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SARS-CoV-2 proteins have been found hiding in blood of long COVID patients. Can this explain the persistent infection?
A Harvard study found that 43% of long COVID sufferers had these proteins, suggesting persistent in…
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Managers more likely to promote workers who regularly come to office compared to remote employees: study
Nearly 1000 managers were presented with profiles of three completely made-up employees: a fully on…
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Instagram influencer sentenced to 5 years in prison for using fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief loans for luxury lifestyle, travel
Instagram influencer Danielle Miller was sentenced to five years in prison for fraudulently obtaini…
Rebecca Rommen
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One man in Japan accidentally received over $350,000 in COVID relief funds intended for his whole town and he says he gambled it away online
After the Japanese government accidentally gave a 24-year-old man his entire town's COVID relief fu…
Ben Gilbert
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An influencer who used a $1.5 million COVID-19 relief loan on luxury clothes and designer handbags has now been ordered to give them up
According to court documents, Danielle Miller is ordered to forfeit multiple Dior items, a Louis Vu…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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With federal stimulus payments unlikely, here are the 18 states giving money to residents in relief checks to combat inflation
With no public plans for federal stimulus checks, more than a dozen states instated their own relie…
Lauren Frias
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Bernie Sanders was initially 'hesitant' to work with Josh Hawley to push for stimulus checks: book
In December 2020, Sanders pushed for another $1,200 stimulus payment for Americans and was joined i…
John L. Dorman
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A 24-year-old man mistakenly received an entire Japanese town's COVID-19 relief money. He kept the cash and disappeared.
The man, who had only moved into the town of Abu in October 2020, was erroneously given around $359…
Matthew Loh
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A GOP congressional candidate used Covid relief funds meant for his employees to pay for his car and political campaign
The candidate, who owns a small business in Idaho, told his employees they would get paid if they w…
Matthew Loh
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Chinese hackers stole at least $20 million in US COVID-19 relief cash, the Secret Service says
This money was meant for COVID-19 relief and included small business loans and unemployment fund, t…
Cheryl Teh,Huileng Tan
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Ex-Georgia mayor gets prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of his city's COVID-19 relief funds
The Justice Department said Jason Lary, the 60-year-old former mayor of Atlanta suburb Stonecrest, …
Jake Epstein,Lloyd Lee
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Pelosi scraps new coronavirus aid from government funding bill after Democrats revolt over states losing Biden stimulus cash
Democrats were forced to eject $15 billion in new coronavirus relief funding after a last-minute bl…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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A Miami influencer is accused of fraudulently using COVID-19 relief funds to rent a luxury apartment, car, among other things
Daniela Rendon could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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These are the 12 Democrats who voted to end the official COVID-19 emergency Biden has used to extend student-debt relief
On Tuesday, 62 senators voted to end the COVID-19 emergency declaration. Biden has made clear he wi…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Supreme court asks the Indian government to compensate families of those who died during the pandemic
Giving such compensation would leave states with insufficient funds to fight the ongoing COV…
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California couple who swindled millions in COVID relief funds cut off their electronic bracelets and fled, leaving their 3 teenage children behind, reports say
Richard Ayvazyan and Marietta Terabelian used the identities of the elderly or deceased in a scheme…
Matthew Loh
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DeSantis uses federal COVID-19 relief funds to send nearly 60,000 Florida families a $450-per-child check to 'offset the costs of rising inflation'
Families don't have to apply for the checks, as they'll be automatically sent out to qualifying Flo…
Katie Anthony
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75% of Americans support Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill despite outcries from GOP lawmakers, a new poll finds
Republicans called out Biden's COVID-19 bill for a lack of bipartisanship, but a new poll shows tha…
Madison Hall
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The IMF has approved a $650 billion Covid-19 aid package, mainly going to rich countries - but it's urging them to share
The aid is the IMF's biggest-ever distribution of reserves and is meant to support countries strugg…
Sophie Kiderlin
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Student-loan borrowers who qualified for the first debt-relief plan are not yet guaranteed relief under Biden's new route
The Education Department said it would "explore policy options" to help "as many people as possible…