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More Florida school districts to require masks in battle against governor’s order
At least seven districts, accounting for more than a million students, are in defiance of DeSantis’s order banning mask mandates FDA gives full approval to Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19 Florida’s…
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Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine receives full US FDA approval
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday fully approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, a move that triggered a new wave of vaccine mandates as the Delta variant batters the…
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G20 must prioritise global Covid action at October meeting | Jeffrey Frankel
US and other rich countries must allocate more to make vaccines available to low- and middle-income countries Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Finance ministers, central bank…
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Rev Jesse Jackson and wife ‘responding positively’ to Covid treatment, says son
Civil rights leader and Jacqueline Jackson admitted to a Chicago hospital on Saturday The Rev Jesse Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline Jackson, remained under doctors’ observation at a Chicago hospital…
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‘You are not a horse’: FDA tells Americans stop taking dewormer for Covid
Agency issues message after misinformation about ivermectin, a medicine used to deworm livestock, spreads on social media Ahead of full US authorisation of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, the federal Food…
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Why is Australia at odds over the Doherty report and what does it say about opening up the country?
PM repeatedly cites the institute’s modelling of 70-80% Covid vaccination rates as Australia’s path to freedom. But what do those numbers really mean? Latest NSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; border restrictions…
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China reports zero local symptomatic Covid-19 cases for first time in weeks
China reported zero local symptomatic Covid-19 infections on Monday for the first time after a month of mass testing, local lockdowns and travel restrictions to curb a weeks-long outbreak.Nanjing, where…
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Deadlines burn Joe Biden
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Christopher Cadelago and Natasha Korecki on politico.com on August 23, 2021.If Joe Biden’s withdrawal plan…
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Coronavirus: Indonesia eyes next week for helpers to start returning to Hong Kong; expert says Covid-19 risks associated with new policy are minimal
Indonesia has joined the Philippines in declaring August 30 as the expected date from when its domestic helper workforce will be allowed into Hong Kong, saying on Monday that negotiations…
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Instagram artist addresses stigma of talking about mental health by making art with ‘honest messages’ that draws on her own experience of suffering a breakdown
As Covid-19 lockdowns, quarantines and social distancing contribute to the worsening state of mental health in Hong Kong and many other parts of the world, Sravya Attaluri’s work has become…