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Coronavirus Feds: 47 exploited pandemic to steal $250M from food program By AMY FORLITI Associated Press – 9/20/22
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities charged 47 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts in what they said Tuesday was the largest fraud scheme yet to take advantage of the COVID-19 ...
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Coronavirus TikTok search results riddled with misinformation: Report By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press – 9/14/22
TikTok may be the platform of choice for catchy videos, but anyone using it to learn about COVID-19, climate change or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to encounter misleading ...
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Biden Court rehears fight over vaccine mandate for federal workers By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press – 9/13/22
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden has the same authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on federal workers that private employers have for their employees, an administration lawyer ...
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Coronavirus US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer – 8/31/22
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. The move ...
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Coronavirus Pfizer COVID shots appear 73% effective in children under 5 By Associated Press – 8/23/22
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring, the company announced Tuesday. Vaccinations for babies, toddlers and ...
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Coronavirus 2 men convicted in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press – 8/23/22
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, delivering swift verdicts in a plot that was broken up by the FBI and ...
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Coronavirus Scott Jensen compares COVID-19 protocols to Nazi policies By Richard Eberwein – 8/22/22
Minnesota GOP gubernatorial nominee Dr. Scott Jensen will appear at a Republican Jewish Coalition event on Tuesday. However, resurfaced comments show Jensen seeming to think that pandemic-era COVID-19 policies are comparable to Nazi-era antisemitic aggression.
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Coronavirus Fauci, top infectious disease expert, to retire in December By Associated Press – 8/22/22
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced ...
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Coronavirus WHO: World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in Asia By Associated Press – 8/18/22
LONDON (AP) — New coronavirus cases reported globally dropped nearly a quarter in the last week while deaths fell 6% but were still higher in parts of Asia, according to a report Thursday on the ...
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Biden Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild’ symptoms By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent – 8/16/22
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing “mild symptoms,” the White House announced Tuesday. President Joe Biden continues to ...
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