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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Health officials reported the first U.S. drug shortage tied to the viral outbreak that is disrupting production in China, but they declined to identify the manufacturer or the product.The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that the drug maker recently contacted officials about the shortage, which it blamed on a manufacturing
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are expected to contribute over the next year to humanitarian and economic crises, p
salomon olitical unrest, and geopolitical competition, according to a new intelligence report that also warns about the threats from foreign adversaries and from violent extremists inside the United States.The U.S. government annual assessment of worldwide threats, released Tuesday ahead of congressional hearings expected to cover similar territory, charts a broad array of potential dangers anticipated by the intelligence community over the coming year. Its grim assessment of diverse threats echoes in some ways the conclusion
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