News Brief: US Drug Shortage, Israeli Hostage Rescue, and COVID Mandate Case

Published on June 11, 2024

​​​​Good morning, and welcome to The Epoch Times News Brief for Tuesday, June 11, 2024. I’m Bill Thomas—let’s jump right into some really interesting stories. First, drug shortages have become a serious but solvable problem. The United States helps the Israelis rescue four hostages in Gaza, and House Republicans have questions for the Manhattan district attorney who prosecuted former President Donald Trump. Plus, an appeals court says the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t really a vaccine, and the FBI dumps hundreds of pages of evidence from a world-famous trial. We’ll begin with a serious problem that’s grown over the last 10 years: a shortage of much-needed medications....

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