#The Hill’s Morning Report — Senate protects same-sex marriage; House aims to avert rail strike

#The Hill’s Morning Report — Senate protects same-sex marriage; House aims to avert rail strike

The Hill’s Morning Report — Senate protects same-sex marriage; House aims to avert rail strike Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. Amid the nation’s shifting politics and Congress’s fluctuating incentives to compromise, the Senate on…

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#China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu

#China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu

“China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu” BEIJING – China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, the country’s health authority said on Tuesday, but said the risk of it spreading among people was low. A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have been…

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#Flu shot protects against some severe COVID-19 effects, study claims

#Flu shot protects against some severe COVID-19 effects, study claims

“#Flu shot protects against some severe COVID-19 effects, study claims” New research suggests that patients who received their annual flu vaccine before contracting coronavirus may have some degree of protection against severe effects associated with COVID-19, such as stroke, sepsis and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).  Data collected from patients around the world and presented at the European Congress of Clinical…

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#Her mom battled 1918 pandemic, she fights this one

#Her mom battled 1918 pandemic, she fights this one

“#Her mom battled 1918 pandemic, she fights this one” SALINAS, Calif. — She’s 76 years old but nurse practitioner Sigrid Stokes is in no mood to retire. Stokes is too busy working to save lives during a deadly pandemic, just as her mother did more than a century ago. While the late Kristine Berg Mueller…

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