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Back-to-school with COVID-19 variants and monkeypox outbreaks

Back-to-school with COVID-19 variants and monkeypox outbreaks

Nation World

Back-to-school with COVID-19 variants and monkeypox outbreaks

Back-to-school is aligning with two high-profile virus outbreaks. Here's what you need to know as students return to classrooms.

Nation World

Biden tests negative for COVID-19, ends 'strict isolation'

While President Biden said that "COVID isn't gone," he stressed that Americans can avoid serious illness with vaccines and available treatments.
Coronavirus

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

Two new studies support the theory that the virus that causes COVID-19 emerged in the wild and began spreading to humans at a seafood market in Wuhan.
Nation World

Biden says he's 'feeling better every day' as he recovers from COVID

Biden has been taking Paxlovid, a drug that helps reduce the chance of severe illness from COVID-19, and he plans to continue isolating in the White House residence.

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tests positive for COVID-19
Fauci says he'll likely retire by end of Biden's term

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Pinellas County

15-year-old boy shot, killed in St. Petersburg; police investigating

Police said it happened just after 4:30 p.m.
Traffic

Public input wanted on possible Clearwater aerial gondola study

The Tampa Bay Regional Transit Authority is studying the possibility of using an aerial gondola to connect people between downtown Clearwater and Clearwater Beach.

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VERIFY

Inflation Reduction Act only caps insulin prices for Medicare patients, not for people with private insurance

The original text included provisions that would cap insulin prices for Medicare patients and people privately insured, but the latter failed to get enough support.
Government

No, Obama did not keep 30 million pages of his administration’s records

The National Archives debunked former President Trump’s claim that former President Obama kept more than 30 million pages of documents, “much of them classified."