Pandemic relief bill near completion amid bipartisan talks
Top negotiators edge toward final agreement on a roughly 900 billion COVID relief package spanning vaccine distribution aid to schools transit support and a new round of direct payments and jobless benefits. Officials indicated a Sunday deal was highly likely as remaining issues were resolved ahead of a House vote.
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NC families hope vaccine ends nursing home isolation
Jay Leavitt, a Polk County resident and former Fulbright scholar, trusts Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to reunite with his wife Virginia who remains on their family farm. He is 85 and paraplegic, receiving care in Easley SC, with Virginia visiting prior to strict visitation policies during the pandemic.
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Biden term could shift PFAS battle nationwide
Activists expect a science based Biden administration to designate PFAS as a hazardous substance under the Safe Drinking Water Act and to use procurement to push non PFAS alternatives. The move would enable stronger limits and faster toxicity research for GenX, PFOA and PFOS tied to Cumberland and Bladen counties.
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Jenner and the smallpox vaccine sparked immunology
The piece traces smallpox’s devastation, noting 500 million deaths in the 20th century, 30 percent fatality for the infected, and 80 percent for infants. It cites sources on the disease’s brutality, early inoculation methods, and the shift toward Jenner’s vaccine as a turning point in medicine.
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