[ad_1] CNN — More than $60 billion may have been paid out in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the US Government Accountability Office. The watchdog agency, however, warned that the estimate has limitations and should be interpreted with caution. The …
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[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden is expected to tap Jeff Zients, who ran the administration’s Covid-19 response effort and served in high-ranking roles in the Obama administration, to succeed Ron Klain as the next White House chief of staff. Biden decided on Zients after an internal search when it …
Read More »Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff
[ad_1] CNN — Jeff Zients, who ran President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response effort and served in high-ranking roles in the Obama administration, is expected to replace Ron Klain as the next White House chief of staff, according to three people briefed on the matter. Klain is expected to step down …
Read More »Flu, Covid-19 and RSV are all trending down for the first time in months
[ad_1] CNN — A rough respiratory virus season in the US appears to be easing, as three major respiratory viruses that have battered the country for the past few months are finally all trending down at the same time. A new dataset from the US Centers for Disease Control and …
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[ad_1] CNN — Soon after his 20th birthday, Isaac Danian disappeared from his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in early September 2020, leaving behind a note for his younger siblings that warned them “do not get the vaccine” or “you won’t make it to heaven.” His parents, Abigail and John …
Read More »Covid broke supply chains. Now on the mend, can they withstand another shock?
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — The pandemic dislodged the global supply chain, hurling once smoothly running businesses, industries and economies into a state of disarray. After almost three years of enduring wild swings and extremes, the system is slowly getting up to speed and into better sync: Ocean freight timelines are …
Read More »Parents are not OK after three years of Covid and a brutal winter of RSV and respiratory illnesses
[ad_1] CNN — With children back in school and daycare after the holidays, weary parents fear what illness awaits them next during this brutal respiratory virus season. Since October, RSV, a respiratory virus which often is most severe in young children and older adults, hit early and cases started rising …
Read More »Frustration is rising over Covid drug shortages in China, and there are no easy answers
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Hong Kong CNN — As Jo Wang, an event planner in …
Read More »How much should people worry about Covid’s XBB.1.5 variant? Our medical analyst explains
[ad_1] CNN — A new Covid-19 variant, XBB.1.5, is spreading rapidly throughout the United States. In December 2022, the proportion of new Covid-19 infections due to this Omicron offshoot have increased from 4% to 18%, according to a January 6 release from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, …
Read More »China: Satellite images capture crowding at crematoriums and funeral homes as Covid surge continues
[ad_1] CNN — Satellite images taken over a number of Chinese cities have captured crowding at crematoriums and funeral homes, as the country continues its battle with an unprecedented wave of Covid-19 infections following its dismantling of severe pandemic restrictions. The images – taken by Maxar in late December and …
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