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Pfizer to supply US with additional 100M vaccines doses
The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31.
5 years ago
Trump slams COVID relief bill, asks for changes after bitter negotiations
Congressional leaders took seven months to negotiate the $900 billion package, which was passed with overwhelming majorities that could overturn a presidential veto.
5 years ago
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
President Trump pardoned 15 people, including GOP allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a massacre.
5 years ago
Congress acts to spare consumers from costly surprise medical bills
Congress has passed a long-debated measure to stop health care providers from billing patients for charges not covered by their insurance. Here's how the new protection works.
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Vaccines are coming, but the US still needs more testing to stop the surge
The U.S. conducts nearly 2 million coronavirus tests daily. A new analysis shows millions more are needed to protect the most vulnerable.
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US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted
U.S. deaths increase most years. But the 2020 numbers amount to a jump of about 15%, and could go higher once all the deaths from this month are counted.
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$900B COVID relief bill passed by Congress, sent to Trump
Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business to create a massive bundle of bipartisan legislation.
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Highlights of $900 billion COVID-19 relief, wrapup bills
Highlights of the measure with overall funding amounts and specific amounts for some but not necessarily all initiatives.
5 years ago
Older people, some essential workers should get vaccines next, CDC panel says
A federal advisory committee voted to put adults 75 and over and frontline essential workers next in line for COVID-19 vaccines.
5 years ago
US airport traffic rising despite holiday travel warnings
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an advisory declaring “postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from COVID."
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Why the CDC eviction ban isn’t really a ban: ‘I have nowhere to go’
Families are getting put out on the street despite an order to block evictions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advocates say the order needs to be extende
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2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US ships out
Public health experts say the shots — and others in the pipeline — are the only way to stop a virus that has been spreading wildly.
5 years ago
Congress reaches deal on $900 billion COVID-19 relief package
The agreement would establish a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans.
5 years ago
Fight over Fed powers stalls $900 billion aid plan
Lawmakers on both sides said a provision by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., that would curb emergency Federal Reserve powers was the sticking point.
5 years ago
General sorry for ‘miscommunication’ over vaccine shipments
"I failed. I'm adjusting. I am fixing and we will move forward from there," Gen. Gustave Perna told reporters in a telephone briefing.
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