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Several schools in Pennsylvania and Ohio find harmful bacteria in water systems
Sep 13, 2020 04:52Schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania have reported finding harmful bacteria in their plumbing. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discovered Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, in buildings it leases. This presents potential health risks.
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'Nonsensical and madness': Outrage after Trump excludes US from WHO-backed global vaccination cooperation pact
Sep 10, 2020 16:48Provoking a flurry of critical reactions from health experts and lawmakers, the Trump administration has announced recently that it will not participate in the "global effort to develop, manufacture, and equitably distribute a coronavirus vaccine, in part because the World Health Organization is involved"—a decision the Washington Post said "could shape the course of the pandemic and the country's role in health diplomacy" going forward.
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Trump admin’s small business bailout has been plagued by waste, fraud and abuse
Sep 09, 2020 05:43The Trump administration failed to design and implement a program that would help actual small businesses and their workers. Instead, they cut corners and kept the American people in the dark. In the end, the wealthy and well-connected were showered with our tax dollars and fraudsters took advantage of the troubling lack of transparency.
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On Labor Day, remember this: Trump’s America works only for the rich
Sep 09, 2020 05:35On Labor Day weekend, eight weeks before one of the most consequential elections in American history, it’s useful to consider the inequalities of income and wealth that fueled Donald Trump’s victory four years ago — and which are now wider than ever.
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FDA-required tests on puppies slow progress to COVID treatment
Sep 08, 2020 15:44The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is slowing the search for treatments and cures for COVID-19 and other illnesses by forcing pharmaceutical manufacturers to conduct unscientific and outdated drug safety tests on puppies.
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West taking big risk shutting out students from China
Sep 08, 2020 04:44Last year US universities woke up to the grim reality of a sharp decline in enrollment by Chinese international students caused by the trade war between Washington and Beijing, ultimately leading to harsher immigration policies.
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Health experts horrified as new Trump Covid-19 adviser pushes 'herd immunity' strategy
Sep 06, 2020 08:57Sweden's decision to forego strict lockdowns in favor of more relaxed social distancing guidelines has been criticized by public health experts as a reckless approach to the pandemic that contributed to the country's high death rate compared to other European nations. Pursuing a similar strategy in the U.S., a country with a population of 328 million, would be catastrophic, experts warned.
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Locked out by pandemic, refugees' lives put on hold
Sep 06, 2020 07:50UN data show in the first half of 2020, refugee resettlements fell 69 percent from 2019 levels to just over 10,000. The program resumed in June, but at a much slower pace. The coronavirus pandemic has hit as attitudes to immigrants have been hardening, loosening another thread in increasingly frayed international efforts to maintain global solidarity.
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“Herd immunity” plan may result in long-term heart problems for many in US
Sep 06, 2020 05:12One of Trump’s top medical advisers, Scott Atlas, is urging the administration to lean into a national “herd immunity” strategy to combat the pandemic. The report explains that Atlas, a neuroradiologist and fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution is pushing for the United States to embrace a laissez-faire pandemic management model like Sweden’s, by allowing the coronavirus to spread freely to most of the population while protecting those in senior homes or in other vulnerable populations.
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Too risky? Fed pressed to expand aid to some businesses
Sep 04, 2020 02:45With the economy still in the pandemic’s grip, the US Federal Reserve is facing a decision on whether to stretch an emergency lending program in a way that could bring more risk for the government and taxpayers. Lawmakers are pressing the Central Bank to deliver more aid to struggling small and mid-sized businesses.