How Long Does It Take to Get COVID-19? Here's what a new study says. TIME

The length of time you spend around a person with COVID-19 seems to heavily influence your likelihood of getting sick, according to a recent Nature study that has been peer-reviewed but not fully edited. Most exposures that result in transmission last at least an hour, if not much longer, the researchers say.

Health care negotiations on Capitol Hill are clear as mud As Congress hurtles toward another government funding deadline, lawmakers are struggling to fund important health programs and other add-ons. Sarah Owermohle STAT

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As Congress hurtles toward another government funding deadline, conversations between the House and Senate over a package to fund important health programs and other add-ons providers want haven’t reached a conclusion

Record budget for Gates Foundation as wider global health funding stalls The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to spend more this year than ever before -- $8.6 billion -- as wider health funding for the lowest income countries stutters after the COVID-19 pandemic. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Governors from 15 states reject summer food assistance program - UPI.com Children in more than a dozen states like Iowa and Nebraska will not be getting food assistance this summer after 15 governors recently rejected a new federally funded food aid program. UPI

An estimated 8 million youngsters would be affected across Mississippi, Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming.

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Oakland schools allow COVID-positive students to attend class (KRON) — Thousands of students in the Oakland Unified School District are returning to their classrooms after winter break with less COVID-19 rules imposed by the district. OUSD announced new… KRON4

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COVID-positive students no longer have to stay home, as long as they do not have any symptoms, according to district officials. Asymptomatic, COVID-positive students should wear a mask at school while indoors, the response team added.

America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives. Dylan Scott Vox

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