Justice Department Appoints First Director of National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) earlier this week appointed Eun Young Choi to serve as the first Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) it established last year. The NCET was created to tackle the criminal misuse of

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CDC Director Defends Continued Masking Recommendation amid Blue-State Defections: ‘We Are Not There Yet’

Dr. Rochelle Walensky testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., January 11, 2022. (Shawn Thew/Pool via Reuters) Despite plummeting Covid-19 cases, widespread vaccine access and uptake, and the growing consensus

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CDC estimates 13% of all cases in NY and NJ could be omicron infections, Director Dr. Walensky says

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The new, highly mutated omicron Covid-19 variant now accounts for an estimated 13% of all cases in New York and New Jersey, according

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School Mask Guidelines to Remain after Juvenile Vaccine Approval, CDC Director Says

CDC director Rochelle Walensky on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021 (Greg Nash/Reuters) CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday that her agency will continue to recommend that schools implement mask mandates for students and staff even after COVID-19 vaccines

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WHO director scolds rich countries, calls for booster moratorium until 2022

Enlarge / World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories The director-general for the World Health Organization on Wednesday called for a longer moratorium on high-income countries administering COVID-19 booster shots—extending the agency’s requested moratorium from

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