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• Covid-19
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Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine

August 7, 2020 Arthur Allen

by Arthur Allen, California Healthline   The vaccine trial that Vice President Mike Pence kicked off in Miami on Monday...

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• Covid-19
• Health

America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine

August 7, 2020 Sarah Varney

by Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News For a world crippled by the coronavirus, salvation hinges on a vaccine. But in...

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Close relatives of the coronavirus may have been in bats for decades

August 7, 2020 Erin Garcia de Jesus

By Erin Garcia de Jesus, Science News    Similar viruses with the potential to infect humans could be circulating in the...

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• Politics

People are dying in US prisons, and not just from COVID-19

August 6, 2020 Heather Schoenfeld

by Heather Schoenfeld, Boston University July 22, 2020 7.59am EDT   Randall Jordan-Aparo, Darren Rainey and Latandra Ellington are not...

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• Education

NYC Announces Coronavirus Test-and-Trace Team Just for Schools as Opposition to Reopening Mounts

August 6, 2020 Christina Veiga

by Christina Veiga, THE CITY This article was originally published on Aug 5 at 7:51pm EDT by THE CITY  ...

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• Health

Patients sue over claims of botched knee operations at BMI hospital

August 6, 2020 Melanie Newman

by Melanie Newman, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | February 14, 2017 Patients sue over claims of botched knee operations...

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• Health
• Politics

Where Montana has tested for the coronavirus

August 6, 2020 Eric Dietrich

by Eric Dietrich, Montana Free Press. | 08.04.2020 Where Montana has tested for the coronavirus was originally published by Montana...

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• Politics

Most teaching will remain virtual this fall. Is NYC working fast enough to improve it?

August 6, 2020 Alex Zimmerman

Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York, Jul 29, 8:53pm EDT Most teaching will remain virtual this fall. Is NYC working fast enough...

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• Health
• Opinion

The Dangers of an Unwitnessed Pandemic

August 6, 2020 ANIL ANANTHASWAMY

July 30, 2020 by Anil Ananthaswamy, Undark I am grateful my dad died last September. He suffered from a debilitating...

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• Health

Hospital Merger in Washington State Stokes Fears About Catholic Limits on Care

August 6, 2020 Harris Meyer

Harris Meyer, California Healthline | August 3, 2020 The proposed merger of a well-regarded secular hospital system and a larger...