, the seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 infections was 200,000, and rose to approximately 250,000 in January, according to Johns
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Jun 22 2022
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Biden Calls on Congress and States to Pass 3-Month Gas Tax Holiday
President Joe Biden called on Congress and state governments to suspend taxes on gas and diesel for three months.
While Biden has faced strong pressure to do something about high gas prices, leaders from both parties in Congress have expressed skepticism or outright opposition to a gas tax holiday. Addressing these concerns, Biden said he understood that “the gas tax holiday alone is
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Oct 02 2020
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House Democrats Pass $2.2 Trillion Stimulus Bill
House Democrats passed a scaled-down version of their $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package on Thursday night after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed to reach a bipartisan deal earlier in the week. The $2.2 trillion stimulus, decreased from the original $3.4 trillion HEROES Act in May, passed 214 to 207, with 18 moderate Democrats voting no on the bill
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Aug 13 2020
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Israel and UAE Normalize Relations in US-Brokered Deal
With the help of the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached an agreement to normalize relations, President Donald Trump announced Thursday. The agreement includes a promise that Israel will “suspend declaring sovereignty” over occupied West Bank territory. Delegates from the two countries will meet in the coming weeks to sign bilateral agreements on energy, security,
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May 22 2021
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US Daily New COVID-19 Cases Drop Below 30,000
On Thursday, daily new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. fell below 30,000 for the first time since June 2020. There were 29,128 new virus cases and 669 COVID-related deaths in the U.S. on Thursday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University; the seven-day average dropped to 27,815 on Friday, according to data compiled by The Washington Post.
Coverage from across the spectrum tended to
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Mar 12 2022
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Perspectives: Media Outlets Cast Doubt On Russia's Theory About US-Funded Biolabs in Ukraine
Russian state media and some voices on social media claiming adherence to QAnon have widely spread an accusation that the U.S. is funding biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine, which most outlets across the spectrum have classified as "baseless."
Some theorize that Russia's reasoning for launching airstrikes on Ukraine is to destroy supposed bioweapon-manufacturing labs where Dr.
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Feb 18 2021
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School Reopening Guidelines Fuel Public Health Debate
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidance for reopening schools last week amid the COVID-19 pandemic, laying out essential features of safe reopening including mask-wearing, social distancing and more testing. Some experts praised the guidance; others say it won't do enough to fully open schools. The Biden administration has at times been inconsistent on its goals for
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