Federal Employees Not Eligible for Social Security Benefits: United States Court of Appeals

Published Date: 16 Feb 2023

A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that federal workers generally do not deserve extra pay for being exposed to the COVID-19 virus on the job.

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As trust in public health agencies erodes, researchers are finding themselves in an awkward new role — as fact-checkers of the federal government.

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Leading medical journal The Lancet will decline a request to provide evidence for a ⁠U.S. Senate inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, its editor-in-chief...

Ghana has rejected a bilateral health deal with the U.S., a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters, the latest stumbling ⁠block to the Trump administration's...

More than 100 million vaccine doses have been delivered to millions of children since ⁠2023 under a global drive to reverse pandemic-related declines in childhood immunisation.

The Pentagon will no longer require members of the U.S. military to get the ⁠flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday.

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