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“I’m Scared” — CDC Director Warns of New Possible COVID Surge
“What we've seen over the last week or so is a steady rise of cases,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said.
Ted Lieu Slams Deborah Birx for Not Challenging Trump on Failed COVID Response
Former White House COVID response coordinator Birx admitted hundreds of thousands of deaths could have been avoided.
People Paid a Big Price for Prematurely Dropping Pandemic Measures a Century Ago
If we have anything to learn from the 1918 influenza pandemic, it's the risks of an early return to pre-pandemic life.
Sanders Plans Push to Expand and Enhance Medicare in the Infrastructure Bill
The Vermont senator wants to lower the eligibility age and expand coverage to include services like dental work.
In Louisiana, Activists May Be Winning a Battle Against Environmental Racism
Analysts say the massive petrochemical complex proposed by Formosa Plastics is “financially unviable.”
Biden Announces Goal of 200 Million Vaccine Doses Administered in First 100 Days
This goal is well within reach, reports find, as the U.S. steadily ramps up vaccine administration.
USDA Scraps Trump Effort to Take Food Benefits From More Than a Million People
The Trump-era policy would have imposed more draconian work requirements on SNAP recipients.
Gun Manufacturers Are Endangering Public Health. They Should Be Held Liable.
Reforms that rely on police to enforce gun bans unduly target people of color. Instead, let’s go after the gun industry.
Big Oil Pushed State School Officials to Stoke Fears About Biden Climate Policy
A letter to Biden that was signed by state school superintendents relied on misleading oil industry data.
Cancellation of Fracking Project in Texas Shows Power of Grassroots Organizing
The project was one of three proposed fracked natural gas terminals in the Rio Grande Valley.Â