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Coronavirus US
Latest news and updates on the impact of a new strain of coronavirus on the United States. The virus causes the disease Covid-19 and the World Health Organisation has declared the spread of the infection a pandemic.
Aimee Bock, centre, founder and executive director of the charity Feeding Our Future. Photo: Minnesota Public Radio via AP
United States

Woman jailed for nearly 42 years over US$250 million Minnesota fraud case

Aimee Bock sentenced for orchestrating the largest known theft of federal Covid-19 relief funds.

US-China relations

US charges 7 Chinese executives and 4 shipping firms linked to container cartel

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Man found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of San Francisco Thai grandfather

US-China relations

Trump-Xi diplomacy put to test thanks to contentious tit-for-tat Covid lawsuits

Unpaid billions of dollars in judgments against China sucks US State Department into escalating legal dispute, but Beijing remains defiant.

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Illustration: Brian Wang
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Medical groups win right to challenge RFK Jnr’s Covid-19 vaccine policies

Judge lets medical groups challenge Kennedy’s CDC vaccine changes, citing health risks to public health and unlawful panel influence.

US-China relations

Ex-New York governors’ aide Linda Sun on trial for acting as Chinese agent

Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, are accused of making millions from their illicit conduct and reaping other rewards, like Nanjing-style ducks.

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RFK Jnr’s family members say he’s a threat to Americans’ health

Trump’s health secretary is facing scrutiny over his firing of CDC officials and efforts to pull back Covid-19 vaccine recommendations.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jnr testifies during a Senate hearing on Thursday. Photo: EPA
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RFK Jnr defends CDC shake-up, as Democrats call for his resignation

The firing of director Sue Monarez, several high-level resignations and hundreds of earlier lay-offs plunged the health agency into turmoil.

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Fired US CDC director clashed with Kennedy on vaccine policy

Susan Monarez told a close associate that she had been asked to do things that were illegal or flew in the face of science.

Gun violence in the US

US CDC shooter believed Covid vaccine made him suicidal, father says

Patrick Joseph White was armed with five guns and tried to get into the health agency headquarters before being stopped by guards.

Police block a road near Emory University and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention after a shooting incident on Friday. Photo: Reuters
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Opinion | US vaccine sceptics are now in charge. That’s bad news for the world

As RFK Jnr replaces CDC vaccine experts with hand-picked sceptics, at peril is not just US public health but its global scientific authority.

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RFK Jnr ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee

Long-time vaccine skeptic Kennedy says a ‘clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science’.

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US limits Covid-19 boosters to over-65s or those at high risk

The FDA will require vaccine makers to run fresh clinical trials before offering shots to younger and healthier individuals.

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China fires back after White House site pushes Covid-19 ‘lab leak’ theory

China accuses Washington of fabricating theory that coronavirus came from Wuhan laboratory, suggests it came from US instead.

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A revamped White House website about Covid-19, shown here on Friday, displays a photo of US President Donald Trump walking between the words “lab” and “leak”. Photo: Whitehouse.gov
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Trump turns White House Covid website into page pushing China lab leak theory

The updated website now accuses Anthony Fauci of promoting a ‘preferred narrative’ that the deadly disease originated in nature.

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The updated website shows a photo of US President Donald Trump walking between the words “lab” and “leak” under a White House heading. Image: covid.gov
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Flip-flopper in chief? Trump’s biggest U-turns

The US president, who sent markets reeling with his on-again off-again tariffs, has changed his tune on issues from TikTok to abortion.

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Top US vaccine official quits, slams Trump health chief for ‘misinformation’

The Food and Drug Administration’s Peter Marks oversaw the agency’s rapid review and approval of Covid-19 jabs during the pandemic.

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Andrew Cuomo running for NY mayor after resigning governor post in disgrace

The politician was accused of sexually harassing several women who worked for him and misleading the public about Covid-19 deaths.

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo testifies before the US House Oversight Select Subcommittee’s hearing on the coronavirus pandemic in Washington in September. Photo: AP
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WHO chief urges pandemic accord action after US withdrawal

The WHO’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the next pandemic is ‘a matter of when, not if’.

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Vaccine sceptic RFK Jnr confirmed as Trump’s health secretary

The Republican-controlled Senate backed his nomination 52-48 despite concern over his promotion of medical misinformation.

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Trump’s health pick RFK Jnr grilled over vaccines and abortion in US Senate

Kennedy has made false claims about Covid jabs and is known for controversial stances on Aids and the role of germs in disease.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jnr testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
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CIA now says Covid-19 ‘more likely’ to have come from a lab

The US spy agency has assessed that a ‘research-related’ source is more probable than the virus having originated in nature.

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An electron microscope shows the coronavirus, in yellow, emerging from the surface of cells. Image: NIAID-RML via AP
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Trump revokes protection for Covid adviser Fauci despite death threats

The US president said he would not feel responsible if harm came to the doctor, or to John Bolton, whose protection he also revoked.

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WHO implores China to share data, access to learn about Covid-19’s origins

‘Without transparency, sharing and cooperation, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics.’.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Jordan Rodgers, younger brother of controversial NFL star Aaron Rodgers

Jordan Rodgers and Fletcher have co-hosted several reality TV shows together, and got engaged twice while almost breaking up in between … but why did Aaron Rodgers skip their wedding?

Meet Jordan Rodgers, brother of controversial NFL star Aaron Rodgers and husband to The Bachelorette alum JoJo Fletcher. Photos: USA Today Sports via Reuters; AP
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Biden unveils biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history

It is the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history, exceeding Barack Obama’s 330 before he left office in 2017.

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After pardoning his son Hunter, President Joe Biden will commute 1,500 sentences and pardon 39 people in the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history. Photo: Getty Images
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US hotels welcome Indian tourist boom as East Asian demand falters

This comes amid fewer visitors from China, Japan and South Korea as demand from East Asian nations remains lower than pre-pandemic levels.

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Medicine

White House hosts Aids Memorial Quilt for first time

Marking World Aids Day, President Joe Biden lauded the Aids advocacy movement and praised Dr Anthony Fauci.

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