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Government health coverage might now exceed private coverage in US

The United States might be at the point where government health coverage exceeds private health insurance. Roughly 150 million people have some form of taxpayer-subsidized health insurance, while about 153 million have employer-provided coverage, a recent analysis by Yahoo Finance found. The analysis, though, left out the 9 million employees and their dependents who are… Read More »

Losing faith in our government

Do you trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention? Many people don’t, according to a recent survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Just 67% said they have a fair amount of trust in the CDC to provide reliable information about the coronavirus. That number is down 16 percentage points since April. Among Republicans,… Read More »

U.S. government gives Moderna Inc $472 million for coronavirus vaccine development

A view of Moderna headquarters on May 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Moderna was given FDA approval to continue to phase 2 of Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine trials with 600 participants. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Moderna Inc., a biotech company that develops pharmaceuticals, received $ 472 million award from the federal Biomedical Advanced Research and… Read More »

More than 80% of cross-border travellers are exempt from COVID-19 quarantine rules, government says

Article content continued Everyone else who is not exempted receives three emails — on the fourth, eighth and eleventh days of their quarantine period. Recorded phone messages go out on the eighth and eleventh day. And 175,723 people have received live calls from a trained “screening officer,” who rates the person’s compliance through a series… Read More »

Covid-19 news: UK government missed coronavirus testing target

By Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Boris Johnson chairing the daily covid-19 press conference on 3 June.Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 9 July UK government missed its target to return all covid-19 tests within 24 hours The… Read More »