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US Sees Risk of COVID Supply Rationing Without More Funds
The White House is planning for what it calls “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19. Biden administration officials have been warning for weeks that the country has spent nearly all the money approved for COVID-19 response. The administration faces critical decisions about how to...
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Judge: COVID Asylum Restrictions Must Continue on Border
A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border. The judge on Friday blocked a plan by President Joe Biden’s administration to lift the restrictions next Monday. Migrants have been expelled more than 1.9 million times since March 2020 under federal Title 42 authority. The provision denies migrants a chance...
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Jha Warns of Deadly Winter Surge If Congress Doesn't Fund More Tests, Vaccines
White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha warned Wednesday that without additional funding from Congress, the virus would cause “unnecessary loss of life” in the fall and winter, when the U.S. runs out of treatments and tests.
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Josh Shapiro Off Campaign Trail on Pa. Primary Day After Testing Positive for COVID
NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports from Abington, Montgomery County, about the governor’s race and other issues on the ballot as voters decide party candidates for the 2022 general election. AG Josh Shapiro, the only Democrat running for governor, tested positive for COVID-19 on the eve of Tuesday’s primary. Several Republicans hope to win their party’s nomination.
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Josh Shapiro, Democratic Gov. Candidate and Pa. AG, Has COVID
Josh Shapiro, the democratic candidate for Pennsylvania governor and the state’s sitting attorney general, has COVID-19, he said Tuesday morning.
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Masks Recommended in 9 South Jersey Counties
COVID concerns are ramping back up in New Jersey and now the CDC is recommending people wear masks in most counties in South Jersey. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports from Cherry Hill.
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Pa. Governor Primary Race Divides Republicans, Unites Democrats
NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports on the primary election to decide on candidates for Pennsylvania governor. Democrat Josh Shapiro is running unopposed while several Republicans battle it out for their party’s nomination in the 2022 general election.
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N. Korea Reports 6 Deaths After Admitting COVID-19 Outbreak
North Korea said six people died and hundreds of thousands of others fell ill amid an explosive spread of fever across the nation, a day after it acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak in a largely unvaccinated population for the first time since the pandemic began.
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Mass. Agrees to $56M Settlement With Families in Holyoke Soldiers' Home COVID Outbreak
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday that the state has reached a $56 million settlement with the families in the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020. “The COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home was a terrible tragedy,” Baker said in a statement. “While we know nothing can bring back those who were lost, we hope…
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Less Immigrant Labor in US Contributing to Price Hikes
The U.S. is experiencing a labor shortage that’s partly fueled by a drop-off in immigration, which ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic.
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WHO: Nearly 15 Million Deaths Associated With COVID-19
The WHO estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems during the first two years of the pandemic, more than double the current official death toll of over 6 million.
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US Surpasses 1M COVID-19 Deaths
The United States has surpassed 1 million COVID-19 deaths according to the latest data compiled by NBC News.
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1 Million Deaths and Counting: COVID-19 Has Now Claimed the Lives of 1 Million Americans
One million Americans have now died from the coronavirus. We visualize the true scope of the loss here.
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1 Million Deaths: COVID's Toll in US Reaches a Once-Unfathomable Number
The U.S. on Wednesday surpassed 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once-unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world’s highest recorded toll from the virus.
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Secretary Blinken Tests Positive for COVID-19
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, his spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Blinken Tests Positive for COVID, Has Mild Symptoms
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday afternoon, the State Department said.
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Pfizer Hopes to Submit Little-Kid Vaccine Data by Early June
Pfizer now hopes to tell U.S. regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by late May or early June.
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California County Saw 76% Spike in COVID Cases After Coachella
Daily COVID-19 cases in Riverside County, Calif., where the music festival took place, have seen a 76% increase. Experts say the spike is due in part to more at-home tests.
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Harris Negative for COVID-19 After Taking Antiviral Pill
Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative on Monday for COVID-19, six days after she tested positive for the virus. She has been cleared to return to the White House on Tuesday. Harris press secretary Kirsten Allen said Harris, who was prescribed the antiviral treatment Paxlovid last week, was negative on a rapid antigen test. Allen said Harris would continue to...
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Moderna Seeks FDA Approval for COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Under 5
Moderna is seeking approval from the FDA for a COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 5. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has reactions from parents and medical experts.