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WHO Warns We Are On Our Way to Surpassing 2 Million COVID-19 Deaths Worldwide
Coordinated global action is needed to prevent the death rate from climbing further before a vaccine is ready.
Sen. Thom Tillis Embraces QAnon’s Dangerous COVID Conspiracy Theory
Tillis also appeared to embrace the idea of “herd immunity,” a discredited practice many have likened to eugenics.
Trump’s Vaccine Czar Refuses to Divest From Company Developing COVID Vaccine
Moncef Slaoui owns $10 million in stock of a company working with his team to develop a vaccine.
Trump Threatens to Block Stricter COVID-19 Vaccine Standards
Trump claimed that he trusts for-profit pharmaceutical corporations to conduct adequate safety testing.
Anthony Fauci Slams Sen. Rand Paul: You Are Not Listening
The nation's top infectious diseases expert corrected the senator’s false claims about herd immunity.
Colleges Reopening Fueled 3,000 COVID Cases a Day, Researchers Say
The study almost certainly did not capture the full extent of the campus-linked surge.
Trump Wrongly Asserts “Virtually Nobody” Young Is Harmed by COVID
Hundreds of thousands of children under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with the disease.
Meatpacking Industry Drafted an Executive Order to Keep Plants Open Amid COVID
The draft was submitted a week before Trump’s executive order, which bore striking similarities.
Hospitals Serving the Poor Close as Investors and Electeds Refuse to Rescue Them
Increased financial strain amid the pandemic is forcing more hospitals that serve low-income patients to close.
The White House Blocked USPS Plans to Deliver Masks to Every Household
The Trump administration missed a chance to send “public health tools to every person in the country,” critics contend.