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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House Republican who voted to impeach Trump won’t run again

One of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol announced Thursday night he will not seek reelection next year
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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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Records suggest Puerto Rico saw a leptospirosis ‘outbreak’ after Hurricane Maria — but officials won’t call it that

Puerto Rico’s own records list so many cases of the bacterial disease leptospirosis that officials should have declared an “epidemic” or an “outbreak” after Hurricane Maria instead of denying that one occurred, according to seven medical experts who reviewed previously unreleased data for CNN and the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI).


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There’s a California election coming up. But if history is any guide, most voters won’t show up

By the time California’s primary election day arrives in June, it’s possible the state will be very close to having 20 million registered voters — a historic milestone that state elections officials reported last week is within sight.

Don’t applaud just yet. The history of modern California politics…

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US won’t declare opioid emergency, Price says

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump has no immediate plans to declare the nation’s opioid epidemic a public health emergency, a decision that flies in the face of the key recommendation by the President’s bipartisan opioid commission.


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In the winter that won’t quit, resorts extend their ski and board seasons. Ready to hit the slopes on July 4?

What a winter. What a wedding cake.

From Tahoe south, California ski resorts have enjoyed a remarkably generous season, getting as much as 60 feet of snow in some areas and more than 40 feet in Mammoth.

Many resorts have already extended their seasons, and some plan to fire up the lifts until the…

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Aetna Won’t Need Humana If Paul Ryan Privatizes Medicare

A Republican-led Congress effort to privatize Medicare could soften the blow of a federal judge’s ruling blocking the acquisition by Aetna of Humana.
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Stubborn Aging Parents Who Won’t Talk About Finances: Breaking Through Resistance

Aging parents may stubbornly refuse to give financial information to adult children. They don’t want to lose control over their lives or be put away in some terrible place of their imagination. Fear is beneath their refusal to discuss money. If you have a strategy, you stand the best chance of breaking through their resistance. Here are three things you can do: address the fear, be predictable, make concrete suggestions about options as they age.
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Cruz ad: Trump ‘won’t change the system; he’s what’s wrong with it’




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