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A new study released in JAMA finds life expectancy has still not bounced back from pre-pandemic 2019 levels, attributing the remaining gap to drug overdoses and cardiovascular diseases and hitting low-income and minority populations in the state the hardest.
Kennedy last week announced he would “retire” the entire panel that guides U.S. vaccine policy. He also quietly removed Dr. Melinda Wharton — the veteran Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who coordinated the committee’s meetings.
COVID-19 appears to be on the rise in some parts of California as a new, highly contagious subvariant — featuring ‘razor blade throat’ symptoms overseas — is becoming increasingly dominant.
Braving the heat and uneven surfaces, Muslim pilgrims scaled Mount Arafat to perform a key ritual of the annual Islamic pilgrimage.
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