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Biden’s $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan Approved In House, 219-212
The House of Representatives passed Joe Biden‘s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan early on Saturday morning by a vote of 219-212, sending it to the Senate for approval. Democrats, who hold a majority in the House and Senate, have enough confirmed votes to all but guarantee the bill’s enactment. The current Biden American Rescue Plan includes a $400 per week supplement to all unemployment checks and an extension of benefits until August 29, a $1,400 payment to almost all American adults and an identical sum for each dependent child, $20 billion for vaccination programs, $50 billion for testing...
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COVID-19: Is India heading towards a second wave?
Speculations that India has been spared from the wrath of COVID-19 have been around since mid-September. However, the country reported 16,886 new cases on February 24, up by a massive 97 percent as compared to the beginning of the month. By Pankhuri Agarwal India’s active caseload as of February 26 has risen to 1,52,895, after dropping to a low of 1,33,079 on February 11. The COVID-19 tally has seen an upward trend since February 19. Among the worst-hit states, Maharashtra topped the list with 8,807 confirmed cases on February 24. Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Punjab followed closely, marking th...
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FDA Confirms Johnson & Johnson Single-Dose Vaccine Is 66% Effective And Safe
Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine has proven to be safe and considerably effective in preventing severe symptoms of the virus. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a briefing analyzing results from a Johnson & Johnson clinical trial in preparation for an independent advisory panel scheduled for Thursday. The panel will discuss if Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine should be authorized for children under 18 years old. The FDA’s findings confirmed that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 66% effective in all trials against COVID-19. During the 28-day clini...
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Justice Dept. & FBI Investigate Cuomo’s Handling Of Nursing Home Deaths
The FBI and Brooklyn federal prosecutor’s office have opened an investigation into how New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been handling nursing homes and the deaths in these facilities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent weeks, a New York attorney general investigation found that Cuomo’s administration obscured key data and issued directives that may have led to increased nursing home deaths. Multiple media investigations also concluded that New York state undercounted the number of coronavirus patients sent into nursing homes in New York. Back in August, the Justice Department, th...
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Biden Reflects On 500,000 U.S. Dead From COVID-19 At White House Candlelight Vigil
In a personal statement released from the White House Monday, President Joe Biden called the United State’s surpassing of 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 a “truly grim, heartbreaking milestone.” In a raw, poetic moment Biden said on the loss of a family member “the birthdays, the anniversaries, the holidays without them. And the everyday things — the small things, the tiny things — that you miss the most: that scent when you open the closet, that park that you go by that you used to stroll in. That movie theater where you met. That morning coffee that you shared together.” Joe, First Lady Jill Bi...
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U.S. Life Expectancy Plunged In 2020
In just the first six months of 2020, life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year, the federal government reported on Thursday. The 2020 decrease is the largest drop since World War II and a measure of the consequences stemmed from the coronavirus pandemic. Life expectancy, or the average number of years that a newborn is expected to live, is the most basic measure of the health of a population. Thursday’s figures give the first full picture of the pandemic’s effect on American expected life spans, which dropped from 78.8 years to 77.8 years in 2019. The newest numbers also showed...
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NBA Postpones Games After Spurs Players Test Positive For COVID-19
The NBA has postponed the San Antonio Spurs’ next three games because four players tested positive for COVID-19. The league announced on Tuesday that aside from the Spurs games being postponed that the Charlotte Hornets are undergoing contact tracing and will have their next two games postponed. The Hornets played the Spurs on Sunday. The Spurs are currently remaining quarantined in Charlotte since Sunday’s game. The affected scheduled games for the Spurs included Wednesday’s matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Saturday’s game against the New York Knicks and Monday’s game against the Indiana...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Banned From Instagram For Promoting Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s Instagram account was banned last week due to “repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” according to a Facebook spokesperson. The spokesperson explained that Kennedy’s Facebook account has not yet been banned: “We don’t automatically disable accounts across our apps, because the accounts may post about different things on our different services.” Recently, Facebook has been expanding efforts to stop the spread of misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines. A Facebook press release details the company’s newfound mission: “We are contin...
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New York Mets Revised Spring Training Schedule Released, Tim Tebow Is Back
Spring training will look a lot different this year for the New York Mets and Major League Baseball. The Mets announced that their revised 2021 Spring Training Grapefruit League schedule will begin on Monday, March 1. Spring training was originally slated to begin on February 27. A scaled-back schedule, COVID-19 precautions throughout Clover Park and an 80% reduction in available seats will make for a completely different atmosphere at this year’s spring training. The Mets will open their 24-game exhibition season against the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida on...
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Daily U.S. COVID-19 Cases Drops Below 100,000 For First Time Since November
According to Johns Hopkins University the seven-day national average of COVID-19 cases officially dropped below 100,000 on February 12 and remained below 100,000 the following day. The daily average has not been below 100,000 since November 4. Experts note that the infection rate is still extremely high, and that while the statistic is cause for celebration, COVID-19 precautions must stay in place. Director of the Center for Disease Control Dr. Rochelle Walensky told NBC that “we are still at about 100,000 cases a day. We are still at around 1,500 to 3,500 deaths per day. The cases are more th...
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