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Ex-Anthony Fauci adviser pleads guilty in US to conspiring to conceal COVID-19 records
A former adviser to Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty to conspiring to hide government documents. David Morens admitted to evading public records laws concerning COVID-19 research grants. He faces up to five years in prison for his actions. This plea occurred as COVID's origins remain a subject of debate among intelligence agencies. Morens agreed to use personal email to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests.
Fauci contempt vote clears key Senate committee in COVID probe; why is he being questioned now?
A Senate committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. This action stems from his refusal to answer questions during a hearing. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right over one hundred times during the proceedings. Republicans are scrutinizing the government's pandemic response and virus origins. Democrats opposed the move, calling the investigation politically motivated.
Chinese military scientist sent coronavirus vials to US in 2018, died mysteriously in 2020: Report
Newly released Senate documents suggest a Chinese scientist sent virus vials to a US laboratory. These samples were intercepted by customs officials at Detroit airport in 2018. The vials contained genetic material from a coronavirus affecting pigs, and research was NIH funded. This revelation coincides with Anthony Fauci invoking his Fifth Amendment rights during a Senate hearing. The origins of COVID-19 remain a subject of ongoing debate among intelligence agencies.
Why is Dr Fauci testifying? Ex White House medical advisor invokes Fifth Amendment as Rand Paul grills him at Senate hearing
Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right during a Senate hearing. He refused to answer questions from Senator Rand Paul. Fauci cited Paul's persistent calls for his prosecution as the reason. The dispute centers on NIH funding for Wuhan research and gain-of-function experiments. This confrontation highlights ongoing debates about COVID-19 origins and pandemic responses.
Who is Jay Bhattacharya, US' new National Institutes of Health director
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor against Covid lockdowns, is set for a Senate confirmation hearing to lead NIH. His nomination is contentious due to his unconventional background and Covid stance. Key topics will include funding cuts, staff reductions, and reforms linking research grants to academic freedom. Bhattacharya emphasizes creating a culture of scientific dissent.
US warns monkeypox could mutate to resist antiviral drug
Even though the drug was approved for smallpox, its effectiveness was measured in monkeys infected with monkeypox, considered a reasonable predictor of smallpox's effect on humans. Animals receiving Tpoxx survived at higher rates than those on a placebo. But FDA officials have cautioned that results in animals must be confirmed in human testing.
Joe Biden orders more intel investigation of COVID-19 origin
Biden asked U.S. intelligence agencies to report back within 90 days. He directed U.S. national laboratories to assist with the investigation and the intelligence community to prepare a list of specific queries for the Chinese government. He called on China to cooperate with international probes into the origins of the pandemic.
India opened up prematurely, Dr Fauci on COVID-19 crisis
"The reason that India is in such dire straits now is that they had an original surge and made the incorrect assumption that they were finished with it, and what happened, they opened up prematurely and wind up having a surge right now that we're all very well aware of is extremely devastating,” America's top infectious disease expert Fauci said.
India opened up prematurely, Dr Fauci on COVID-19 crisis
India has been severely affected by the unprecedented second wave of the coronavirus and hospitals in several states are reeling under the shortage of health workers, vaccines, oxygen, drugs and beds.
Everything you need to know about the American presidential race, from A to Z
It's been a race like no other: held amid the coronavirus pandemic, economic turmoil, and a national reckoning on race -- and after four turbulent years with Donald Trump as president.
President Trump says coronavirus is disappearing. Is it?
Impatient to return to the campaign trail, President Donald Trump dubiously claimed he's fully recovered and immune from COVID-19, hailed a cure that isn't so and declared the coronavirus is "disappearing" even as cases spiked.
US could reach 100,000 new cases a day, warns country's top health expert Dr Anthony Fauci
"We are now having 40-plus-thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around.
Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race
Race for the vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works.
Covid-19: Legislation introduced in Congress to give Green Card to 40,000 foreign nurses, doctors
The legislation would send green cards to 25,000 nurses and 15,000 doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that states like Iowa have the professionals they need to serve patients for years to come, a media release said.
In nod to grim US outlook, Fed's Powell calls for more fiscal support
Powell issued his sober review of an economy slammed by a record pace of job losses .
Fed's Powell warns of prolonged economic weakness, calls for more fiscal support
"It will take some time to get back to where we were," Powell said in a webcast.
Coronavirus hits world superpowers as some look to reopen
As health officials issued warnings against reopening economies too quickly, the coronavirus struck inside some of the world's superpowers, with a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin diagnosed just days after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary also tested positive.
More death, economic damage if US reopens too fast: Expert
The advice from Fauci and other key government officials - delivered by dramatic, sometimes awkward teleconference - was at odds with a president who urges on protests of state-ordered restraints and insists that "day after day, we're making tremendous strides."
Legislation introduced in US to give Green Cards to foreign nurses, doctors
The legislation would send green cards to 25,000 nurses and 15,000 doctors.
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