Issues: Clean Water Act

Trump’s Claims Don’t Add Up

November 30, 2017

The president’s speech on the Republican tax plan oversold the benefits of tax cuts and strayed from the facts on other issues.

Muddying the Clean Water Act

June 23, 2015

Kentucky Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell misrepresented cases involving the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Water Act.

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Q: Is one day isolation sufficient to stop forward transmission of COVID-19?

A: People with COVID-19 could potentially transmit it to others well beyond a day after developing symptoms or testing positive. New guidance from the CDC advises people to isolate until they have been fever-free and with symptoms improving for at least 24 hours, and then take precautions for five days, which covers the period when “most people are still infectious.”

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