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Pentagon Will Require Military Personnel to Get COVID Vaccinations by Next Month
Every active duty military member will have to be vaccinated by mid-September, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
We Reopened Too Soon, and Children Are Paying the Price
Delta appears to affect young people more than the other strains. Pediatric hospital beds are steadily filling.
Housing Advocates Welcome CDC Eviction Moratorium But Say It’s Not Enough
The new moratorium is “a Band-Aid over a bullet wound,” says KC Tenants Director Tara Raghuveer.
Travel to and From Florida Would Be Banned If State Were a Country, Expert Says
Infectious diseases expert Jonathan Reiner said that, without changes, things were “going to get much worse” in Florida.
Biden Promised a Workplace Safety Rule. Industry Got Him to Issue a Narrow One.
Biden's much-anticipated workplace safety rule excludes most workers — and some in the labor movement are not happy.
GOP Lawmaker Suing Pelosi Over House Mask Rules Contracts COVID
Rep. Ralph Norman announced he had coronavirus on Thursday, in spite of being vaccinated in February.
Democrats Propose Medicare for a Few More Instead of Demanding Medicare for All
Amid a resurging pandemic, Democrats are reneging on their promise and refusing to go all out for Medicare for All.
Fears About Delta Variant Have Boosted Vaccination Numbers, Says White House
Many of the new vaccinations are occurring in states where people were previously resisting getting vaccinated.
New COVID Variants Threaten to Make Pandemic Permanent
Early research indicates these new variants might be far more effective at breaching our vaccine defenses than Delta.
COVID Relief Packages Dramatically Reduced Poverty. They Should Be Permanent.
Poverty could all too easily boomerang back up to pre-pandemic levels within months if we don't keep recent measures.