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            <title><![CDATA[FDA Ousts Spokeswoman After Covid Therapy Misstatements]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-28/fda-ousts-spokeswoman-after-agency-inflated-covid-therapy-gain</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:39:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Virus Rages in South America With Governments Grasping for Clues]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:26:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>President Jair Bolsonaro participates in a recent rally against Congress and the Supreme Court amid political scandals and a spiraling health crisis.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cases Rise 1.1%; California Second-Worst Day: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:56:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Breaks Record for Daily Coronavirus Cases]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:49:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Johnson Faces Pressure; Japan Readies Stimulus: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 23:47:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Tops Russia, Japan Success Puzzles Experts: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 22:34:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>EAST HAMPTON, NY - MAY 23: Retired U.S. Marine Corps Brian Carabine, 78, replaces the U.S. flags at the U.S. Veterans gravesite of the South End Cemetery in preparation for the Memorial Day Weekend on May 23, 2020 in East Hampton, New York. Carbine lives in East Hampton and served during the Vietnam War and in Desert Storm. Both of his sons also served in the U.S. Military. (Photo by Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Central Banks Step Up; Moves to Reopen Broaden: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 23:28:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cases Up 1.3%, Below Past Week’s 1.6% Average: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 23:50:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cases Up 2%; Australia Banks Defer Repayments: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 23:38:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - A health worker wearing protective gear sits on an ambulance next to the dead body of a victim who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus before the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi on May 13, 2020. (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Texas Cases Jump; AMA Warns on Antibody Tests: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 22:38:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cases Rise 1.6%, Less Than 1.9% Week Average: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 01:16:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FDA Approves Antigen Test; Belarus Holds Parade: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 23:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/05/08: Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane Irene McCray visit NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan to applaud and thank medical staff. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Covid-19 Cases Rise 2.4%, Deaths Top 75,000: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 22:56:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cases Rise 1.9% Again, Below Week’s Average: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 00:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cases Increase 4.4%; Gilead Drug Gets FDA Nod: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 23:38:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A nurse wearing a powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) checks on a patients vital signs inside the Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, U.S., on Thursday, April 30, 2020. The coronavirus outbreak may last for two years and won’t be controlled until about two-thirds of the world’s population is immune, a group of experts said in a report.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asia Economy Weakens; Europe Sees Airline Spat: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:11:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cases Rise 2.7%; Florida to Reopen Some Areas: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cases Rise 4.5%; Spain to Further Ease Limits: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 23:07:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Aid Bill Passed; China Cuts Another Rate: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:38:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cases Up 3.1%, Below Past Week’s 4.4% Average: Virus Update]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:29:18 GMT</pubDate>
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