Americans need to ‘hunker down’ this fall and winter as Covid-19 pandemic will likely worsen, Fauci says

Nearly 30 US states are reporting downward trends in Covid-19 cases, but the pandemic will likely worsen again, according to the country’s leading infectious disease expert.


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Op-Ed: California’s burning; Americans are dying. I’m safe in Finland. Why would I ever go home?

I’m a Northern Californian but I find myself inching toward a status I never dreamed of: expat.

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Most Americans probably won’t be able to get a Covid-19 vaccine until mid-2021, CDC director says

A wedding in Maine is linked to 176 Covid-19 cases and the deaths of seven people who didn’t attend the celebration, demonstrating just how easily and quickly the virus can spread at social gatherings, public health experts say.


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Cleveland Clinic Survey: Most Americans Don’t know Heart Disease Is Leading Cause of Death in Women

A Cleveland Clinic survey finds that although heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, 68% of Americans do not know it’s the foremost killer of women. According to the survey, many Americans incorrectly thought breast cancer was the leading cause of death in women, with men especially likely to think this (44% vs. 33%). Among Millennials, 80% could not identify heart disease as the leading cause of death in women. Heart disease accounts for one in every four deaths in the U.S.
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Colorado couple: We were sickened at same Dominican Republic resort where 3 Americans died

As authorities investigate the unexplained deaths of three Americans at a resort in the Dominican Republic, a Colorado couple who stayed at the same facility last year said they became violently ill after being exposed to what they suspect were insecticides spread through the air conditioning system.


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‘Calexit’ leaders are back with a new plan to set aside land for Native Americans

The activists behind the “Calexit” proposal to cleave California are scrapping their old plans in favor a new secessionist proposal, one that would create what organizers call an “autonomous native nation” within a new independent state.

The California secretary of State cleared the group Yes California…

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Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ swipe raises the long history of problems between the government and Native Americans

President Trump’s “Pocahontas” swipe at Sen. Elizabeth Warren has raised conversations about the long history of controversy over the U.S. government’s relationship with Native Americans.
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Nearly half of Americans now have high blood pressure, based on new guidelines

Tens of millions more Americans now have high blood pressure. Almost half of all Americans — 46% — are now considered to be in the high blood pressure category based on new guidelines released Monday.


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Americans want Trump to focus on healthcare first: poll

NEW YORK – Healthcare is the top issue Americans want Donald Trump to address during his first 100 days in the White House, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday, an apparent rebuke of outgoing President Barack Obama’s signature reform, Obamacare.


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