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North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown
SEOUL, South Korea ((DailyNews)) — North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after…
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Creeping COVID-19 cases result in few schools mask mandates
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ((DailyNews)) — U.S. COVID-19 cases are up, leading a smattering of school districts, particularly in the Northeast, to…
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China labels WHO remarks on ‘zero-COVID’ ‘irresponsible’
BEIJING ((DailyNews)) — China on Wednesday defended sticking to its strict “zero-COVID” approach, calling critical remarks from the head of…
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For Supreme Court justices, secrecy is part of the job
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was hospitalized, his health failing, when he gave his son Hugo Jr.…
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US overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year, CDC says
NEW YORK ((DailyNews)) — More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic record in the…
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Study finds cleaner air leads to more Atlantic hurricanes
Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found. The National…
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The tiniest babies: Shifting the boundary of life earlier
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ((DailyNews)) — Michelle Butler was just over halfway through her pregnancy when her water broke and contractions wracked…
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US finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. ((DailyNews)) — A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to…
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Most Great Barrier Reef coral studied this year was bleached
CANBERRA, Australia ((DailyNews)) — More than 90% of Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth…
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Pandemic gets tougher to track as COVID testing plunges
Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted across the globe, making it much tougher for scientists to track the course of the…
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