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An Associated Press analysis of FDA records found that government inspectors have not returned to nearly 2,000 factories due for a safety surveillance inspection. (AP Video: Shelby Lum; Mary Conlon; Ajit Solanki. Production: Shelby Lum)

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5 takeaways from AP's report on the big backlog of uninspected drug factories
By MATTHEW PERRONE AND NICKY FORSTER - Associated Press
Thu,09/05/24-8:16AM , 43 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — As COVID-19 swept across the globe in early 2020, the Food and Drug Administration pulled most of its safety inspectors from the field, creating a massive backlog of uninspected pharmaceutical plants in the
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Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds
By MATTHEW PERRONE AND NICKY FORSTER - Associated Press
Thu,09/05/24-8:14AM , 75 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators responsible for the safety of the U.S.
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Thu,09/05/24-3:30AM , 95 Reads
The Nation's Weather for Friday, September 6, 2024

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NATIONAL SUMMARY

Heavy showers and thunderstorms from a tropical rainstorm

will stretch from southeastern Louisiana to northern Florida

and southern Georgia tomorrow. Thunderstorms along a cold
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Apalachee High School students describe what they experienced in the classrooms during Wednesday school shooting in Winder, Georgia that left four dead.

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Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on charges including second-degree murder
By JEFF AMY AND JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press
Thu,09/05/24-12:55AM , 127 Reads
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75°F

Patchy Fog

Chance of Rain: 90%
Max Temp: 80°F
Min Temp: 73°F
Feels Like: 77°F
Dew Point: 73°F
Humidity: 94%
Sunrise: 5:57 AM
Sunset: 8:05 PM

Wind Speed: 0 to 5 mph
Wind Direction: SW
Wind Gust: 7 mph
Sky Cover: 74%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 73°F
Moon Rise: 7:21 AM
Moon Set: 10:08 PM

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 9am, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 1pm, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 78 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

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