Not the “primary stakeholders” in children’s education. In testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said that parents of school-aged children…
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Consumer Confidence Hits Seven Month Low
Commerce Department issues report on inflation-adjusted spending. The Department of Commerce released a report that reflects U.S. consumer confidence dropping for the third straight month in a row,…
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Education Secretary Supports Vaccine Mandates
He asks states to “make sure it happens.” Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education, voiced his support for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for eligible schoolchildren saying the FDA’s full approval…
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CDC Expands Covid Booster Shot Eligibility List
Includes the elderly, the immunocompromised, and healthcare workers. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced their endorsement of booster shots for not only Americans over…
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CDC Director Recommends Boosters
The move sidesteps guidance by an FDA panel last week. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rochelle Walensky released an endorsement of recommendations by the Advisory Committee on…
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President Doubles COVID-19 Vaccine Donation
U.S. would donate three shots for each shot administered at home. On Wednesday, President Biden announced that he would be doubling the number of COVID-19 vaccines that the…
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Education Secretary Announces Puerto Rican Improvements
Commonwealth to receive pandemic relief and other federal education aid. This month, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona met with Interim Secretary of Education Eliezer Ramos of Puerto Rico…
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Provides clinicians with directions on reporting infectious refugee disease. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidance for healthcare workers who encounter evacuees from Afghanistan…
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White House Develops International Travel Contact Tracing
There are no plans to relax coronavirus travel restrictions. White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said the U.S. is developing a “new system for international travel” that…
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House Requests COVID Origin Intelligence
90-day deadline to receive raw data reports. House Oversight and Reform Committee member Representative James Comer of Kentucky is requesting all the raw data surrounding the origins of…
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