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These Covid-19 pandemic-era relief programs are expiring soon Millions of people are set to lose Covid-19 pandemic-era benefits this fall – specifically, the student loans payment pause, child care provider stabilization funds, the suspension of work requirements for food stamps and continuous Medicaid coverage. Katie Lobosco AOL

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Some aid, like direct stimulus payments, expanded unemployment benefits and enhanced child tax credits, have already expired. But there’s still time for other funds, like the billions of dollars of aid for K-12 schools, to be spent.

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Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need U.S. hospital drug supplies may be strained further after a tornado ripped open the roof of a Pfizer factory this week. AP News

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Covid-19 inquiry hears poorest were worst hit during pandemic The Covid inquiry is told people from less well-off backgrounds were more likely to be hospitalised. BBC News

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Outgoing CDC director says the US is not prepared for the next pandemic because parts of the public health system still use 'old fax machines' Outgoing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky warned about what needs to be done to prepare. Yahoo News

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