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New poll shows Americans who trust conservative media outlets more likely to believe COVID-19 misinformation

A new poll has found that Americans who consume more right-wing media are far more likely to believe misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccine against it.In a survey released Monday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, respondents were asked about...

Biden's very bad week ends with good news on jobs, new COVID pill

WASHINGTON — Encouraging jobs numbers for October and news of a highly effective new COVID-19 treatment about to hit the market gave President Biden an encouraging capstone to a week that saw Democrats lose control of the gubernatorial mansion...

Your questions on coronavirus vaccines for children, answered

On Tuesday evening, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved coronavirus vaccinations for children between the ages of 5 and 11. “We know millions of parents are eager to get their children vaccinated,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky...

'Egregiously incorrect': Fauci rebuts Paul in another tense exchange on pandemic origins

WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top medical adviser to President Biden, engaged in by-now-familiar recriminations at a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, clashing — as they have before — on the origins of...

Kids ages 5 to 11 can finally get the COVID vaccine. How that could end the U.S. pandemic

On Tuesday, after months of delays, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, citing clinical trials that found it both safe and more than 90 percent effective in...

50 Thanksgiving Appetizers to Tide You Over 'Til Dinner

1 / 5150 Thanksgiving Appetizers to Tide You Over 'Til DinnerAlthough carving into a juicy turkey is the most anticipated part of Thanksgiving dinner, the sides, drinks, and desserts deserve their moments in the spotlight, too. And although they're...

'Operations and logistics': Biden administration prepares to vaccinate children

WASHINGTON — In preparation for final regulatory approval of coronavirus vaccinations for children between the ages of 5 and 11, the Biden administration has already begun shipping millions of coronavirus vaccine doses across the country.Those vaccines will be administered...

Vaccine confers better protection than natural immunity, CDC finds

WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, the conservative radio host Dennis Prager announced he had contracted the coronavirus. This was, as far as he was concerned, good news. The unvaccinated Prager had hoped to protect himself against COVID-19 the old-fashioned...

Report: Intelligence community divided on whether COVID originated naturally or from lab leak

An unclassified version of an intelligence community assessment on the origins of COVID-19 released Friday afternoon shows that various agencies still don’t agree on whether the pandemic began from a laboratory incident in Wuhan, China, or was caused by...

Delta's surprise U.K. comeback is a warning sign for the U.S.

When it comes to COVID-19, what happens in the United Kingdom rarely stays in the United Kingdom — and that, in turn, rarely bodes well for the rest of the world.Again and again, the U.K. has previewed the next...
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Sydney’s huge Gaza protest shows there’s now no stopping the tide of public opinion | Sarah Malik

The rain couldn’t stop us. At least 100,000 people took over the CBD and marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge...
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