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In December, Fauci will also forfeit his roles as chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation and President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, saying he wants “to pursue the next chapter of my career.” Republicans believe Fauci is leaving government due to the possibility that the GOP will take control of the House in November. “Dr. Fauci is conveniently resigning from his position in December before House Republicans have an opportunity to hold him accountable for destroying our country over these past three years,” Republican Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona tweeted, adding that Fauci will be held accountable whether or not he remains in public office....

In the campaign advertisement released by Trump’s camp on Saturday, an off-screen narrator says, “President Trump tackled the virus head-on as leaders should.” After that statement, a small clip of Fauci can be seen in which he says, “I can’t imagine that anybody could be doing more.” Fauci told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday that his words were taken out of context. “I think it’s really unfortunate and really disappointing that they did that,” Fauci said....

“Looking ahead to Christmas, right now, since we can vaccinate children from 5 to 11, you start vaccinating them now, they will be fully vaccinated by the time we get to the Christmas holidays,” Fauci, the Biden administration’s chief medical adviser, said on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday. “Enjoy your holiday season with your family, indoors, grandparents and children,” he said. Fauci warned that individuals should wear masks when congregating indoors with people who have not shared their vaccination status—such as at grocery stores or on buses and trains where individuals don’t need to show proof of vaccination for entry....

Officials have been raising concerns about misinformation spreading since the start of the health crisis, and there are disagreements about what even constitutes misinformation. Social media companies have struggled to find the proper balance between censorship and putting out falsehoods, and Fauci noted that people are drawing a “false equivalency” with regard to their sources. “When you get into an argument [it becomes] false equivalency,” Fauci told Canadian Broadcasting Corp....

Both the Metro Transit Police Department and the FBI are investigating the shooting on board a Red Line train near the Medical Center station just before 7 a.m on Tuesday. One person was injured and transported to hospital for treatment, officials said. No details about the person’s identity or their condition were immediately released. “The FBI is reviewing an Agent-Involved-Shooting which occurred earlier this morning aboard a Red Line train near Medical Center, Montgomery County, Maryland,” the FBI said in a statement to Newsweek....

Thus far, the FBI has arrested over 500 people believed to have participated in the violent attempt to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election. More than 100 were arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers. The FBI released the new videos in the hopes that viewers can help authorities locate and arrest 11 other men suspected of attacking police. Most of the new videos are less than a minute in length....

In a newly unsealed document on Friday, the FBI says that 18-year-old Xavier Pelkey recruited two unnamed teenagers from Instagram to help him participate in an attack supposedly done “in the name of ISIS.” The declassification of the document comes a month after the trio were arrested, with investigators finding handmade explosives with bundles of fireworks attached to them in Pelkey’s Maine apartment. The three participants were to originally meet in Chicago during the teenagers’ spring break and then converge to a Shia mosque....

The Argentine club, which hoped to bring in the Dallas attacking duo along with Tigres midfielder Lucas Zelarayan as it prepares for the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals, put offers for both players on the table with the total value at $5 million, according to Hunt. But the team president and owner said that with the MLS transfer window closed, the timing wasn’t right for either player to make a move....

Georgia Southern conjured up ghosts of Appalachian State-Michigan on Saturday and stunned Florida at The Swamp in Gainesville, 26-20. In 2007, Appalachian State — also from the Southern Conference in the FCS — pulled off what is considered the biggest upset in college football when it beat Michigan, 34-32, at Michigan Stadium in the season opener for both teams. The loss is Florida's first in school history against a lower-division school....

The federal agency’s decision marked a significant and long-awaited milestone amid the nation’s ongoing COVID-19 response. After a number of leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies moved to the forefront of the global race for a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer’s candidate became the first to receive an official nod from the FDA. Although the immunization is not yet approved for widespread distribution, the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) will allow medical professionals to administer it under certain circumstances....

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday ordered Juul to remove all of its e-cigarette products from the U.S. market. It was one of the most sweeping actions the FDA has taken against vaping products in recent years. In its announcement, the agency said that Juul provided “insufficient and conflicting data” on potentially harmful chemicals leaching from the refill pods. “Today’s action is further progress on the FDA’s commitment to ensuring that all e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system products currently being marketed to consumers meet our public health standards,” FDA Commissioner Robert M....

The call follows a surge in companies registering to produce hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 pandemic, as businesses from alcohol distillers to oil and gas multinationals seek to address soaring demand. There has also been a spike in poisoning cases. According to the FDA, the National Poison Data System received 79 percent more calls related to hand sanitizer in March 2020 than the same period last year. The majority of cases involved children aged 5 and younger....

On January 24, the FDA amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for bamlanivimab and etesevimab (administered together) and REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab), limiting their use to only when the patient has been exposed to or infected with a COVID variant known to be treatable with these drugs. The drugs are manufactured by Eli Lilly and Regeneron, respectively. “In light of the most recent information and data available…the FDA revised the authorizations to limit their use to only when the patient is likely to have been infected with or exposed to a variant that is susceptible to these treatments,” said Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research in a statement....

Learn more about nosocomephobia, including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and more. Symptoms Nosocomephobia refers to an intense, irrational fear of hospitals. It’s a type of specific phobia, which is a kind of anxiety disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). People with specific phobias experience significant symptoms of anxiety, distress, fear, and panic when they are exposed to a particular situation, animal, object, or activity....

Meanwhile, 5G deployment in the United States has encountered another setback. Earlier this month, AT&T and Verizon announced a delay in the rollout of 5G service in critical C-band spectrum due to an internecine fight between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The issue? Whether terrestrial 5G systems might have some chance of interfering with radio altimeters on older airplanes. Let’s step back for a second....

The action, which comes weeks after Biden mandated federal workers to get vaccinated or comply with strict testing and masking requirements, is aimed at boosting vaccinations and curtailing the spread of the surging delta variant, the AP reported. Details were not yet available on whether the president’s anticipated order will offer exceptions for religious or medical reasons, the AP reported. Biden is also scheduled to give a speech Thursday afternoon detailing his administration’s multi-faceted plan to fight rising COVID cases and lagging vaccination rates....

United States District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued the temporary restraining order Tuesday. The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Abbott and the State of Texas on Friday after U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland wrote a letter to Abbott warning him to rescind his order, which he called “dangerous and unlawful.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton responded to the lawsuit in a statement last week, calling Abbott’s order “much-needed” and “perfectly legal....

Powell said that the Federal Reserve would be publishing a discussion paper sometime during the summer of 2021 that would focus on the possible creation of a central digital bank currency (CDBC). He said that the move was “the beginning of what will be a thoughtful and deliberative process.” “Today we are in the midst of a technological revolution that is fundamentally changing our world, reshaping how we communicate, access information and purchase goods and services,” Powell said in a video message....

The coronavirus pandemic pushed the unemployment rate higher than it’s been since the Great Depression, with the Labor Department reporting it was 11.1 percent for June. In Nevada, where unemployment was over 15 percent in June, the state’s unemployment fund is set to run out in six weeks. By July 18, the state’s fund dropped from the $1.9 billion it held in January to $657 million, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal....

The delivery company said it was “deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of our team members,” adding that safety was its “top priority.” Indianapolis police confirmed that at least eight people had been killed and several more were injured. One victim was in critical condition in hospital, police said. The shooter was also confirmed dead. Releasing a statement this morning, FedEx said: “We are deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of our team members following the tragic shooting at our FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis....