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COVID Information Is Already Disappearing After Trump Shifts Control From CDC
Information on hospital beds and ICU availability was noticeably absent after the change was announced.
Lawmakers Demand Answers After Trump Upends CDC’s COVID-19 Reporting System
The Trump administration has upended a system the CDC has had in place for over a decade.
It’s Time to Shut the Country Down — and Pay People to Stay Home
It will be hard, but the far side of inaction at this juncture is very nearly unthinkable.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Prohibits Cities From Mandating Masks
A number of studies have shown that wearing masks significantly reduces the chances of spreading coronavirus.
Trump Is Donating Ventilators to Countries That Don’t Need or Can’t Use Them
Public health experts said the donations could go to waste or even risk patients' lives for the sake of a PR stunt.
Trump Admin Bails Out Oil and Gas Companies That Gave Millions to GOP Groups
As the economy collapsed in the pandemic, oil and gas companies got tax breaks and lease pauses.
“I Just Want To Do My Job,” Says Fauci in Response to White House Smear Campaign
Fauci also said he doesn't understand why his conversations with Trump have stopped.
Oklahoma Governor Who Welcomed Trump’s Tulsa Rally Has Tested Positive for COVID
Stitt received his diagnosis hours after leading a meeting with other state officials while not wearing a mask.
Trump Now Has Free Rein to Cook the Books When It Comes to COVID
If Trump’s brazen action is not thwarted, we could enter this dangerous winter deeper in the dark about COVID’s spread.
Activists Fight to Cancel Rents as Pandemic Eviction Freezes Come to an End
As rent strikes proliferate nationwide, a coalition spread across 25 states plans to stage a “Strike for Black Lives.”