Epidemics
House GOP asks Fauci and dozens of health officials to testify in investigation into Covid origins
House Republicans have asked former White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony to testify before Congress as they launch a new investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The GOP leaders of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Committee on Oversight and Accountability sent a letter to Fauci on Monday requesting a […]
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Op-ed: U.S. inflation and employment experiences demonstrate swiftest recovery in 30 several years less than Biden
Cecilia Rouse is chair of the White Home Council of Economic Advisers. These are amazing situations for America’s economic system. The latest details propose that our labor market place remains sturdy even as inflationary pressures are displaying signals of easing. The work report before this month prompt U.S. businesses included 517,000 work in January, very […]
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Nikki Haley enters race for president as first challenger to Trump for the Republican nomination
Former South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022. Wade Vandervort | AFP | Getty Images Nikki Haley, a former governor for South Carolina and United Nation’s ambassador, announced she was entering the 2024 presidential race on Tuesday, making her […]
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22 attorneys general say pulling abortion pill from U.S. would have ‘devastating consequences’
The attorneys general from 21 states and Washington, D.C., on Friday argued that the attempt to pull the abortion pill from the U.S. market would have “devastating consequences” for women. The filing in federal district court in Texas comes in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion physicians who have asked that court to overturn the […]
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Judge extends deadline in lawsuit seeking to pull abortion pill mifepristone from U.S. until Feb. 24
A federal judge in Texas has extended until Feb. 24 the deadline in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on Thursday ordered one of the companies that makes the pill, Danco Laboratories, to lay out its opposition to the attempt to pull the […]
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The Covid emergency in the U.S. ends May 11. HHS officials say here’s what to expect
People walk past a COVID-19 walk up testing site on July 28, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images The Health and Human Services Department on Thursday laid out what will change and will remain the same when the three-year-long Covid public health emergency ends in May. Health […]
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Enjoy are living: Senate retains very first listening to on the suspected Chinese spy balloon
(The stream is slated to get started at 10:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the webpage if you do not see a online video previously mentioned at that time.) The Senate on Thursday is keeping its initially hearing on the Chinese spy balloon that floated around the United States previous 7 days in advance of it […]
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Look at live: Senate International Affairs Committee holds a listening to on U.S.-China coverage and competition
The Senate Overseas Relations Committee is holding a hearing titled “Analyzing U.S.-China Plan in the Period of Severe Levels of competition.” The listening to comes two times just after President Joe Biden highlighted China’s more and more intense strategies as a danger to the sovereignty of the U.S. through his State of the Union address […]
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Watch live: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks on the debt ceiling
(The stream is slated to start at 5:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will deliver an address Monday on the debt ceiling. His speech comes a day before President Joe Biden is scheduled to give the annual State of […]
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Hispanic dialysis patients face 40% higher risk of staph infection than whites, CDC says
Hispanic dialysis patients face a 40% higher risk of developing a staph bloodstream infection compared with whites, underscoring economic and racial disparities in the U.S. health-care system, according to new data released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adults on dialysis for kidney failure were 100 times more likely to contract staph […]
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