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COVID-19
Hospitals Are Still Unprepared and Lack PPE After 9 Months of Pandemic
The nation's largest nurses' union estimates at least 2,000 frontline health care workers have died due to COVID-19.
Poorer Countries May Have to Wait Years for a COVID Vaccine
U.S. must act now and leverage its stake in vaccine development to prevent “global vaccine apartheid,” advocates say.
Trump Adviser Says Elderly Will Die Soon Anyway, Urging Thanksgiving Gatherings
White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas called on families to ignore the guidance of public health experts.
National Mask Mandate Remains Popular, Even Among Most Republicans
Seventy-five percent of Americans back implementing a national mask mandate, recent polling finds.
Whitmer Gives Sharp Rebuke to Scott Atlas’s “Rise Up” Tweet Over COVID Rules
Michigan militia members were thwarted last month in a plan to violently kidnap Whitmer and "try" her for treason.
Mitch McConnell Is Sacrificing the Entire Economy to Impede Biden Administration
We are on the cusp of what could potentially become the worst winter in living memory.
Some GOP Governors and Senators Are Simply Dismissing New COVID Surge
Trump and the Republican Party are condemning thousands more to death.
Trump Obstructing Biden’s Transition May Hinder COVID Vaccine Rollout
"You just want things to go very smoothly" from one administration to the next, Anthony Fauci said on Monday.
McConnell Pushes to Pack Courts With Trump’s Judges While Neglecting Pandemic
McConnell has made no effort to hide his intention to advance the reshaping of the judiciary.
Economists Say US Needs 400 Percent More COVID Relief Than McConnell Is Offering
The senate majority leader's delays threaten to worsen the issues that the stimulus bill is supposed to relieve.