Biden officials acknowledge they are now playing catch-up as case numbers grow faster than initially expected.
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Good morning, NBC News readers.
Biden plays catch-up on a worsening monkeypox outbreak. Kentucky residents battered by devastating floods now have to contend with looters. Trump's endorsement record proves formidable. And we head to Florida with a "python huntress." Here's what we're watching this Thursday morning. |
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People protest during a rally calling for more government action to combat the spread of monkeypox in New York on July 21. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images) The Biden administration is undergoing a course correction in its response to the monkeypox outbreak after weeks of logistical and bureaucratic delays providing testing, treatments and vaccines. Biden officials acknowledge they are now playing catch-up as case numbers grow faster than initially expected, said people close to the administration, noting the number of infections has jumped from dozens to thousands in a short amount of time. The administration faces a maze of obstacles, according to a dozen doctors on the frontlines and former public health officials who spoke with NBC News. Read the full story here, and check out more coverage of the monkeypox outbreak: |
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| China began its promised military drills in the airspace and waters around Taiwan on Thursday, as the Beijing-claimed island braces for the potential fallout of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit. |
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| Donald Trump's image as GOP kingmaker was tarnished by several high-profile election losses earlier this year, but Tuesday's primaries in states like Arizona put the Republican shine back on the former president. |
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| In contentious cross-examination, the Infowars host's claim that he was sucked into lying about the Sandy Hook shooting was undercut, and Jones conceded that the massacre was "100% real." |
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| Kentucky residents badly in need of food and fresh water after the eastern half of the state was inundated by floods were refusing Wednesday to leave their wrecked homes for fear of losing what little they have left to looters. |
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| For Afghan allies left behind, the year since the U.S. exit has been marked by fear as hopes of leaving dwindle. But the fate of evacuees who made it to the U.S. is also uncertain. |
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The Florida Python Challenge, an annual statewide competition that kicks off Friday, will bring hundreds of snake-hunting professionals and novices to South Florida to hunt what wildlife officials are calling the state's most concerning invasive species: the Burmese python. Among those preparing for the 10-day hunt: Amy Siewe. Standing 5'4" and weighing 120 pounds, Siewe may appear small. But when it comes to hunting Florida's Burmese pythons, Siewe is mighty. "I don't look like I can catch a 17-foot snake," Siewe, 45, said. "But I can." Read the full story here. |
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