The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is defending its controversial new guidance on coronavirus testing after writing from various medical groups and accusations of political intervention. Earlier this week, the CDC quickly revised its guidance on coronavirus testing, dropping its previous recommendation to test anyone who came in close …
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People wear their face masks waiting in line for an emergency food distribution at 88th Street Temple Church of God in Christ on April 14, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, during the coronavirus pandemic. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images The number of Americans who first filed for …
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Scientists and public health officials said Monday they are skeptical overpowering plasma is an effective treatment for patients hospitalized with Covid-19, even after the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the treatment and President Donald Trump showed it as a breakthrough. “ There are no formally …
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) welcomes US President Donald Trump (L) to the NATO summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, north-east London on 4 December 2019. Peter Nicholls | AFP | Getty Images The UK government has rejected a report that it plans to end a tax on …
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People stand outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find help with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, June 18, 2020. Bryan Woolston | Reuters There is a one in four chance that the economy could fall into a double recession, according to a majority of economists surveyed by the …
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