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Biden wants an industrial renaissance. He can't do it without ... (Politico)

Intel's planned microchip plant outside Columbus, Ohio, is the administration's poster child for reviving high-tech manufacturing. But failure to allow a ...

While most companies are still planning to set up shop in the U.S. regardless of what happens with STEM immigration, Shahoulian said inaction on that front will inevitably limit the scale of investments by Intel and other firms. He also dinged the chip companies, claiming the issue is “not always as straightforward” as the industry would like to frame it and that tech companies sometimes hope to pay less for foreign-born talent. And the ability of this country to invest in anything for 20 years is not phenomenal.” Cornyn blamed that in part on the far right’s reflexive outrage to any easing of immigration restrictions. Students coming out of American universities with those degrees are largely foreign nationals — and increasingly, they’re graduating without an immigration status that lets them work in the U.S., and with no clear pathway to achieving that status. It’d be a relatively small number of people — a February study from Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology suggested the chip industry would only need around 3,500 foreign-born workers to effectively staff new U.S.-based factories. Harrison is anxious, however, over how quickly he and other leaders in higher ed are expected to convince thousands of students to sign up for the required STEM courses and join Intel after graduation. Quietly, however, many of those same lawmakers — along with industry lobbyists and national security experts — fear all the chip subsidies in the world will fall flat without enough high-skilled STEM workers. A rapid boost in processing power stuffed into ever-smaller packages led to the information technology boom of the 1990s. But even as Biden signs into law more than $52 billion in “incentives” designed to lure chipmakers to the U.S., an unusual alliance of industry lobbyists, hard-core China hawks and science advocates says the president’s dream lacks a key ingredient — a small yet critical core of high-skilled workers. In his State of the Union address in March, President Joe Biden called this 1,000-acre spread of corn stalks and farmhouses a “field of dreams.” Within three years, it will house two Intel-operated chip facilities together worth $20 billion — and Intel is promising to invest $80 billion more now that Washington has sweetened the deal with subsidies. Since the 1960s, scientists — working first for the U.S. government and later for private industry — have tacked transistors onto wafers of silicon or other semiconducting materials to produce computer circuits.

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Joe Biden 2024: Manchin refuses to say if he thinks president ... (CNN)

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia refused to say Sunday whether he thinks President Joe Biden deserves a second term in office.

found that 75% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters want the party to nominate someone other than the President in the 2024 election, a sharp increase from earlier this year. And that's what President Biden did," he said. And I have a tremendous amount of respect and friendship with my Republican colleagues," he said.

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Manchin won't say if he would support Biden in 2024 (The Washington Post)

In interviews on Sunday, Manchin also refused to say whether he hoped Democrats would keep control of the House and Senate after this year's midterm ...

“I’m not getting into the 2024 election,” he said. “This type of legislation wouldn’t happen unless the president of the United States was involved,” Manchin said on “This Week.” “And he gave — he gave his blessing and signed off on it. So I’m not going — I’m not getting into the 2022 or 2024. “President Biden is my president right now. He made similar comments last week in response to questioning from former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on his podcast, “The Chris Cuomo Project.” I’m not predicting anything.” On Wednesday night, Manchin announced that he had brokered a surprise deal with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the “Inflation Reduction Act,” a massive climate, health-care and taxes bill. “Would you...” “Everybody’s worried about the election. “And I have a tremendous amount of respect and friendship with my Republican colleagues. “You know, I’m not making those choices or decisions on that. “I think the Democrats have great candidates that are running.

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Biden tests positive for COVID-19 for second straight day amid ... (Globalnews.ca)

Biden tested positive on Saturday, requiring him to cancel travel and in-person events as he isolates for at least five days in accordance with CDC ...

Research suggests that a minority of those prescribed Paxlovid to experience a rebound case of the virus. The fact that a rebound rather than a reinfection possibly occurred is a positive sign for Biden’s health once he’s clear of the disease. Biden tested positive on Saturday, requiring him to cancel travel and in-person events as he isolates for at least five days in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

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Biden under 'strict isolation measures' as he continues to test ... (The Guardian)

President feels well, White House says, after he tests positive only days after he tested negative.

In accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, on Saturday Biden, 79, had re-entered isolation for at least five days. The US president feels well, the White House said. His physician, Kevin O’Connor, said on Sunday that Biden is being monitored daily and his positive test that morning was unsurprising.

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Joe Biden says he's 'feeling fine' after another positive COVID-19 test (The Globe and Mail)

Biden will return to strict isolation and will cancel planned trips to his home in Wilmington and work trip in Michigan.

It has not been edited by Globe staff. Biden will return to strict isolation, according to the White House, and will cancel planned trips to his home in Wilmington and work trip in Michigan. U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 – again – in what the White House doctor described as a “rebound” case seen in a small percentage of patients who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid.

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Biden continues to test positive for coronavirus in 'rebound' case (The Washington Post)

In a new memo Sunday, the president's physician, said Biden's positive antigen test was not surprising and that the president would continue to isolate.

Biden removed his mask for some of the events last week. Biden and his doctor said he was experiencing no symptoms during the rebound infection. Biden, 79, first tested positive for the coronavirus on July 21, a Thursday, and began taking Paxlovid, an antiviral therapy that has proved highly effective in tackling coronavirus symptoms.

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Biden tests positive for COVID-19 again but "continues to feel well ... (CBS News)

Washington — President Biden continued to test positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, his physician said, as he experienced a "rebound positivity," which occurs ...

But on Saturday, O'Connor said the president tested positive once again, though he is not experiencing symptoms. "The president will continue his strict isolation measures as previously described," he said. Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a new letter distributed by the White House that Mr. Biden "continues to feel well," and he "unsurprisingly" received a positive result on his antigen test Sunday.

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Biden Remains Positive for Covid, Extends Isolation Measures (Bloomberg)

President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 for a second consecutive day as he continues to deal with a rebound case of the disease, according to the ...

Manchin demurs on Biden in 2024 and Dem majorities this year (Financial Post)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the Democrats' most conservative and contrarian members, declined on Sunday to endorse Joe Biden if the ...

“I think people are sick and tired of politics, I really do. Acknowledging he has not tried to speak to Sinema since announcing the deal, Manchin said there were plenty of reasons she would be “positive about it.” Manchin had torpedoed a grander plan last December and previously lowered expectations about a substantial agreement being reached. But in distancing himself from fellow Democrats, Manchin also tried to decry the rise of partisanship and suggested America’s path forward will need to move beyond traditional party-line politics. People “are sick and tired of politics,” he said, and want their representatives in Washington to put country over party. In a round of appearances on five news shows, the West Virginia senator also expressed hope that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., will back a Democratic package of climate, health care and tax initiatives that he negotiated.

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Biden still testing positive after rebound Covid-19 case but ... (CNN)

President Joe Biden is continuing to isolate at the White House on Sunday after testing positive for a rebound case of Covid-19 Saturday morning, ...

During Biden's first bout with the disease, he experienced mild symptoms, including runny nose, fatigue, high temperature and a cough, according to his doctor. Biden is fully vaccinated and received two booster shots. None of those contacts have since tested positive, the official said.

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Trump vs Biden Rematch in 2024? Polls suggest America wants ... (Business Standard)

Odds seem stacked against the Democrats in the upcoming Nov mid-term polls, with President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala ...

More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. Biden ran in the 2020 contest to end Trump's presidency, saying no other Democrat could take him on and win after the Republican's shocking win over Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016. Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance. Eleven per cent of respondents identified "the state of democracy" or "political division" as their top concern, while 10 per cent said gun policies were the most important problem. The decision is expected to ultimately result in abortion being banned or more severely restricted than it previously was in nearly half of the US states. Biden, who sees himself as the Democrat with the best chance of beating Trump, is suffering from anaemic approval ratings. The Supreme Court in a major ruling on June 24 said there is no federal right to abortion, reversing a nearly half-century-old opinion that it issued in the Roe v. A whopping 94 per cent of Democrats who are less than 30 years old said they want someone besides Biden, the survey found. That is 4 percentage points lower than the level of support for reelection Trump saw in an April 2018 poll, which came more than two years before he faced Biden. Biden's age (82 in November this year) and job performance were the top reasons cited by Democrats on why they wanted a candidate other than Biden to be the party nominee, The New York Times/Siena College poll found.

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Biden Covid-19 Positive Again, Is Paxlovid Rebound More Common ... (Forbes)

Kevin O'Connor, DO, the Physician to the President, wrote that such a rebound in Covid positivity is “observed in a small percentage of patients treated ...

Layers of Swiss cheese are still delicious, and maintaining multiple layers of interventions is still the better way to go as long as virus activity remains very high. This diagram emphasized that each available intervention has its holes and that the key to combatting the pandemic was to layering interventions on top of each other so that no holes are left exposed. Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a tendency to prematurely hail something as the single magical single solution, the single magical Mjölnir, or the single magical velour track suit to deal with the pandemic. It is yummy and formed the basis of that “Swiss cheese” diagram that was being circulated earlier in the pandemic. Getting vaccinated and boosted and having Paxlovid available does not mean that you can simply abandon other precautions such as face mask wearing and run into an area with high Covid-19 coronavirus activity yelling “freedom” as if you were Mel Gibson in the movie Braveheart. Simply searching social media for terms such as “Paxlovid rebound”, “Covid rebound”, “not again”, and “arrghh” will reveal a number of identifiable human beings (as opposed to anonymous social media accounts) posting about their rebound experiences. Now that many people have dropped face masks as if they were soiled underwear and may be spewing out virus in greater quantities, could the virus levels that you are exposed to on average be higher? Another possibility is that the antiviral is not as effective against the newer variants and subvariants. One possibility is that the five-day duration of Paxlovid treatment is not long enough, that a seven or a 10 day course may be needed. Yeah, very few people would say, “I love Covid.” A Covid-19 rebound can be kind of like watching the movie Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo in the theater and then thinking that you've left the theater before it’s done but then realizing that you can’t leave the theater. Relying on pharmaceutical company press for scientific information can be like making life decisions based on the advertisements and as a result wishing that you were an Oscar Mayer Weiner. Instead, it’s better to rely on peer-reviewed studies published in reputable scientific journals, especially those conducted by scientists who are not directly connected to Pfizer in any way. In a tweet thread, Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, pointed out that while in these trials “rebound was rare maybe 1-2% of the time,” such trials were done in pre-Omicron times:

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Biden 'continues to feel well' after testing positive for COVID-19 ... (ABC News)

President Joe Biden's antigen test came back positive late Saturday morning, White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said.

The President will not travel to Wilmington or Michigan as planned," the White House said in a statement on Saturday. Biden tested negative for three days before receiving a positive result again on the antigen test. I'm still at work, and will be back on the road soon." "The President has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and continues to feel quite well," O'Connor wrote. Biden "continues to be very specifically conscientious" of any staff who are required to be in proximity to him, such as Secret Service agents, O'Connor wrote. "This happens with a small minority of folks," he wrote.

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US President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19… again (The Yucatan Times)

In accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, Biden will reenter isolation for least five days. The agency says most rebound cases ...

But the president removed his mask indoors when delivering remarks on Thursday and during a meeting with CEOs on the White House complex. Biden, 79, was treated with the anti-viral drug Paxlovid, and tested negative for the virus on Tuesday and Wednesday. He was then cleared to leave isolation while wearing a mask indoors. The agency says most rebound cases remain mild and that severe disease during that period has not been reported.

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Joe Biden, toujours positif à la COVID-19, se sent «bien» (Le Journal de Québec)

Le Paxlovid est un traitement antiviral qui agit en diminuant la capacité du virus à se répliquer, freinant ainsi la progression de la maladie. Il doit être ...

«Le président continue de se sentir bien», a-t-il ajouté. Il continue à appliquer des «mesures strictes de confinement». Le test antigénique du président, qui est âgé de 79 ans, «est sans surprise resté positif ce matin», a écrit le Dr Kevin O'Connor, pour qui il s'agit d'un «rebond» de positivité qui peut se produire chez les personnes traitées au Paxlovid, la pilule anti-COVID de Pfizer. Le président américain Joe Biden est toujours positif à la COVID-19, mais continuait «de se sentir bien» dimanche matin, a annoncé son médecin personnel dans une lettre diffusée par la Maison-Blanche.

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Biden Remains Positive for Covid, Extends Isolation Measures ... (BNN)

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 for a second consecutive day as he continues to deal with a rebound case of the disease, ...

Biden took Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid, a five-day treatment course that has been shown to sharply reduce symptoms, after first testing positive on July 21. Biden “will continue his strict isolation measures” given the positive test on Sunday morning, his physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter released by the White House. The doctor said the second positive test was unsurprising. (Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 for a second consecutive day as he continues to deal with a rebound case of the disease, according to the White House.

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Biden Tests Positive for Covid Again in 'Rebound' Case (The New York Times)

The president tested positive on Saturday morning and will once again isolate, although his symptoms have not come back, the White House physician said.

The White House Medical Unit found that 17 people had been in close contact with Mr. Biden before his initial positive test, but as of Wednesday none had tested positive. He continued to work from the White House residence during his first isolation, appearing by video before several groups, and then made a triumphal return to work in person on Wednesday. As the oldest president in the nation’s history, Mr. Biden, 79, has been eager to show that he remains fit, especially as he forecasts plans to run for a second term in 2024. “The simplest thing would be to go back on the drug for longer,” he said. He added that scientists were working to explain why some people experience a rebound of the virus. Those highly infectious and vaccine-evasive forms of the virus, he added, can cause people to test positive for longer. “I think this was predictable,” Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a prominent cardiologist and professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University Hospital, wrote on Twitter on Saturday after the president’s positive test was disclosed. Initial clinical studies of the drug, which is made by Pfizer, suggested that only about 1 percent to 2 percent of those treated with Paxlovid experienced symptoms again. The “‘rebound’ positivity,” as Dr. O’Connor termed it, meant that Mr. Biden was forced to resume “strict isolation procedures” in keeping with medical advice. Paxlovid rebound has become a source of debate within the scientific community and among Covid patients. But doctors were watching for signs of a rebound case and made sure to keep testing him every day. “Folks, today I tested positive for COVID again,” he wrote on Twitter. “This happens with a small minority of folks.

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Biden remains Covid-19 positive but continues to feel well: Doctor (Business Standard)

US President Joe Biden remained positive for Covid-19 but "continues to feel well," his physician said.

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Biden feeling well, isolating after rebound case of COVID (Reuters)

U.S. President Joe Biden is feeling well and continuing his isolation measures after again testing positive for COVID-19, his physician said in a memo ...

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com This morning, unsurprisingly, his SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing remained positive," the physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, said in the memo on Sunday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

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President Biden tests positive for "rebound" COVID (Axios)

Biden is not experiencing a reemergence of symptoms, his physician said in a letter.

- Earlier this week, Biden completed afive-day course of Paxlovid, an antiviral treatment that helped resolve his COVID-19 symptoms. I’m still at work, and will be back on the road soon." Driving the news: Biden is not experiencing new symptoms and "continues to feel quite well," Dr. Kevin O'Connor said. What he's saying: "This happens with a small minority of folks," Biden tweeted. Yes, but: The Food and Drug Administration said at the time there is "no evidence" the second round of treatment will help patients. President Biden tested positive for a rebound case of COVID-19 on Saturday morning after being treated with Paxlovid, his physician said in a letter.

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Doctor: Biden tests positive for COVID for 2nd day in a row (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 for the second straight day, in what appears to be a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an ...

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, July 30, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of “rebound†following treatment with an anti-viral drug. aFILE - President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with CEOs in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 for the second straight day, in what appears to be a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug.

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