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Your Hourly COVID-19 News Feed - Drill Down by Source: All BBC Hacker News
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| 2025-08-29 |
White House defends Robert F Kennedy Jr amid CDC turmoil The Centers for Disease Control had several top officials depart recently, leading to calls for the health secretary's resignation. |
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| 2025-08-29 |
Trump moves to cut $5bn in foreign aid already approved by Congress The president is using a controversial manoeuvre known as a pocket recession to cut billions in foreign aid programmes. |
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| 2025-08-28 |
George Clooney film praised as 'midlife crisis masterpiece' Netflix’s Jay Kelly sees the actor portray an ageing movie star, drawing parallels with his own life. |
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| 2025-08-28 |
Cases of flesh-eating screwworm on the rise in Mexico The parasites mainly infest cattle but there have also been dozens of cases involving people. |
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| 2025-08-28 |
White House fires CDC director as other officials resign from health agency Lawyers for Dr Susan Monarez say she is being targeted for refusing "to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives". |
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| 2025-08-26 |
Trump calls for death penalty for DC murder cases The US president re-instated federal capital punishment in January, calling it 'the ultimate deterrent' |
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| 2025-08-25 |
How Taiwan is preparing for Chinese attack with acting, fake blood and mock missile strikes Leaders are strengthening its defence, but most Taiwanese believe it is unlikely China will invade soon. |
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| 2025-08-22 |
Trump's plan for DC homeless is giving San Francisco deja vu San Francisco's crackdown on homelessness has transformed the city - but advocates say the root of the problem still remains. |
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| 2025-08-21 |
Top US health agency permanently fires 600 CDC employees The firings are part of mass layoffs announced by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr in March. |
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| 2025-08-20 |
Hundreds of federal health workers say RFK Jr has put Americans in danger They also said his statements and actions had sowed mistrust in public institutions that contributed to the recent shooting at the CDC. |
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| 2025-08-20 |
Denmark scraps book tax to fight 'reading crisis' The government hopes abolishing the sales tax will encourage more people to buy books. |
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| 2025-08-18 |
'No-one comes for us': The women trapped in Afghanistan's mental health system Accessing treatment in an Afghan mental health facility is difficult - but getting out can be harder. |
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| 2025-08-18 |
BBC witnesses West Bank attack by masked Israeli settlers The BBC's Lucy Williamson says the incident near Nablus was "completely unprovoked". |
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| 2025-08-18 |
Qantas hit with record fine for illegal layoffs during pandemic Australia's biggest airline was sued for firing ground staff in 2020 as aviation came to a standstill. |
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| 2025-08-18 |
War-torn Myanmar to hold first general election since 2021 coup Critics have denounced the vote as a sham that will be used to entrench the military government's power. |
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| 2025-08-18 |
BBC witnesses Israeli settlers' attack on Palestinian farm in West Bank A BBC team was interviewing a Palestinian farmer when masked men charged towards them. |
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| 2025-08-16 |
Trump posted a photo of me sitting by my tent - then a bulldozer arrived DC's largest homeless encampment was destroyed after the president called for a crackdown. What happened to its residents? |
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| 2025-08-16 |
Malnourished Gazan woman flown to Italy dies in hospital The woman was one of 180 Gazans evacuated by Italy in response to the humanitarian crisis |
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| 2025-08-14 |
How Trump's drive to his golf course shaped homeless crackdown What the president sees on his journey out of Washington DC helps explain this week's push to clean up the capital. |
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| 2025-08-12 |
Man who fired hundreds of rounds at CDC HQ was angry at Covid vaccines, authorities say Police say more than 500 shots were fired at the Georgia campus, where a police officer was killed. |
