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These benefits for Americans will disappear when Biden ends the Covid national and public health emergencies in May

Tue, 2023-01-31 11:31 — mike kraft

These benefits will disappear when Biden ends the Covid national and public health emergencies in May | CNN Politics President Joe Biden intends to end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, the White House said Monday. That means that many Americans could have to start paying for Covid-19 testing and treatment after the declarations cease. Phil Mattingly,Jeremy Diamond,Tami Luhby CNN

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Misinformation issue: Judge blocks law aiming to curb COVID misinformation

Fri, 2023-01-27 18:07 — mike kraft

California law aiming to curb COVID misinformation blocked by judge A U.S. judge has blocked a California law that sought to penalize doctors who spread "misinformation or disinformation" about COVID-19 while he considers a pair lawsuits challenging it on free speech grounds. Brendan Pierson Reuters

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Analysis: Three years since Covid-19 emerged: What have we learned and what more do we need to understand?

Fri, 2023-01-27 11:43 — mike kraft

It's been three years since the first Covid-19 case in the United States. What have we learned and what more do we need to understand? | CNN Covid-19 has unmasked many existing crises and amplified them for the world to see, writes Dr. Leana Wen. The coronavirus didn't create health disparities — these long-predated the virus — but exacerbated existing ones. Katia Hetter CNN

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Florida doctors worried DeSantis gives ‘fringe’ dermatologist a platform

Fri, 2023-01-27 11:24 — mike kraft

Florida doctors worried DeSantis gives ‘fringe’ dermatologist a platform DeSantis is using his opposition to Covid-19 restrictions and advocacy of medical “free speech” as a central pillar of his messaging strategy, and the issue is likely to play into a possible 2024 presidential run. POLITICO

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House Republican chairman says he plans broad focus for committee on Covid pandemic

Thu, 2023-01-26 10:45 — mike kraft

Broad focus planned for revamped COVID panel under GOP majority - Roll Call The panel's new chairman wants an “after-action review” but also plans work on the origins of the coronavirus. Roll Call

The new chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is planning a wide focus on future pandemic preparedness and the impacts of the pandemic on the economy, education and the national supply chain.

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House GOP appoint top Covid deniers to new COVID Response Committee

Wed, 2023-01-25 17:46 — mike kraft

House GOP Stacks COVID Response Panel With Top COVID Conspiracy Theorists Marjorie Taylor Greene compared masks to the Holocaust. Ronny Jackson said omicron was a Democratic hoax. Definitely a credible committee! YahooNews

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unveiled his picks on Tuesday for the new Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic: Republicans who have spread dangerous misinformation about COVID-19, compared wearing face masks to the Holocaust, and suggested that the omicron variant of the deadly virus was a Democratic hoax.

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GAO says Pandemic jobless benefits fraud likely tops $60 billion. House Republicans to start hearings

Tue, 2023-01-24 10:38 — mike kraft

Pandemic jobless benefits fraud likely tops $60 billion. House GOP to start investigating next week | CNN Politics More than $60 billion may have been paid out in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the US Government Accountability Office. Tami Luhby CNN

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Florida governor DeSantis seeks permanent ban on Florida mandates for masks, vaccine requirements

Wed, 2023-01-18 09:26 — mike kraft

DeSantis to push for permanent ban on Florida mandates for masks, vaccines Gov. Ron DeSantis will ask the Legislature to make permanent the state's prohibitions on masks at schools and businesses' vaccine requirements. John Kennedy Tallahassee Democrat

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China: doctors say they are discouraged from citing COVID on death certificates

Tue, 2023-01-17 10:23 — mike kraft

In China, doctors say they are discouraged from citing COVID on death certificates During a busy shift at the height of Beijing's COVID wave, a physician at a private hospital saw a printed notice in the emergency department: doctors should “try not to” write COVID-induced respiratory failure on death certificates. Martin Quin Pollard,Engen Tham Reuters

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House Republican committee to focus on Covid virus origins, U.S. pandemic spending

Tue, 2023-01-10 18:57 — mike kraft

House GOP to focus COVID panel on virus origins, pandemic spending Republicans have significantly retooled the focus of the House panel investigating the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, a move that aligns with the new majority’s over… nweixel The Hill

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