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The Instagram account 'GaysOverCovid' drew backlash after calling for an end to mask mandates despite shaming people for not wearing masks before
Ryan Wharton, whom the account called out in a 2020 Instagram post, told Insider that the page "cre…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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The CDC shortened its COVID-19 isolation recommendation to 5 days for asymptomatic people after some disease experts said 10 days was too long
The CDC's 10-day isolation period was excessive, experts say. The agency also reduced quarantine gu…
Aria Bendix
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Healthcare workers say some COVID-19 patients and their families are demanding unapproved therapies
"I've had patients or their family members accuse me of trying to kill them when we don't use the m…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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One of COVID-19's original symptoms, loss of smell, could be making a comeback as some patients are reporting it again
Health professionals have said anecdotally that BA.5 causes loss of smell more than other recent va…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell,Dr. C…
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The George Floyd protests inspired San Francisco Giants concession workers to strike for a better contract - and they won
San Francisco Giants concession workers of color led the fight for better benefits. The George Floy…
DeArbea Walker
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's vaccine mandate ban won't make airlines or other large businesses drop their plans, legal experts say
Law professors said that large businesses will likely have to conform to a federal vaccine mandate …
Ashley Collman
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After 3 months of investigations, the intelligence community still can't determine the coronavirus' origin
"We should not even be thinking about closing the book or backing off, but rather ratcheting up the…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Congress passed a $16 billion program to save entertainment venues rocked by the pandemic. It became a mismanaged fiasco, with thousands of businesses still waiting for relief.
Congress allocated $16 billion in emergency grants to venues and stages hit by the pandemic. Seven …
Walt Hickey
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A Michigan TV anchor says he was 'unceremoniously let go' because he didn't want to share a studio unmasked with colleagues
Frank Turner said he has spent most of the COVID-19 pandemic in a separate studio, but issues arose…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A vaccine law expert explains the 3 most likely legal challenges Biden's federal vaccine mandate might face
A leading vaccine law expert explains how commerce, discrimination, and antibodies might play a rol…
Erin Snodgrass
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WHO calls on China to be transparent in sharing data to determine Covid's origins
The Huanan market in central China's Wuhan city was the epicentre of the pandemic. From its orig…
PTI
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Job boards for workplaces that specifically don't require COVID-19 vaccinations are popping up as more employers have started requiring the shot
"This job board is for sharing job openings that do not require employees to inject themselves with…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A Florida school board member says Gov. Ron DeSantis is 'the mad king of the COVID era' and is causing 'panic' and 'chaos' in her district
"It feels like a nightmare I can't wake up from," said Jessica Vaughn, who is on the board of the s…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A Tennessee father who was threatened and swarmed by anti-maskers at an explosive school board meeting said he's still traumatized
"We know who you are," one anti-masker yelled at Michael Miller as he tried to leave the meeting. "…
Erin Snodgrass
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A stage 3 cancer patient's vital surgery was canceled because there were no available hospital beds due to the COVID surge: 'I have a bomb in my neck and untreated it will kill me.'
"I'm not afraid of COVID, because I'm vaccinated," Michael Kagan told Insider. "I am afraid of canc…
Erin Snodgrass
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Biden sets 90-day deadline for more details on coronavirus origins
Biden asked the intelligence community to "redouble their efforts to collect and analyze informatio…
Oma Seddiq,Aylin Woodward
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People are buying pins and t-shirts on Etsy that say 'Not a Republican, just vaccinated' now that mask mandates are going away
One seller told Insider the pins are her bestsellers, with reviews like: "Sooooo needed LOL! I can'…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Biden's 90-day deadline for virus origins spurred by 'unexamined intelligence': NYT
The idea the coronavirus leaked from a lab hasn't been disproved. However, a World Health Organizat…
Erin Snodgrass
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China is preparing to test thousands of blood samples in Wuhan to uncover the origins of COVID-19
Experts reported the first coronavirus cases of the pandemic in Wuhan in late 2019. The city remain…
Jake Epstein
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How Russia's invasion of Ukraine, vampire obsession, and 'secret bio-weapons' have played into China's narrative about COVID-19's origin
Russia's false claims about US bio-weapons laboratories in Ukraine have fed conspiracy theories in …