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Banning assault weapons looks like ‘big action,’ but isn’t ‘big impact’: Oklahoma attorney general

Florida Report Daily June 5, 2022

Following a mass shooting that killed four people at a Tulsa hospital, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor reacted to proposals encouraging a new assault weapon ban in America on “Cavuto: Live” Saturday. Noting the ban may seem like a “big action,”

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White House, Twitter silent on why tweet with vaccine misinformation hasn’t been taken down

Florida Report Daily May 15, 2022

The White House is facing backlash after it falsely claimed in a tweet this week that “there was no vaccine available” for COVID-19 when Joe Biden took office last year, but Twitter, along with the White House, remain silent on why the that claim remains on the platform with no “misinformation” warning label. On Thursday, the official White House

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WHO: 1 child has died in mystery liver disease outbreak

Florida Report Daily April 25, 2022

The World Health Organization says at least one death has been reported in connection with a mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting children in Europe and the United States. The U.N. health agency said late Saturday that it has so far received reports of at least 169 cases of “acute hepatitis of unknown origin” from a […]

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Breakthrough treatment makes woman 3rd person to be cured of HIV

Florida Report Daily February 17, 2022

Researchers revealed on Tuesday that an American, described as a middle-aged woman of mixed race, has likely been cured of HIV after undergoing a new transplant procedure using donated umbilical cord blood. The patient, who needed a stem cell transplant for leukemia, reportedly developed a new HIV-resistant immune system following a breakthrough procedure in which […]

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Army to immediately start discharging vaccine refusers

Florida Report Daily February 3, 2022

The Army said Wednesday it will immediately begin discharging soldiers who have refused to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, putting more than 3,300 service members at risk of being thrown out soon. The Army’s announcement makes it the final military service to lay out its discharge policy for vaccine refusers. The Marine Corps, Air Force […]

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Vaccinated people with prior COVID infection had strongest protection during delta, CDC study finds

Florida Report Daily January 20, 2022

Both vaccination and a prior infection provided protection against another infection and hospitalization due to COVID-19 during the United States’ delta wave, according to a study released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between May and November 2021, researchers analyzed data from New York and California to determine the impact of

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Many patients hospitalized for other ailments are also testing positive for Covid

Florida Report Daily January 10, 2022

As the super contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads, hospitals are seeing a growing trend: Patients admitted for other ailments are also testing positive for Covid-19. Doctors say it may mean more people have asymptomatic or undiagnosed disease than the current data show. Across NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s 10 campuses, just less than half of patients

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Why FDA Has Expanded Its Recall of Ellume COVID-19 At-Home Test Kits

Florida Report Daily November 16, 2021

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Trusted Source has expanded its recall of Ellume at-home COVID-19 tests due to potential false-positive results. More than 2 million tests made by the company that were distributed between April 13, 2021, and Aug. 26, 2021, are now targeted. “The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the […]

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Smoking surge in young during Covid lockdown

Florida Report Daily August 26, 2021

England saw a rise in young adults taking up smoking during the first lockdown, according to a study. The number of 18 to 34-year-olds who classed themselves as smokers increased by a quarter, from 21.5% to 26.8%, says Cancer Research UK. The data does not explain why the changes occurred but experts believe many turned to […]

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Search for Covid’s origins stalled, scientists say

Florida Report Daily August 26, 2021

“The window of opportunity” to conduct crucial studies into how the Covid-19 pandemic started is closing, senior scientists have said. A team appointed by the World Health Organization to find the cause of the outbreak say the process has stalled. And further delay could make crucial studies “biologically impossible”. In an article in the scientific