😷 CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from wearing masks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined a new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip, with less of a focus on positive test results and more on what’s happening at hospitals.
The new system greatly changes the look of the CDC’s risk map and puts more than 70% of the U.S. population in counties where the coronavirus is posing a low or medium threat to hospitals. Those are the people who can stop wearing masks, the agency said.
The agency is still advising people, including schoolchildren, to wear masks where the risk of COVID-19 is high. That’s the situation in about 37% of U.S. counties, where about 28% of Americans live.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined a new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip, with less of a focus on positive test results and more on what’s happening at hospitals.
The new system greatly changes the look of the CDC’s risk map and puts more than 70% of the U.S. population in counties where the coronavirus is posing a low or medium threat to hospitals. Those are the people who can stop wearing masks, the agency said.
The agency is still advising people, including schoolchildren, to wear masks where the risk of COVID-19 is high. That’s the situation in about 37% of U.S. counties, where about 28% of Americans live.
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🔎 Major drug distributors and J&J finalize opioid settlement, launching nationwide funding
Three major drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson finalized a $26 billion agreement on Friday to bring relief to states and communities affected by the opioid epidemic, in what lawyers say is a turning point in the deadly public health crisis.
The companies’ announcement, a formal declaration that the firms will go through with a previously reported deal, kick-starts a 60-day countdown to the date the agreement is considered effective and begin the release of funds — money that local leaders across the country have started determining how to spend.
After an unprecedented effort to achieve close to a national consensus for the deal, a vast majority of communities have agreed to take part, launching new measures to tackle opioid abuse, including increased transparency in the supply of drugs.
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Three major drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson finalized a $26 billion agreement on Friday to bring relief to states and communities affected by the opioid epidemic, in what lawyers say is a turning point in the deadly public health crisis.
The companies’ announcement, a formal declaration that the firms will go through with a previously reported deal, kick-starts a 60-day countdown to the date the agreement is considered effective and begin the release of funds — money that local leaders across the country have started determining how to spend.
After an unprecedented effort to achieve close to a national consensus for the deal, a vast majority of communities have agreed to take part, launching new measures to tackle opioid abuse, including increased transparency in the supply of drugs.
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⚡️ Biden tasks State Department with allocating $600 million in aid to Ukraine, including $350 million for defence
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⚡️ Meta Platforms Inc is banning Russian state media from running ads, monetising content on its platform
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DPR Air Defence Forces have intercepted two Tochka-U OTR rockets; a number of buildings have been damaged, says DPR
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⚡️Kindergarten building damaged as result of Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk, DPR says
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⚡️ Seven civilians killed in LPR and DPR in shelling by Ukrainian forces over past 24 hours, LPR says
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⚡️ Russian forces have destroyed 821 Ukrainian military targets, MoD says
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⚡️ Russian MoD: Russian armed forces establish full control over the city of Melitopol
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⚡️ Russian military strike Ukrainian infrastructure using air and sea-launched cruise missiles
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⚡️ Ukrainian nationalist battalions blow up electrical substations and bridges over rivers as they withdraw, Russian MoD says
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⚡️ Russian space agency suspends cooperation with Europe on launches at Kourou spaceport and recalls staff from French Guiana
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⚡️ Over 80 Ukrainian border guards who surrendered on Zmeiny Island have been delivered to Sevastopol, Russia's Black Sea Fleet says
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⚡️ Sputnik Moldova says it has received notification from Republic's authorities on termination of website
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Severodonetsk: Howitzers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces spotted in residential area.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that heavy weapons, including multiple launch rocket systems, were being deployed in the central regions of big Ukrainian cities, including Kiev and Kharkov
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that heavy weapons, including multiple launch rocket systems, were being deployed in the central regions of big Ukrainian cities, including Kiev and Kharkov
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⚡️ Ukrainian nationalists used Grad systems to hit residential areas in Starobelsk - Russian MoD
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⚡️ There are casualties among civilians as result of Ukrainian nationalists' attack on Starobelsk - Russian MoD
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Russian military distributing field rations to Ukrainian border guards from Zmeiny Island in Sevastopol
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DPR: Ukrainian troops have fired 4 Tochka-U missiles into the DPR's territory over the course of the day. The photo shows the remains of such a missile, fired today at an oil depot in the Kirovskiy district of Donetsk, which was intercepted by air defense forces
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