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Despite jarring jobs numbers, Canada, U.S. charting different courses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's a fundamental principle of life in Canada that no one should have to go to work if they don't feel safe doing so.




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Coronavirus Pandemic Throws A Harsh Spotlight On U.S.-China Relations

The Trump administration says China poses a risk for its lack of transparency about COVID-19. China says the U.S. is trying to shift blame for the Trump administration's failings.




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Top U.S. General On COVID-19, Reorienting For Great Power Competition

Steve Inskeep talks to Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the coronavirus threat within the ranks of the military, and guarding against a power competition with China.




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Coronavirus: Areas of U.S. begin easing social distancing

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.





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U.S. Coast Guard braces for post-pandemic wave of migrants

The Coast Guard is increasing its presence in the Caribbean in an attempt to forestall a potential COVID-19-inspired surge in illegal migration and human smuggling from the region.





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Coronavirus: U.S. death toll passes 70,000

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.





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Trump disbanding coronavirus task force despite growing number of U.S. cases

President Trump is looking to wind down the White House coronavirus task force in the coming weeks despite the fact that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. continues to rise.





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Coronavirus: U.S. death toll passes 70,000

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.






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U.S. researchers are training dogs to sniff out COVID-19

As businesses in the United States slowly begin reopening, researchers in Pennsylvania are turning to dogs to help them fend off a second wave of COVID-19.




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Bug experts dismiss worry about U.S. 'murder hornets' as hype

Insect experts say people should calm down about the big bug with the nickname "murder hornet" -- unless you are a beekeeper or a honeybee.




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U.S. late-night hosts slam President Trump for mocking ratings amid Covid-19 pandemic

Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert have criticised President Trump for not concentrating on helping Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.




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‘Murder Hornets’ in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet

Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations.




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Live tracker: How many coronavirus cases have been found in each U.S. state?

Using data from the COVID Tracking Project, we’re following how each state is responding to COVID-19.




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Pentagon: Coronavirus Hospitalizations ‘Permanently Disqualify’ U.S. Military Recruits

Applicants who have tested positive for the virus but did not require hospitalization will still be allowed to enlist




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Column: Equifax left unencrypted data open to Chinese hackers. Most big U.S. companies are just as negligent

Equifax, like most large U.S. companies, failed to encrypt the databases that store some of the most sensitive details of people's lives.




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Judge dismisses unequal pay claim by U.S. women's soccer players in lawsuit

A judge has granted a request, in part, by U.S. Soccer for a summary judgment in a gender-discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. women's World Cup team.




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U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April

The U.S. economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the coronavirus pandemic is battering the world's biggest economy.




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Dual Canadian-U.S. citizens qualify for Trump's COVID-19 emergency payments

Canadians with U.S. citizenship who may not have paid taxes in the U.S. for decades still qualify for America's one-time pandemic support payment.




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Canada backs U.S.-led campaign for Taiwan to get observer status at WHO over China's objections

Canada has backed an American-led effort to allow Taiwan to be granted observer status at the World Health Organization because of its early success in containing COVID-19.




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Rheumatoid Arthritis Triple Therapy Little Used in U.S.

(MedPage Today) -- Triple therapy -- with methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine, and sulfasalazine -- is little used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the U.S. today, and clinical outcomes showed less efficacy than regimens combining...




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‘Not the World’s Number One’: Chinese Social Media Piles On the U.S.

The verdict is in: China has outperformed, while the once-respected American system has disastrously faltered.




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Commentary: U.S. should build a memorial 'plague column' for COVID-19, but where? Hint: Trump

Sculptures commemorating plagues were common in Europe. Our art critic suggests America could build its own, and Trump provides inspiration for where.




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As some coronavirus closures lift in the U.S., studies suggest more and earlier infections

Studies suggest that coronavirus infections were spreading in the United States farther, faster and earlier than initially thought.




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Coronavirus chokes the drug trade — from Wuhan, through Mexico and onto U.S. streets

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted many industries, both legal and illicit. Production of fentanyl, which relies on chemical ingredients sourced mainly from Wuhan, China, has been particularly hard hit.




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COVID-19 death toll surpasses 50,000 in the U.S. as states push ahead with reopenings

Amid the coronavirus outbreak as the U.S. death toll passes 50,000, some governors push ahead with reopening their states' economies.




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On the open road, U.S. truck drivers face the coronavirus and new risks

The pandemic turned some truckers into essential workers hauling high-value loads that put them at risk, while others have less work despite the risk




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Over 60,000 lives claimed by COVID-19 in U.S. — a tally some models predicted for late summer

New York sees a dip in deaths, and Louisiana governor meets Trump, as each state in the union thinks about how to move forward amid coronavirus.




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U.S. spy officials say coronavirus isn't manmade but do not rule out lab accident

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the new coronavirus is "not manmade or genetically modified."




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U.S. implicates Honduran president in drug trafficking as it seeks his help on immigration

U.S. prosecutors accused a former commander of the Honduran police of importing tons of cocaine into the United States on behalf of the country's president, a Trump ally.




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The U.S. is pushing Mexico to reopen factories even as workers die of COVID-19

The United States wants Mexico to reopen its border factories, even as the coronavirus spreads and worker deaths rise.




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How does the COVID-19 death toll compare with other deadly events in U.S. history?

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has surpassed that of 9/11, even the Vietnam War. Here's a look at COVID-19's place in history.




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Migrants deported by U.S. make up more than 15% of Guatemala's coronavirus cases

U.S. deportation flights to Guatemala resume -- with promises of testing for coronavirus




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Column: The U.S. and China are sliding into a Cold War nobody needs

The coronavirus is pitching the U.S. and China into a new Cold War -- a confrontation over ideology as well as trade and security. It's happening partly because President Trump needs an issue to run on -- and it's dangerous




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'A profound danger': Experts warn against broad U.S. reopening amid COVID-19 pandemic

As states lift coronavirus restrictions, none has met federal benchmarks, a health expert warns. The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. surpasses 73,000.




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NEW: The 2020 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers

I am pleased to announce our new 2020 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers, available for purchase and immediate download.
We’re offering special discounted pricing if you order before March 22, 2020.

The 2020 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers is a truly unique resource. With 203 proprietary charts, exhibits, and data tables, this 11th edition provides a comprehensive, fact-based, and non-partisan tool for understanding the entire U.S. drug pricing, reimbursement, and dispensing system.

The full document clocks in at 374 pages. I can safely say there is nothing else available that comes close to this report.

The chart below illustrates the depth and breadth of the 2020 edition. The numbers indicate the report chapter that corresponds to, explains, and analyzes each channel flow.

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Lannett to Be U.S. Distributor of Posaconazole Delayed-Release Tablets

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Pfizer tags 3 U.S. manufacturing sites for possible COVID-19 vaccine launch

Global coronavirus vaccine makers have been rolling out details about their manufacturing and launch plans—even ahead of any clinical data. Now, Pfizer says it will draw on three sites in the U.S., plus one in Belgium, for the early stages of a launch, provided its BioNTech-partnered shot wins a green light.




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Early missteps, transparency questions dog U.S. government's remdesivir rollout: reports

When Gilead Sciences scored a groundbreaking FDA emergency use authorization for COVID-19 therapy remdesivir, the company made the unusual move of handing distribution rights to the U.S. government. But the federal rollout has gotten off to a rocky start. 




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U.S. CDC reports 1,248,040 coronavirus cases, 75,477 deaths

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 1,248,040 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 28,974 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 2,180 to 75,477.




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Canadian Company to Pay U.S. More Than $1 Million Related to Sale of Defective Bullet-proof Vests

Barrday Inc. and two related companies have agreed to pay the United States more than $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act in connection with their role in the weaving of Zylon fabric used in the manufacture and sale of defective Zylon bullet-proof vests. Barrday, headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, is a weaver of ballistic fabrics and designs and produces specialty industrial textiles.



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Brothers Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Steal Military Optics from U.S. Marine Corps and Export Them Overseas

Timothy Oldani, 24, of Scott Depot, W.Va., and Joseph Oldani, 21, of Camp Lejeune, N.C., both pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of West Virginia to conspiring to steal military optics from the U.S. Marine Corps and illegally export them from the United States.



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U.S. Recovers $19 Million from AMEC Construction Management to Settle Litigation Regarding Fraud, False Claims, Kickbacks & Re-Procurement Costs on Federal Construction Contracts

The United States has recovered more than $19 million from AMEC Construction Management Inc. (ACMI) to resolve allegations of fraud, false claims and kickbacks on four General Services Administration (GSA) construction contracts, as well as litigation over claims by the GSA for excess re-procurement costs incurred by GSA after it terminated ACMI’s contract to build the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. ACMI was formerly known as Morse Diesel International Inc.



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Former Employee at U.S. Embassy in Haiti Pleads Guilty to Theft of More Than $800,000

A former employee at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti pleaded guilty today to one count of theft for stealing more than $800,000 from the U.S. Department of State. According to court documents, Jean G. Saint-Joy, 25, a citizen of Haiti, was employed as a cashier by the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from approximately 1995 until July 2008.



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U.S. Court Rejects Two Prominent L.A. Real Estate Investors’ Attempt to Use Tax Avoidance Scheme

A federal court in Los Angeles invalidated an abusive tax shelter scheme engaged in by prominent real estate investors James Thomas and Edward Fox. U.S. District Judge John F. Walter also imposed the maximum penalty - forty percent - allowed by the tax code against them.



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APL Ltd. to Pay U.S. $26.3 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations for Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Iraq and Afghanistan

APL Limited has agreed to pay the government $26.3 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to transport cargo in shipping containers to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.



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U.S. Asks Federal Court to Shut Down Iowa Tax Preparers

The United States has sued a Clive, Iowa, couple to bar them from preparing federal tax returns for others. According to the government complaint, Jill Schwartz-Musin, her husband Howard Musin, and their business, SSC Services, prepare fraudulent federal income tax returns for small business owners.



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AT&T Technical Services Corp. to Pay U.S. more than $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving the E-Rate Program

AT&T Technical Services Corp. (AT&T-TSCO) has agreed to pay $8,266,414.33 as part of a civil settlement relating to allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communication Commission's E-Rate program.



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U.S. Court Permanently Shuts Down Two Pennsylvania Tax Preparers

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has permanently barred Chalamar Muhammad and her husband, Curtis Muhammad, from preparing tax returns for others. Judge Harvey Bartle III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered the order of permanent injunction after the Coatesville, Pa., couple failed to defend against the government’s allegations.



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