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The Department of Justice will not open a civil investigation into the Covid-19 response in state nursing homes in New York

Justice Department says it will not investigate Covid-19 nursing home deaths in several states

By Sunlen Serfaty and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Department of Justice will not open a civil investigation into the Covid-19 response in state nursing homes in New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, after the department was seeking to determine whether policies issued during the pandemic requiring Covid-19 patients to be admitted into the facilities may have

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the start of a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 20

Boosters, masks and mandates: Biden’s team sorts through options for containing Covid surge among unvaccinated Americans

By Kevin Liptak, CNN The Biden administration is debating a series of steps to further contain the Covid-19 pandemic, which, after 18 months, is again surging in parts of the country where vaccination rates are low. A senior administration health official said the government is “actively exploring” how to provide extra vaccine shots to vulnerable

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The week in 12 headlines

By Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, Senate Republicans blocked a key vote to start debate on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill long sought by President Joe Biden, leaving his political agenda potentially on the brink. Meanwhile, the White House toughened its tone regarding Covid-19 as the Delta variant continued to spread and some cities reassessed

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The Biden Administration purchased an additional 200 million Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines.

Biden administration purchases extra Pfizer doses to prepare for possibility of children vaccine needs and booster shots

By Betsy Klein and Naomi Thomas, CNN The Biden administration purchased an additional 200 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to prepare for potential additional vaccine needs in the US, an administration official familiar with the contract tells CNN. Despite the slowing demand for Covid-19 vaccines, the administration official said the additional shots would be

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