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COVID-Positive Health Care Staff Told to Stay on the Job in North Dakota
This comes as North Dakota faces one of the worst outbreaks of COVID-19 and grapples with health care staff shortages.
Hunger Strikers Caged in the Second Wave Are “Just Trying to Survive the Winter”
Our society created the framework for this atrocity. Now it's part of a perfect storm.
Fauci Calls for Unified, Federal Approach to Tackling COVID
The nation's top infectious diseases expert said that a “disjointed” state-by-state set of strategies isn't working.
Ted Cruz Calls Fellow Senator an “Ass” for Urging Mask Use During Senate Session
Cruz wrongly believes six feet of social distancing negates the need to wear a mask, but the CDC recommends doing both.
Real Economic Recovery Can’t Happen Until COVID Is Under Control, Biden Says
It is almost impossible to explain how difficult a task President-elect Joe Biden has before him.
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.