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A news conference with Republican doctors in Congress, ostensibly to discuss the Delta variant, instead turned into a forum for the lawmakers to repeat unverified claims that the virus escaped from a lab in China, and to bash Democrats for…

“While there is no question that health conditions have improved from last year, we cannot be complacent or simply assume that we will be able to play without interruption — either due to Covid outbreaks among our clubs or outbreaks…

“This is a nationwide crisis and it could have been and should have been addressed perhaps by other branches of government,” Paul Geller, one of the lead lawyers representing local governments across the U.S., said in a conference call with…

“The world is faced with great difficulties,” Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told International Olympic Committee members in a closed-door meeting at a five-star hotel in Tokyo, adding “we can bring success to the delivery of the Games.” “Such fact…

Top Republican lawmakers blasted the surgeon general’s work on misinformation and accused the administration of coordinating with social media companies to censor speech. President Joe Biden’s shot at the platforms last week, including Facebook, further fueled the fire. “They’re killing…

The U.S. reported 31,281 new cases, 22,080 hospitalizations and 272 deaths on Saturday, according to the New York Times Covid tracker. A large chunk of the new cases are coming from five states: Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Nevada. President…

“Earlier today, it was brought to our attention that two of the members at that meeting tested positive for COVID-19,” Symone Sanders, a senior adviser for Harris, said in a statement. “Based on the timeline of these positive tests, it…

Ultimately, experts do not believe that reducing the vial size would significantly reverse the months-long slide in vaccinations, but some local and state officials say they don’t want to forego any opportunity that might make it even marginally easier to…

“I don’t care if people b—- at me,” he said. “The Biden team didn’t ask me for anything. They simply said, ‘Whatever you find, we want to know,’” Luntz said. “This is more than Trump did. Trump did not care…

While those reports are “rare,” a senior CDC official said, they “do likely indicate a small possible risk of this side effect following this vaccine.” But the benefits of the J&J shot outweigh the risks of contracting the virus, CDC…