Encourages schools to continue working with local health officials After the CDC announced new guidelines for moving forward through the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona released…
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White House Reveals Next Phase of COVID-19 Plan
Less masks, more vaccine development. After President Biden’s State of the Union address, the White House released a 96-page plan outlining the next steps they will be taking…
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$50 Million in Grants Awarded to Support Seafood Industry
USDA awards funding to twenty-four states and the territory of American Samoa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week the investment of $50 million under the Seafood…
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HHS Wants $30 Billion More in COVID Aid
Says U.S. is not prepared for what comes next. The Department of Health and Human Services needs at least $30 billion to keep its wide-ranging COVID-19 responses going,…
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President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau Discuss Protests
“Freedom Convoy” of truckers expected next month in U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a discussion on trucker convoy protests and agreed to…
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Pandemic Restrictions Could End Soon, Dr. Fauci Says
U.S. is coming out of “full-blown pandemic phase.” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said that restrictions on account of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Grocery Prices Expected to Rise Again
President Biden is re-tooling his economic to-do list. The Bureau of Labor Statistics report indicates that prices across a range of goods and services rose 7 percent between…
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Jobs Report Exceeds Expectations
Labor Department reports 467,000 added in January. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the addition of 467,000 jobs to the economy in January. The numbers far outpaced the…
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Restaurant Association Requests More COVID Support
Writes Congress to strongly encourage renewal of Restaurant Rescue Fund. When the American Rescue Plan was passed in 2021, $28.6 billion of the spending package was given to…
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FDA Limits Monoclonal Antibody Therapy
White House dismisses as ineffective treatment against COVID-19. The FDA announced on Monday that it would be limiting the use of monoclonal antibody therapies in treating COVID-19. They…
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