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Lawmakers in Michigan voted to limit powers of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state health department to curb the pandemic
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her orders have been the subject of numerous protests from right-wing pol…
Connor Perrett
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COVID-19 crisis: Here are all the latest updates from India and around the world
Face shields alone are not highly effective to prevent COVID-19 infection without masks, says …
PTI
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Florida officials are no longer publishing the state's coronavirus death data
The death-toll data "is no different than any other public record," said Dr. Stephen Nelson, head o…
Isaac Scher
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After an Insider investigation, ICE reverses its claim that it asked states to vaccinate detained immigrants
An Insider investigation found that federal negligence could leave thousands of at-risk immigrants …
Nicole Einbinder,Angela Wang,…
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The US is not prepared for the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations
Many state health departments told Business Insider that they are still sorting out the logistics o…
Aria Bendix
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Health officials are receiving death threats, and over 20 have left their jobs after weeks of targeted harassment
In Ohio, Colorado, California, as well as other states, public health officials have stepped down a…
Shira Feder
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Goa government launches COVIDLocator app to track quarantined suspects
Amid repeated pleas by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant urging those in home-quarantine not to leave th…
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Panera is reportedly at the center of an E. coli investigation in New Jersey
"The Warren County Health Department and state Health Department are investigating a cluster of E. …
Hayley Peterson
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A Mississippi public health official will forever be tied to the Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade. It's not clear how he feels about that.
Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the health official named on the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe V. Wade…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Florida officials were largely quiet about the coronavirus threat at the beginning of the year. But behind the scenes, they were preparing for a crisis.
Florida health officials were concerned about the state's ability to handle the pandemic in mid-Feb…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Kentucky health department links measles case to a religious 'revival' at a Christian college that had to be disbanded after it went viral on TikTok
A Kentucky Department for Public Health official said anyone who is unvaccinated and went to the re…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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12 people infected with the coronavirus were falsely told they'd tested negative — and at least one was hospitalized
Kevin Evans, a Delaware resident who was told he was negative on July 21, was hospitalized two days…
Eliza Relman
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Arizona, which is about to reopen, told its virus experts to stop making projections after they suggested the outbreak there has not yet peaked
Experts predicted that the virus may not peak until late May, but their work was stopped hours afte…