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Hungarian-American hedge fund manager turned-political philanthropist George Soros has committed $20 million to kick off a broader fundraising campaign by Democratic donors and activists worth as much as $100 million to provide ‘grassroots support’ for Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure bill, Axios reports, citing Open Society US director Tom Perriello. “Every initiative proposed by President Biden has broad public support. But we’ve seen popular reforms get demonized before by partisans and special interests, and we’re not going to let that happen. Facts don’t always win without some real muscle put behind those facts in front of the American people,” Perriello said. Axios says the $20 million is expected to ‘activate’ many of the same ‘grassroots progressive organizations’ which sprung up in the latter part of the 2010s to challenge then-president Donald Trump’s agenda, with the money expected to be distributed to grassroots organizing campaigns, not paid advertising. “We … [Read more...] about Soros Reportedly Pledges $20 Mln to ‘Grass Roots Organizations’ to Sell Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

FILE – Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Grand Start torchbearer Nadeshiko Japan, Japan’s women’s national football team, leads the torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, Japan March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to prepare 300 hotel rooms for athletes who test positive for the coronavirus at this summer’s Games but show no or minor symptoms of COVID-19, Kyodo news agency said on Sunday. Japan’s government is placing Tokyo under a month-long state of “quasi-emergency” from Monday to combat surging infections, less than a month after a broader state of emergency was lifted for the capital and Olympic host. The Tokyo organizing committee plans to reserve an entire hotel located a few kilometers away from the athletes’ village in the Harumi waterfront district, which will likely cost several million dollars, Kyodo said, citing several unnamed sources. Coronavirus-positive athletes and other Games participants who do not require … [Read more...] about Tokyo Olympic organizers to secure 300 hotel rooms for athletes with COVID-19 – report

With an aim to expand the basket of COVID-19 vaccines and enhance the pace of inoculation in India, the central government on Tuesday said it has decided to fast-track emergency approvals for all coronavirus jabs that have been given a similar nod by the World Health Organization or regulators in the United States, Europe, Britain or Japan. The move is significant as it may make available several vaccines, including those made by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, in India with certain conditions. The first 100 beneficiaries of such foreign vaccines shall be assessed for seven days for safety outcomes before they are rolled out for further immunisation programme within the country, the Union health ministry said. Terming it a significant development and a liberal regulatory step that will increase the access to vaccines manufactured outside,NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr V K Paul said, "We hope and we invite vaccine makers such as Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson … [Read more...] about Govt fast-tracks approval for foreign-produced COVID vaccines

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday came out in support of President Biden Joe Biden IRS to roll out payments for ,000 child tax credit in July Capitol Police told not to use most aggressive tactics in riot response, report finds Biden to accompany first lady to appointment for 'common medical procedure' MORE ’s plan to raise the federal minimum wage, arguing that it will boost the United State’s COVID-19 recovery. The OECD, an international organization focusing on policy building, made the recommendation in its Going for Growth report. The institution said that raising the minimum wage would ensure decent incomes for low-income workers. “In several advanced economies, the pandemic and ongoing labour market changes ... brought the issue of minimum wages to the fore, as a means to ensuring decent incomes of the low income workers,” the OECD wrote . ADVERTISEMENT “This is particularly the case in the … [Read more...] about OECD backs Biden minimum wage hike, says it would boost pandemic recovery

The race to put a man on the moon — “Moonshot 1.0” — was the crowning achievement of NASA’s Apollo program that catapulted Americans onto the lunar surface between 1969-1972. Its ultimate success came after years of incremental advances, offset by budget constraints, hardware glitches and a deadly explosion. The race to find cures for deadly cancers — heralded by the passage of the National Cancer Act in December, 1971 (as NASA crews gazed back at Earth), is likewise a marathon, characterized by gains and setbacks, and critically dependent upon public support. Since 1971, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the beachhead for coordinated scientific discovery has mightily supported biomedical researchers and, together with significant investment by industry, produced previously unimaginable breakthroughs, even as total victory against the disease has remained tantalizingly on the horizon. ADVERTISEMENT As the head of the Lasker Foundation and a physician … [Read more...] about Biden’s revamped cancer moonshot doubles down on advancing cures