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U.S. pays biotech company Moderna $1.5 billion for possible COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna is one of several companies working on potential coronavirus vaccines for Americans
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The U.S. government is paying medical company Moderna $1.5 point billion dollars to make and deliver 100 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine is still in clinical trials and has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but is already being manufactured so if it is approved it can be rolled out quickly. The…

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Digital Exclusives and Features

Teen raises thousands for ‘the forgotten’ during pandemic

The 15 year old is donating the funds to homeless veterans, disabled, first responders, those with special needs
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Image: CNN/Gaetano Liberti (CNN) — A 15-year-old boy has raised over $13,000 in donations for homeless veterans, special needs children, and first responders by selling and donating wooden flags he carves himself. In 2019, Lorenzo Liberti met a homeless veteran while serving meals at a food pantry with his church youth group. The tenth grader from Lakewood Ranch, Florida, couldn’t…

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National News, Politics

Lawmakers fail to reach economic stimulus deal

President Trump plans to put executive order in place as negotiations fall flat
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(CNN) — Nationally there have been more than 4.8 million cases of coronavirus reported, while the number of Americans who have died has surpassed 160 thousand. Much like the pandemic, there appears to be no relief in sight for those in the U.S. struggling through the health crisis with no financial assistance. Stimulus aid negotiations to assist those hardest hit…

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Psychologist sees increase in mental health issues in children due to COVID-19

The findings come from a child psychologist that says children are being effected
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(CNN) — Fear and concern over the coronavirus can lead to more stress for all of us, but during this pandemic one child psychologist says he’s seeing a significant increase in mental health issues among children. Mandy Gaither reports. Categories: Digital Exclusives and Features, National News
Local News, State

Jobless claims drop across the country raising hopes of economic recovery

South Carolina first time unemployment claims fell from the week before partly because of better working conditions
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(CNN) — Across the country jobless claims are down. 1.2 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week. That’s about 200-thousand less from the week prior. First-time jobless claims hit their high at 6.9 million in the final week of March. The American Labor Market has been hit hard by the pandemic. They hope last weeks numbers are a sign unemployment…
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Video featuring SC Congressman removed from social media

Rob Dew, CNN,

Photo from Facebook Washington, D.C. (WOLO)–A video featuring a group of doctors making claims related to the coronavirus was removed by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube after going viral online Monday. The video originally published by Breitbart shows doctors discouraging the wearing of masks (no one in the video is wearing a mask) and referring to hydroxychloroquine as an effective treatment…

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