Tag: Covid
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Vaccination rates for flu and Covid are low this season, CDC says
Vaccination rates for the flu, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are low for adults in the U.S. so far this season, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Nov. 9, an estimated 35% of U.S. adults had gotten the new flu vaccine, and nearly 18% had…
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Transit workers who lost jobs when they didn’t get Covid vaccines are awarded $1M
Six former employees for the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency who lost their jobs when they did not get Covid vaccines for religious reasons have been awarded more than $1 million each, according to court documents related to a lawsuit the California workers filed. A federal jury awarded the six ex-BART workers between $1.1 million…
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Harris attacks Trump for giving Putin Covid tests ‘when Black people were dying everyday by the hundreds’
As she steps up her appeals to Black voters, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on a popular Black radio program Tuesday where she said she is still open to slavery reparations and slammed former President Donald Trump for allegedly sending Covid tests to Russia “when black people were dying” back home. In a wide-ranging live…
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IRS vows to race $TK billion in delayed Covid aid to hurricane-hit businesses
Small business owners in the Southeast who’ve been waiting for long-delayed pandemic aid are pushing for that money to recover from this fall’s brutal hurricane season. The federal government says more of it is heading their way soon. Around 400,000 claims worth $10 billion are now being processed for eligible business owners who applied for…
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Kremlin confirms Trump sent Putin Covid tests, denies Putin phone calls since he left office
Former President Donald Trump did send coronavirus testing devices to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the height of the pandemic, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Bloomberg News in a written statement that “we also sent equipment at the beginning of the pandemic.” The story was initially reported in “War,” a new…
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Al Pacino says he briefly died from Covid: ‘I was gone’
Al Pacino revealed on a podcast this weekend that he almost died during a bout with Covid-19 — a near-death experience that left the star actor pondering his mortality. Pacino, 84, was plugging his memoir “Sonny Boy” on The New York Times podcast “The Interview,” when he recounted how in 2020 he’d fallen sick at…
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Ex-NYC Covid czar fired after he admits attending banned ‘private gatherings’ during height of pandemic
The pharmaceutical executive who was once New York City’s Covid czar was fired Monday, days after he admitted participating in “private gatherings” that were prohibited during the height of the pandemic, a federal filing shows. The board of directors at SIGA Technologies terminated Dr. Jay Varma effective immediately “other than for cause,” according to a…
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Former NYC Covid czar admitted he held ‘private gatherings’ during the height of the pandemic
New York City’s former Covid czar has admitted to participating in what he called “private gatherings” attended by multiple people while the rest of the city was on lockdown and large get-togethers were prohibited during the pandemic. Dr. Jay Varma made the admission Thursday after he was caught on hidden camera boasting about hosting what…