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            <title><![CDATA[China Tech Firms at Risk as US Lawmakers Rebuff Lobbying Efforts]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-19/china-s-failing-us-lobby-playbook-puts-tech-companies-at-risk</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven T. Dennis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Moderna Paid the US More Than Enough for Covid Shot Partnership, Executive Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Angelica Peebles]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:31:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Hearing on Covid’s Origins Spurs Call for Rules to Curb Risky Virus Research]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Riley Griffin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:18:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), center, speaks with Representative Ronny Jackson, a Republican from Texas, after a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. House Republicans are continuing to dig into the origins of the coronavirus with lawmakers planning to vote on whether to declassify intelligence on where the virus came from.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Covid ‘Lab Leak’ Theory Gets Boost From Senate Republican Report]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Ruoff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:02:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Americans Could Have to Pay for Covid Shots Starting Next Year]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/us-to-transition-covid-shots-to-commercial-sales-next-year</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Riley Griffin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:18:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A healthcare worker administers a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a child at a testing and vaccination site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a $2.7 billion Covid-19 emergency response package in his budget Monday to boost testing and its health-care system following a surge in cases caused by the omicron variant.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drug-Price Bill Pruned in Senate in Partial Industry Win]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-06/democrats-drug-price-plan-is-trimmed-by-senate-parliamentarian</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Wasson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 13:50:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A pharmacist assists a customer at a CVS Health Corp. store in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. The prospect of Amazon.com Inc. entering the healthcare business is beginning to cause far-reaching reverberations for a range of companies, roiling the shares of drugstore chains, drug distributors and pharmacy-benefit managers, and potentially precipitating one of the biggest corporate merger deals this year.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What’s in the Manchin-Schumer Deal on Taxes, Climate and Energy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Davison]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:18:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Baby Formula Shortage Sparks Democratic Inquiry, GOP Attack]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-11/baby-formula-shortage-sparks-democratic-inquiry-gop-criticism</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Wilkins]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 19:55:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Covid Funding Stalled in Senate by Fight Over Border Policy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Wasson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:40:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference following the weekly Democratic caucus luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The Senate Monday passed its version of a long-stalled bill to aid the domestic semiconductor industry and bolster U.S. competitiveness with China, a key step needed to kick off negotiations with the House on final legislation.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Covid Spending Bill Hits Senate Snag on Amendment Dispute]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Ruoff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:39:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senate Agrees on $10 Billion Covid Bill Without Global Aid]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Wasson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:30:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Senators Near Deal on Smaller Bill to Fund Covid-19 Fight]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-31/senators-near-deal-on-smaller-bill-to-pay-for-covid-19-fight</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Wasson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:52:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Synthetic Nicotine Set for FDA Regulation Under Budget Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Ruoff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:56:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Renewed Eligibility Checks Threaten to Leave Millions Without Medicaid]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A pandemic relief agreement that suspended reviews is set to expire in April.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-17/renewed-medicaid-eligibility-checks-threaten-health-care-for-millions</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Tozzi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Biden Readies $30 Billion Covid-19 Funding Request to Congress]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Wasson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 21:48:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Biden’s FDA Chief Confirmed by Senate With Republicans’ Help]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Celine Castronuovo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:15:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Dr. Robert Califf was the FDA commissioner under President Barack Obama.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico’s Economy Is Poised for a Double Boost in 2022]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An exit from bankruptcy, plus new funding in the Build Back Better package, would set the stage for growth on the island. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-06/build-back-better-bankruptcy-exit-could-boost-puerto-rico-economy</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Kaske]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What’s in the House-Passed Tax and Spending Bill Backed by Biden]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Davison]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democrats Reach Drug Pricing Deal Key to Vote on Biden Plan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Ruoff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:50:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pelosi Leading Talks to Add Drug Price Cuts in Biden Plan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Wasson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:38:59 GMT</pubDate>
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