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Biden Announces Nation's COVID-19 Emergency to End in May
President Joe Biden said this week that he will end the nation’s COVID-19 public health emergency in May.
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Hero Pay to Begin Going Out on Feb. 1
The state’s “Hero Pay” payments will begin going out next week.
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‘Hero Pay' to Begin Going Out Next Week
The state’s “Hero Pay” payments will begin going out next week. Comptroller Sean Scanlon said the payments will begin going out on Feb. 1. “Hero Pay” or the Premium Pay program is meant to provide a bonus of up to $1,000 to essential workers employed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state comptroller held a news conference…
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NBC CT The Connection – January 9, 2023
Legal sales of recreational cannabis begin in Connecticut Tuesday, an update on the state’s Hero Pay program, a viral Harvard acceptable reaction video, and more on The Connection.
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Travelers Rush to Take Advantage of China Reopening
First international travelers are arriving in China without the mandatory quarantine that had been imposed at the start of the pandemic three years ago. The easing of border restrictions comes even as the virus continues to spread in China amid what critics say is a lack of transparency from Beijing. More foreign governments are imposing testing requirements on travelers from...
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New Year's Revelers Flock to Parties After COVID Hiatus
With countdowns and fireworks, revelers in major city centers across the Asia-Pacific region are ushering in the first new year without COVID-19 restrictions since the pandemic began in 2020. While COVID-19 continues to cause death and dismay, particularly in China, which is battling a nationwide surge in infections after suddenly easing anti-epidemic measures, countries had largely lifted quarantine requirements, restrictions...
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Congress Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for US Troops
U.S. military forces around the world will no longer be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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US to Release Medicine From National Stockpile as Flu Season Rages
The Biden administration says it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile
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US Reaches 100 Million COVID Cases as Concern Mounts Over Respiratory ‘Tripledemic'
As the U.S. approaches the three-year mark of the arrival of the coronavirus, the country reached a new unpleasant milestone: 100 million COVID cases.
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Biden Administration Reopens Website for Free At-Home COVID Tests as Part of Winter Plan
The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all American households
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China Eases Some of Its Most Controversial ‘Zero-COVID' Policies After Mass Protests
In a sharp reversal, China has announced a series of measures rolling back some of its most draconian anti-COVID-19 restrictions.
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China's COVID-19 Cases Hit Daily Record as Expanded Lockdowns Spark Protests
China is expanding pandemic lockdowns, including in a city where factory workers clashed with police this week, as its number of COVID-19 cases hits a daily record.
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Protests Erupt at World's Largest iPhone Factory as China Tightens COVID-19 Controls
Videos and postings on Chinese social media say employees at the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls.
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State Comptroller-Elect Asking Lawmakers to Approve More ‘Hero Pay' Funding
As it stands right now, accepted applicants who make less than $100,000 will receive $232.67, not $1,000, because current funding has to be pro-rated to cut a check to all those who did get approved.
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Death Caused by Excessive Drinking Spiked During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alcohol-related deaths among middle-aged Americans rose nearly 30% in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new CDC study found.
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Data Shows Student Scores Decline After Pandemic Remote Learning
New national data shows students test scores across the country have declined in math and reading since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Biden Administration Extends COVID Public Health Emergency
The Biden administration says the COVID-19 public health emergency will continue through Jan. 11 as officials brace for a spike in cases this winter.
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Gap Between Democrat, Republican Deaths After COVID-19 Vaccine Release Highlighted in Study
Republicans in Florida and Ohio died at a higher rate than Democrats when accounting for the additional deaths that occurred during the coronavirus pandemic and after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, according to new research. ...
...What is known as the excess death rate was 76% higher for Republicans than for Democrats, according to from the National Bureau of Economic Research published...