Health
Obama to return to White House to celebrate health care reform
Former US President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at the 2021 climate summit in Glasgow on November 08, 2021. NBC News reports Obama will return to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since he left office to promote the Affordable Care Act in an event alongside President Joe Biden. Jeff J […]
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Myocarditis risk higher after Covid infection than Pfizer or Moderna vaccination, CDC finds
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images People infected with Covid-19 face a higher risk of myocarditis and other inflammatory heart conditions than those vaccinated against the disease, according a large study published by the Centers for Disease […]
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House to vote on bill to legalize marijuana
Adam Eidinger along with other DC marijuana advocates gathered on the east side of the US Capitol plaza grounds to urge Congressional lawmakers to lower the restrictions on marijuana use in the District of Columbia, and made a further statement by illegally smoking marijuana and consequently being arrested, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC Monday […]
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A human genome has finally, fully been decoded
Fotohunter | Getty Images Mission accomplished — or close enough, anyway. That was the message scientists sent to the world in 2003 when they announced that the human genome had been sequenced, assembled and was essentially complete — with a few seemingly minor gaps. In reality, the effort to quantify and identify the genetic code […]
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Senators reach tentative deal on $10 billion in additional Covid funding, Romney says
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) walks through the Senate Subway on his way to a security briefing for senators on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 30, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Senate Republicans and Democrats have reached a tentative deal on $10 billion in additional Covid funding, less than half […]
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CIA Director William Burns tests positive for Covid after meeting with Biden, but is not considered a close contact
CIA Director Bill Burns testifies next to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines during a House (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing on diversity in the intelligence community, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 27, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters WASHINGTON – CIA Director William Burns tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the intelligence agency said. Burns, who […]
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Biden warns U.S. won’t have enough Covid vaccine shots this fall if Congress fails to pass funding
U.S. President Joe Biden receives a second coranavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination after delivering remarks on COVID-19 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden warned Wednesday that the U.S. will not have enough Covid vaccine shots […]
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Next decade will transform health care more than past century: Johnson & Johnson CEO
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Joaquin Duato, the new CEO of Johnson & Johnson, is comfortable enough in his new position at the 135-year-old company to issue a bold claim just a few months into the job and during his first interview: he predicts the next decade will see more health-care transformation than […]
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Watch live: Biden speaks about fight against Covid as more contagious omicron BA.2 gains ground
[The stream is slated to start at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is set to give a speech Wednesday about the fight against Covid-19 in the U.S. The president’s remarks come a day after the Centers for Disease Control […]
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Top FDA official says fully vaccinated Americans may need more Covid shots this fall
Nathan Jacobs, of Boston gets his Covid Booster shot from Sassy Yogurtian at City Hall on December 9, 2021 in, in Boston, MA. Stuart Cahill | MediaNews Group | Getty Images People in the U.S. might need another Covid booster shot this fall as public health experts expect immunity from the vaccines to wane and […]
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