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After more than five decades of attempts, the pharmaceutical industry is on the brink of providing effective immunizations against respiratory syncytial virus, which has put an estimated 90,000 American babies and young children in the hospital since the beginning of October.But only one of the vaccines is designed for babies, and a flaw in congressional language may make it difficult for children in low-income families to receive it as easily as those with good insurance.Since 1994, routine vaccination has been a right of childhood under the Vaccines for Children program, through which the federal government buys millions of vaccines and…

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, criticized the Biden administration on Sunday for its timing of shooting down the Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of Carolina."Getting you downed over the Atlantic by the president is like taking down the quarterback after the game is over," Turner said in an interview on NBC News' "Meet the Press." “This should never have been allowed to enter the United States and it should never have been allowed to complete its mission.”After the balloon was shot down on Saturday, President Joe Biden told reporters that he gave the…

The mystery over the health of a Florida pastor accused in a Covid relief scam has deepened after a court-ordered psychiatrist prepared a report suggesting he may be faking some of his symptoms. The pastor, Evan Edwards, has been hospitalized since December when he and his son were arrested on charges of fraudulently obtaining $8 million in pandemic loans for a phony ministry. A judge ordered a psychiatrist to examine Edwards, 64, after he refused to participate in his first court appearance and muttered incoherently at a subsequent one. But the psychiatrist, Dr. Ryan Hall, was unable to shed much…

Kyrie Irving will not be on the court with him Networks Saturday night while Brooklyn takes on the Washington Wizards. Irving was listed by the team as out with a sore right calf on Saturday afternoon. Brooklyn Nets' Kyrie Irving dribbles during the second half against the Los Angeles Lakers at Barclays Center on January 30, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Nets won 121-104. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)The news comes a day later. Irving informed the organization he would like to be traded before the NBA's trade deadline of February 9 or will leave when he…