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FDA allows automatic 'generic' swap for brand-name insulin
By LINDA A. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer, 0 Reads
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 05:16 PM
U.S. regulators took action Wednesday that will make it easier to get a cheaper, near-copy of a brand-name insulin at the drugstore.

Doctors now have to specifically prescribe what’s called a biosimilar or OK substituting it for a more expensive brand-name insulin.
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EXPLAINER: Why masks are again advised for everyone indoors
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On Wed, 07/28/2021 - 01:39 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Wait, we're supposed to wear masks again? Even if we are vaccinated?

For a large part of the U.S., that's the latest advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC this week revisited and revised its guidance for wearing masks indoors to stop the spread of coronavirus.
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Fed's Powell downplays delta variant's threat to the economy
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On Wed, 07/28/2021 - 01:06 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The spread of the COVID-19 delta variant is raising infections, leading some companies and governments to require vaccinations and raising concerns about the U.S. economic recovery.
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Judge finds probable cause to charge Wisconsin cop in death
By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press, 9 Reads
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 12:37 PM
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday found probable cause to charge a police officer in the 2016 slaying of a Black man who was sitting in a parked car, taking the rare step of overruling prosecutors years after they declined to charge the officer.
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Should vaccinated people mask up with COVID-19 cases rising?
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer, 14 Reads
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 10:48 AM
Should vaccinated people mask up with COVID-19 cases rising?
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First sign of animal life on Earth may be a sponge fossil
By CHRISTINA LARSON - AP Science Writer, 6 Reads
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 10:05 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Canadian geologist may have found the earliest fossil record of animal life on Earth, according to a report published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
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Report: Hate crime laws lack uniformity across the US
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On Wed, 07/28/2021 - 07:08 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — More than half a century since they were modernized, hate crime laws in the U.S. are inconsistent and provide incomplete methods for addressing bias-motivated violence, according to a new report by advocates for better protections.
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Stocks end mixed after Fed notes progress on the economy
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On Wed, 07/28/2021 - 01:50 AM
Stock indexes capped a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street with mixed results Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it was seeing improvement in the economy, but not enough to start dialing down its support measures.
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The Latest: Florida county orders employees to be vaccinated
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On Wed, 07/28/2021 - 01:01 AM
ORLANDO, Fla. — All the 4,200 nonunion employees of Orange County in Florida will be required to get their first coronavirus vaccine shot by the end of August and the second by the end of September.
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Infrastructure talks leave Biden's entire agenda at risk
By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press, 16 Reads
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 12:11 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's latest leap into the Senate's up-and-down efforts to clinch a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure deal comes with even more at stake than his coveted plans for boosting road, rail and other public works projects.
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