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Climate Week NYC: Large cities are at the forefront of climate change, experts say
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Climate Week NYC: Large cities are at the forefront of climate change, experts say

About 80% of the U.S. population live in urban settings, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Some of the country's most densely populated cities, like New York City, are already at the frontlines of global warming, according to experts.

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Want to join the American Climate Corps? Here's what we know so far

Biden's program is expected to hire 20,000 young people in its first year.
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Rishi Sunak delays crucial UK climate targets, with one eye on the next election
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Rishi Sunak delays crucial UK climate targets, with one eye on the next election

Britain will delay a series of key climate targets, its beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday at a hastily organized press conference, in a move that angered businesses and political allies and intensified the government’s assault on green policies.

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Weekly COVID hospitalizations reach 20,000 for 1st time since March but new vaccine could help
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Weekly COVID hospitalizations reach 20,000 for 1st time since March but new vaccine could help

Weekly COVID hospitalizations increased 7.7% to more than 20,000, CDC data shows, but an expert says the new vaccine could help stem a wave.
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U.S. government awards $45 million for long COVID clinics

The U.S. government is awarding $45 million in grants to help clinics treating long COVID develop new models of care and expand access, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Wednesday.
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Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them
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Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them

The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household.
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Opinion: For the immunocompromised, COVID isn’t ‘over.’ It’s complicated

My husband has bone-marrow cancer. For us, the pandemic is only as over as it is safe to reenter the world: not particularly.
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DeSantis delivered COVID booster warning as Florida led the nation in hospitalizations
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DeSantis delivered COVID booster warning as Florida led the nation in hospitalizations

About 2,280 people in Florida were hospitalized for Covid as his administration announced controversial guidance.
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