Author: CASSIDY MORRISON, Washington Examiner
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Federal judge blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors
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A federal judge in Georgia blocked the Biden administration’s requirement that all federal contractors must receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the latest blow in a flurry of legal setbacks for the White House. U.S. District Judge Stan Baker of Savannah, Georgia, issued the nationwide injunction against enforcing the mandate on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Baker ruled that…
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Democrats clamp down on vaping industry marketing to children
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Democrats are stepping up efforts to clamp down on e-cigarette makers’ marketing practices that they argue target children, a public health issue that is returning to the political agenda after being pushed to the back burner by the pandemic. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democrat, settled the first state-initiated lawsuit against Juul, the…
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Biden administration credits rescue plan subsidies for 1M new Obamacare sign-ups
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Biden administration officials attributed the more than 1 million new Obamacare sign-ups to the advance tax credits established by the massive coronavirus relief package passed in March that drove down many people’s plan premiums to around $10 per month. “This far into a special enrollment period to see the numbers as high as they are…
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine shipments to be delayed after production mix-up ruins 15M doses
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A manufacturing mishap in a Baltimore manufacturing plant contracted to produce the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has ruined 15 million doses and will delay shipments while U.S. regulators investigate. Workers at the Baltimore-based Emergent BioSolutions plant conflated vaccine ingredients a few weeks ago, causing about 15 million doses of vaccine to go to…
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CDC director warns of ‘avoidable surge’ in pandemic
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The United States is poised for another “avoidable” surge in new COVID-19 cases unless the public follows social distancing protocols, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky warned Monday. “We are at a critical point in this pandemic, a fork in the road, where we as a country must decide which path we…
