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NY health commissioner Mary Bassett to step down
News, NY State News
RACHEL SILBERSTEIN Times Union 
Dec 03, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett will leave her post after serving one year as the state’s top heal...
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Is the COVID pandemic over?
Sep 25, 2022
President Biden finally dared to say it last week, declaring in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the “pandemic is over.” Various public-health ...
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President Biden has made great progress
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Sep 23, 2022
We live in unprecedented times. We face steady inflation, Russia’s cruel war in Ukraine, and increased gun deaths. Moreover, the Dobbs decision scuttl...
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Biden’s economic hubris gives way to humility
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
KARL W. SMITH Tribune News Service 
Jun 03, 2022
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has finally admitted how badly she underestimated the inflationary threat last year. Although President Joe Biden hims...
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Start serious immigration reform
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 10, 2022
President Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t gotten a handle on the desperate crisis at our southern border any more than the administration of Donald ...
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It’s time to end the COVID emergency
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DOUG BADGER and KEVIN DAYARATNA / Tribune News Service 
Apr 10, 2022
Much has changed since President Donald Trump invoked emergency powers to combat the spread of COVID-19. Immunity, whether natural or acquired through...
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Biden can help fight inflation
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 20, 2022
With U.S. inflation standing at a 40-year high of 7.9%, the Federal Reserve has finally begun to tighten monetary policy, with a small initial increas...
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Too late with free COVID tests
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 01, 2022
On Jan. 18, the day the federal government’s website allowing Americans to order free at-home COVID tests opened (one day before its official launch, ...
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Biden must move on climate
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 13, 2022
As life returned somewhat to normal last year after the pandemic shutdowns of 2020, America’s briefly reduced greenhouse gas emissions have started cl...
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Can the Taliban suppress the potent IS threat?
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press 
Oct 13, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan — With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, there’s a new enemy ascending. The Islamic State group threatens to usher in another vi...
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