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Carson, CA has had a flavor ban since 2020. They've done two inspections and issued zero fines since. In 45 minutes I found four shops selling these products.
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NEW: Ed Dept releases details on 25M+ Americans who applied for Biden’s student debt relief last fall before it was blocked in court.
Per data obtained by Politico under FOIA request:
Oct 14 – Nov 11
25,031,094 apps received
16,485,454 apps approved
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/0
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We are also denying three citizen petitions that had asked the agency to conduct rulemaking to allow the marketing of CBD products as dietary supplements.
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comes as HBO announces The Last Of Us show raking in some of its largest viewership numbers in its history
there IS an audience in mainstream gaming journalism, so this is a bummer
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More details on @washingtonpost layoffs, per memo from Executive Editor Sally Buzbee:
— 20 newsroom positions eliminated
— 30 open positions will not be filled
— WaPo is sunsetting Launcher, its online gaming vertical, and KidsPost, per two sources familiar
Memo below: twitter.com/sarafischer/st…
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Jeff Zients will succeed Ron Klain to be Biden’s next chief of staff
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Elizabeth Holmes 'attempted to flee' the U.S. after conviction: Feds
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Mammal-to-mammal spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza is pretty high on the list of things I really don’t want to read about happening…
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First known epidemic of highly pathogenic avian #influenza #H5N1 in farmed #mink (52,000 animals) in #Spain, with evidence for mink-to-mink spread of virus. Weekly mortality rate reached up to 4.3%. Clinical picture included bloody snout & nervous signs.
eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280
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The Senate hasn't voted this year or finalized committee assignments. But the battle for 2024 control is already heating up. From politi.co/3iSaXWU via
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NEW: The FDA rejected Eli Lilly's accelerated approval request for its investigational Alzheimer's med donanemab.
The pharma will release Phase III results in the coming months
Comes two weeks after Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi got the accelerated nod
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Inbox: FDA announces it has extended the expiration date for at-home Covid-19 tests made by Abbott, iHealth and MaximBio.
Likely impacts some USPS-delivered tests.
Don't throw away tests due to the date on the box.
Check the new expiration dates here:
fda.gov/medical-device
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Incoming Senate HELP Committee Chair Bernie Sanders previewing his potential health agenda: scrutiny of drug prices + maybe revisiting efforts to add hearing, dental and vision coverage to Medicare.
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LIVE from the U.S. Capitol: Now is the time for Congress to show the American working class that our government can work for them – not just the 1%. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1
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News: DAVID KESSLER, chief science officer for Biden’s Covid response, is stepping down.
Kessler was an architect of the government’s mass vax campaign, and central to the development/distribution of Covid vaccines, treatments and tests.
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Per Yellen's letter: "While Treasury is not currently able to provide an estimate of how long extraordinary measures will enable us to continue to pay the government’s obligations, it is unlikely that cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted before early June."
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This means we will hit the debt limit next week, and BofA estimates that Treasury would likely run out of room to continue meeting its obligations (reach the "X date") in mid-August.
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Good clarification here:
If you develop symptoms in the days before you test, Day 0 is the day of symptom onset regardless of when you test positive.
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Replying to @davidalim
Not totally true, day zero is symptom onset regardless of test. If no symptoms, day zero is positive test.
"Day 0 of isolation is the day of symptom onset, regardless of when you tested positive"
cdc.gov/coronavirus/20
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I have a roommate who I've been isolating away from for nearly two weeks at this point.
He hasn't tested positive for Covid-19. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
I've kept to my bedroom and bathroom + worn a mask when preparing food and brought it back to my bedroom to eat.
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Here's some screenshots:
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CDC isolation guidelines for Covid-19:
cdc.gov/coronavirus/20
Some notable parts:
• CDC counts Day 0 as the day you test positive.
• If you experience shortness of breath, CDC says "you need to isolate through day 10" + wear a mask until at least day 11 around others.
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Day 0/5/7/9/10/11
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📢 ANNOUNCEMENT: Immediate Past President of and Director of , has been tapped to lead as Principal Deputy Director.
Read our news release: bit.ly/3X9NHTa #PublicHealth #Leadership
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I'm going to pretend he read my twitter feed.... kicks off with comments that we can't have seperate system for emergencies versus non-emergency times.
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Wow. The editorial board is calling for a breakup of the FDA - splitting off food entirely - citing my reporting on the agency for .
Reminder: FDA oversees 80% of the food supply.
The status quo is not working. 🧵
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Getting there.
Day 0/5/7/9:
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BREAKING: DOD quietly rescinded the Covid vax requirement tonight, in a memo
“No individuals currently serving in the Armed Forces shall be separated solely on the basis of their refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccination if they sought an accommodation.”
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Blake was one of my first bosses at Politico, the one who hired me for the job in the first place. He was always a generous colleague, much funnier than he ever got credit for, and was always there when I needed advice, even after he left our newsroom.
I'll miss him
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I am so shocked and so sad to hear about the tragic death of Blake Hounshell (@NYTBlake @blakehounshell.) I met him in Cairo when I was 22, on the day I got my very first newspaper job. I was excited when he joined The Times and wish I’d spent more time hanging out with him here.
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New study out in with in (now with correct link!) Thread linked, we find that devices that compare themselves to recalled devices are more likely to experience recalls themselves. (1/22)
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BACKGROUND: Most US med devices do not receive FDA approval based on human clinical data. Instead, medium-risk devices (e.g., knee replacements, biliary stents) come to market based on "substantial equivalence" to already marketed "predicate" devices via 510(k) pathway. (2/22)
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An FDA pathway to clear medical devices is putting patients at risk, research suggests
statnews.com/2023/01/10/med
Not #JPM23 but you should read it anyway.
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NEWS: Rep. JASON SMITH wins the highly coveted House Ways and Means Committee chairmanship, in what became perhaps the most watched gavel race, per GOP sources.
He beat out Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Adrian Smith (R-Neb.).
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Feeling a bit better today, ended up with a low grade fever in the first few days, sustained headache & body soreness, some shortness of breath Day 3/4, fatigue over the weekend.
Still positive. Day 0/5/7:
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Congress directed HHS to make sure patients get their test results as soon as they’re available.
It has set off a battle between docs and HHS/patient advocates and raised a fundamental question: How should patients get bad news?
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“I’m channeling my grief into something productive: protecting the public’s health against those who would profit from the suffering of others.”
on her husband, , and the “merchants of disinformation” seeking to spin his death.
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#CDC just dropped it’s Friday data on #covid variants and revised the estimated prevalence of #XBB.1.5 down from 41% of all new cases last week to 28% this week, after overestimating its prevalence and growth because of sampling bias. See: cdc.gov/coronavirus/20 h/t
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BREAKING: The FDA is expanding access to abortion pills by allowing certified brick-and-mortar pharmacies to stock and dispense them (in states that haven't imposed bans). This builds on the Biden admin's 2021 rule allowing mail delivery of the pills. Story TK...
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Excited to have you on our kick-ass team!
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New year new job Today is my first day as a reporter on @politico's health care team! I'll be covering the future of health care and how the pandemic has reshaped medicine
What should I dig into first? talkingbiznews.com/media-news/pol1
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D.C. residents can report positive antigen tests here:
coronavirus.dc.gov/page/rapid-tes
One crowdsourcing question: Is there any reason to get a PCR confirmation? Don't want to expose other people if not necessary.
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Anecdote is not data, but thanks to the DC Covid-19 Center + the USPS rapid test distribution.
Pretty sure I caught on the early end because of the ready availability of rapid at-home tests in my apartment.
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Symptoms are very minor, just a sore throat so far.
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Well, can't say I haven't gotten Covid-19 to my knowledge anymore.
Happy 2023, stay safe out there.
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