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Songs by Taylor Swift, Beyonce, and Vince Gill are being added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.
Postal Service is releasing special edition stamps for America's 250th birthday.
The stamps feature the bald eagle across five life stages from hatchling to adult.
The stamps will be unveiled today at the National Eagle Center in Minnesota.
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Some social media users are falsely comparing hantavirus to COVID-19 and promoting unproven treatments, fueling confusion and fear.
Dr. Seema Yasmin is a physician and epidemiologist at Stanford University.
She says uncertainty often creates the perfect conditions for misinformation.
Gassman says people should rely on trusted public health sources.
They say transmission is associated with prolonged close contact and the risk to the general public is considered very low.
The outbreak has flooded social media sites with posts falsely comparing hantavirus to COVID-19 and spreading misleading claims about transmission.
Dr. Seema Yasmin, a former CDC disease specialist, says the broader concern is the nation's weakened public health infrastructure.
withdrawal from the World Health Organization is another major concern.
President Trump told reporters last week that the situation is, quote, under very good control.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.