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But we're not even at that stage yet, and it is just not possible to talk about containing the virus when there are 50,000, or even 10,000, new infections per day. In order to do that, we need to get the country closer to one in a million people becoming infected per day. That's just over 300 new infections a day -- not 50,000. … [Read more...] about If the United States were my patient: We aren’t ready to celebrate yet

TikTok has said previously that it operates separately from ByteDance. It says its data centers are located entirely outside of China, and that none of that data is subject to Chinese law. US user data is stored in the United States, with a backup in Singapore, according to TikTok. A spokesperson for the company told CNN Business in May that it thinks the national security concerns are "unfounded." … [Read more...] about The United States is ‘looking at’ banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says

Birx on Friday shared some of the reports her team looks at daily to assess the state of the pandemic in the United States. Four states — California, Texas, Arizona and Florida — currently account for half of all new cases, she pointed out in her latest summary. Another eight states are reporting more than 1,000 new cases a day. … [Read more...] about Fauci: United States ‘is in the middle, right as we speak, of a very serious problem.’

Contrary to popular perception, female genital mutilation, or FGM, is relatively widespread in the United States as well. Indeed, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 500,000 women and girls have either undergone, or are at risk of undergoing the procedure. Most, but not all, are immigrants to the U.S.  … [Read more...] about Female Genital Mutilation Occurs in the United States

You can do so by paying for things with exact change and by returning spare change to circulation. Until coin circulation patterns return to normal, it may be more difficult for retailers and small businesses to accept cash payments. For millions of Americans, cash is the only form of payment and cash transactions rely on coins to make change. We ask that the American public start spending their coins, depositing them, or exchanging them for currency at financial institutions or taking them to a coin redemption kiosk. The coin supply problem can be solved with each of us doing our part. … [Read more...] about United States Mint Issues Statement on Circulating Coins