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People receive COVID-19 booster vaccination in Michigan

Daily News Lesson December 10 2021

Dec. 10, 2021: News summary lesson with video & discussion questions

CDC, FDA expand booster availability to 16- and 17-year-olds and Starbucks store votes to unionize

Transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus

Daily Video November 10 2020

COVID vaccine announced 90% effective: What does that mean?

An effective vaccine for COVID-19 would be good news, but is the latest announcement reliable?

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Daily Video August 10 2017

Antibiotics keep animals healthy, but some dangerous superbugs are resistant

As high-density, industrial-scale livestock feeding operations become the norm, farmers have had to take extra steps to keep animals healthy. Illnesses and diseases grow and spread quickly when large numbers of similar animals are kept in close proximity.

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Daily Video May 23 2016

Food and drink labels will more accurately report sugar

The Food and Drug Administration hopes to cut down on high rates of obesity and diabetes across the country by redesigning the labels that appear on food and drinks.

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