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'Looks pretty bad': Judge says Minnesota GOP House candidate lied on search warrant
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Looks pretty bad': Judge says Minnesota GOP House candidate lied on search warrant

Raw Story  

A Republican candidate for a state House seat who is running on his experience in law enforcement was excoriated by a state judge last fall for “intentionally or recklessly mischaracterizing the truth” on a pair of affidavits in a felony drug case. Duran first said the suspects were pulled over in a routine speed trap on a quiet county road …

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Health experts raise alarm over US response to bird flu
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Health experts raise alarm over US response to bird flu

China Daily  

Three months after the first detection of bird flu in US dairy cows, experts are expressing growing concern about the government's response and the potential for a deadly pandemic. Since avian influenza A, also known as "bird flu", was for the first time detected in dairy cows on March 25, the number of infected herds continues to rise. "In the …

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There will be another pandemic, infectious disease experts say. Here are 6 ways we can prepare for it
2 years, 7 months ago

There will be another pandemic, infectious disease experts say. Here are 6 ways we can prepare for it

CNN  

CNN — More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, we have reached a crossroads. “What we don’t want is to have our children, and perhaps our grandchildren, forget what we’ve been through.” Whether we’re going to apply lessons from the current pandemic remains to be seen, Frieden said, but doing so is key to ending that cycle, so that …

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California orders statewide mask requirement starting Wednesday amid rising coronavirus cases
3 years ago

California orders statewide mask requirement starting Wednesday amid rising coronavirus cases

LA Times  

Shoppers wearing face masks wait in line to enter a store at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce on Nov. 26. Faced with rising coronavirus cases and growing concerns about the Omicron variant, California is ordering a statewide mask mandate for indoor public spaces to go into effect on Wednesday. “We are proactively putting this tool of universal indoor masking in …

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Column: Moderna’s founders are now billionaires, but where are the doses for the rest of the world?
3 years, 2 months ago

Column: Moderna’s founders are now billionaires, but where are the doses for the rest of the world?

LA Times  

The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine being prepared for shipping. “Of the more than 6.5 billion doses administered globally, fewer than 4% have gone to people in low-income countries,” Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, observed recently. “They need to step up as a company and provide COVAX with doses at not-for-profit prices,” David Kessler, chief …

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We’re drowning in a sea of salt. FDA says we have to help save ourselves
3 years, 2 months ago

We’re drowning in a sea of salt. FDA says we have to help save ourselves

CNN  

CNN — I never add salt to my food at home or in restaurants. “I’ve found salad dressings where a single serving had over 23% of one’s daily value in sodium,” said Dr. Stephen Juraschek, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School who researches sodium and hypertension. Pretty soon your whole meal has hidden salt in it, and it’s really …

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The vaccinated are worried and scientists don’t have answers
3 years, 4 months ago

The vaccinated are worried and scientists don’t have answers

Deccan Chronicle  

Anecdotes tell us what the data can’t: Vaccinated people appear to be getting the coronavirus at a surprisingly high rate. One is that this is a hard question to address.” Absent clear public health messaging, vaccinated people are left confused about how to protect themselves. But we don’t have great clinical data.” One of the best known outbreaks among vaccinated …

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Fully vaccinated people who get a Covid-19 breakthrough infection can transmit the virus, CDC chief says
3 years, 5 months ago

Fully vaccinated people who get a Covid-19 breakthrough infection can transmit the virus, CDC chief says

CNN  

CNN — Fully vaccinated people who get a Covid-19 breakthrough infection can transmit the virus, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday. But what they can’t do anymore is prevent transmission.” That’s why the CDC changed its guidance last week and is now recommending even vaccinated people wear masks indoors again, Walensky said. Earlier …

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Experts Warn Lag In Global Vaccinations Could Lead To Dangerous Variants
3 years, 7 months ago

Experts Warn Lag In Global Vaccinations Could Lead To Dangerous Variants

NPR  

Experts Warn Lag In Global Vaccinations Could Lead To Dangerous Variants Thanks to widespread vaccinations, the U.S. is reopening. AIZENMAN: There's even been small but sudden upswings in Taiwan and Vietnam, which took aggressive precautions at the start of the pandemic and until recently had almost completely insulated themselves from COVID. AIZENMAN: And so, he says, U.S. officials need to …

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Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And on the latter task, projecting too much …

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Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden doesn’t just have to manage the coronavirus pandemic — he also has to manage people’s expectations for how soon the country will come out of it. And on the latter task, projecting too much optimism can be as risky as offering too little, requiring what one public health expert calls a “necessarily mixed message.” At …

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Is it time to delay second doses of coronavirus vaccines?
3 years, 10 months ago

Is it time to delay second doses of coronavirus vaccines?

CNN  

CNN — Two letters to major medical journals this week provide fuel for the argument that in these times of scarce coronavirus vaccine, people can skip their second doses, immediately doubling the supply for others. “Our data show substantial early reductions in SARS-CoV-2 infection and symptomatic COVID-19 rates following first vaccine dose administration,” Dr. Eyal Leshem and colleagues wrote. “Early …

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Column: I just got my COVID vaccine. Here’s why that’s a problem
3 years, 11 months ago

Column: I just got my COVID vaccine. Here’s why that’s a problem

LA Times  

Orange County residents line up at the county’s first large-scale vaccination site at a Disneyland parking lot on Jan. 13. Just over 24 hours later, my wife and I had both received our initial doses of the Moderna COVID vaccine at Orange County’s mass inoculation center in a Disneyland parking lot. “I’m disappointed that there weren’t massive preparations to receive …

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Fact check: Trump continues to falsely claim that spike in coronavirus cases is due to heightened testing
4 years, 2 months ago

Fact check: Trump continues to falsely claim that spike in coronavirus cases is due to heightened testing

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump has claimed over and over in the past week – at campaign rallies, on Twitter and in an interview with “60 Minutes” – that the US is only seeing so many coronavirus cases because the country is doing so much testing. “To say that cases aren’t actually increasing is to deny reality,” Dr. Tom …

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US sees highest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day since August
4 years, 3 months ago

US sees highest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day since August

CNN  

CNN — The recent uptick in coronavirus cases across the United States has emergency physicians fearing it could represent the start of a “dreaded second wave.” “We are all seeing increasing numbers of Covid-19 patients who are coming into our ERs, who are getting really sick, requiring hospitalization and even intensive care,” Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency room physician and …

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July 25 coronavirus news
4 years, 5 months ago

July 25 coronavirus news

CNN  

Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden uses hand sanitizer during a hearing on May 6 in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images The first concern with a vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection will be safety, former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Thomas Frieden said Friday. “Because some of the adverse outcomes from …

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Back to school or back to square one?
4 years, 5 months ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Back to school or back to square one?

CNN  

CNN — Even though the heat of mid-summer is still upon us and the coronvirus pandemic continues, back-to-school season is right around the corner. Both Trump and US Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos threatened to withhold federal funding for school districts that didn’t reopen, and White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow dismissed concerns about reopening schools by saying, “It’s …

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US coronavirus: Only two states are reporting a decline in new cases
4 years, 6 months ago

US coronavirus: Only two states are reporting a decline in new cases

CNN  

CNN — Only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases compared to last week: Connecticut and Rhode Island. Ron DeSantis said the state’s surge in cases in the past week was the result of a “test dump,” echoing an assertion from the White House that an increase in testing is resulting in the higher numbers. “We’ve …

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Alex Azar: ‘Window is closing’ for US to get coronavirus under control
4 years, 6 months ago

Alex Azar: ‘Window is closing’ for US to get coronavirus under control

CNN  

CNN — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned Sunday that the “window is closing” for the United States to get the coronavirus pandemic under control, as confirmed cases are surging in a majority of the country and some states are dealing with record numbers of hospitalizations. “Things are very different from two months ago… So it is a …

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US coronavirus: Only two states are reporting a decline in new cases
4 years, 6 months ago

US coronavirus: Only two states are reporting a decline in new cases

CNN  

CNN — Only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases compared to last week: Connecticut and Rhode Island. Ron DeSantis said the state’s surge in cases in the past week was the result of a “test dump,” echoing an assertion from the White House that an increase in testing is resulting in the higher numbers. “We’ve …

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Nation’s stockpile proves no match for the coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 8 months ago

Nation’s stockpile proves no match for the coronavirus pandemic

CNN  

CNN — As complaints about dire shortages of protective gear for medical workers on the frontlines of the Covid-19 crisis began to stream in, President Donald Trump was quick to point the finger of blame at his predecessor, Barack Obama. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said, “All ventilators deployed from the SNS are in operating …

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Dr. Tom Frieden: These are the ‘10 plain truths’ about the coronavirus pandemic, according to former CDC director
4 years, 8 months ago

Dr. Tom Frieden: These are the ‘10 plain truths’ about the coronavirus pandemic, according to former CDC director

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Tom Frieden, the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, laid out “10 plain truths” about Covid-19 on Wednesday as he spoke at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on the pandemic response. “In my 30 years in global public health, I’ve never seen anything like this,” Frieden, who now serves as president and …

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Trump says coronavirus taskforce to continue work: Live updates
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump says coronavirus taskforce to continue work: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

US President Donald Trump to announce new members of coronavirus taskforce Monday, as focus turns to medical treatment. 18:20 GMT – Trump denies reports that US coronavirus taskforce to disband In a reversal from statements he made only a day earlier, United States President Donald Trump said the emergency taskforce handling his administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak would not …

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State openings bring risks, huge stakes for America and its President
4 years, 8 months ago

State openings bring risks, huge stakes for America and its President

CNN  

CNN — America is stirring, but it’s every state for itself. Still, Frieden cautioned that the longer fight against the pandemic, which he described as the worst public health threat in 100 years, is “just beginning.” A pandemic respects no state borders, and there is a real chance that states taking a risk by opening could eventually make the situation …

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