News

2021

April

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• Indigentes en EEUU pueden al fin vacunarse contra COVID-19. Los indigentes de Estados Unidos, que se han quedado fuera de las lista de vacunación prioritaria contra el coronavirus o quedaron a un lado mientras los estados se centraban en inmunizar a grupos

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• The economy that lets you get your job done is broken. The Biden administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan is a radical reimagining of what infrastructure means. The American Jobs Plan does spend big on traditional infrastructure—roads, bridges, broadband, buildings—but

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• U.S. calls for pause on J&J vaccine after clotting cases. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control will stop using the vaccine at federal sites and urge states to do so as well while they examine the safety issues.

• EEUU: Seguros médicos darían mayores rebajas por pandemia. Los clientes de seguros de gastos médicos en Estados Unidos pudieran recibir descuentos en sus primas más altos de lo usual este año, en parte porque las aseguradoras tuvieron

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• The $50 billion race to save America’s renters from eviction. With judges ruling against a federal eviction ban, pressure mounts on the Biden administration to distribute billions in aid to renters.

• Employee benefits in the post-vaccine world are changing. Metro and parking subsidies may not make as much sense for employers with a remote workforce, but subsidies for cellphones and office equipment might.

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• Online scammers have a new offer for you: Vaccine cards. Sellers listed them for $20 to $60 each, with a discount on bundles of three or more. Laminated ones cost extra. All were forgeries or falsified copies of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination cards,

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• Online scammers traffic in fake COVID vaccination cards. Fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards are being sold online, and authorities have warned individuals not to buy or make one — which is illegal. The FBI’s alert comes a month after the Federal Trade

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• Turning away from nursing homes, to what?. The occupancy rate in nursing homes in the fourth quarter of 2020 was 75 percent, down 11 percentage points from the first quarter, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, a research group. A

March

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• 'Vaccine passports' are on the way. The effort has gained momentum with a growing number of companies saying they will require proof of vaccination before opening again.

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• Taxpayers fund research and drug companies make a fortune. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is worried about how Americans will pay for vaccines in the future. As well she should be.These vaccines, which are critical to ending the

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• U.S. health officials question AstraZeneca vaccine trial results. Only hours after AstraZeneca announced encouraging news about the effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, a group of medical experts charged with monitoring the company’s clinical trial made a highly unusual accusation:

• Biden to reassert consumer watchdog agency sidelined by Trump. Biden's administration has pinpointed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a tool to help deliver on promises to address systemic racial inequality.

• The CFPB has a message for the banks it regulates: We're back. With a new boss on the way, the consumer protection agency is knocking on doors and asking tough questions.

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• What vaccinations mean for restaurant dining questions. With encouraging headlines, springlike temperatures and our collective covid fatigue at an all-time high, it might be tempting to throw caution—and another round of takeout—to the wind. But experts agree that

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• Amazon is selling its health-care service to other companies. Amazon Care allows employees and their families to text or video chat with health-care providers, usually within 60 seconds of their request, and in some cases, it sends doctors to make home visits. Now Amazon will

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• In a first, Uber agrees to classify British drivers as ‘workers’. The new legal classification, which follows a U.K. court ruling last month, will entitle the workers to more pay and benefits, but stops short of making them employees.

• Moderna begins testing its vaccine in children. The drug company Moderna has begun a study that will test its Covid vaccine in children under 12, including babies as young as six months, the company said on Tuesday. The study is expected to enroll 6,750

• Amazon lanza servicio de salud para empresas. Amazon anunció el miércoles el lanzamiento de sus servicios de salud, diciendo que ofrecerá su programa de telemedicina Amazon Care a empresas en todo Estados Unidos.

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• The IRS is behind in processing nearly 7 million tax returns. Nearly 7 million tax filers are in limbo and facing substantial delays in getting refunds, as the Internal Revenue Service struggles to keep up with the demands of issuing stimulus checks and implementing a myriad of