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Democrats’ New Version of Infrastructure Bill Claws Back Trump Tax Cuts for Rich
The second infrastructure bill would expand Medicare and add millions of new jobs.
Companies Are Profiting Massively From COVID Air Cleaners. But Do They Work?
Electronic air cleaners have been heavily marketed but face nearly nonexistent government oversight.
In Echo of Trump, Boris Johnson Says UK Must “Learn to Live With” Rising COVID
The endgame to this unfolding scenario, both in the U.S. and in the U.K., appears to be a desperate one.
As Delta Variant Spreads, WHO Urges Masks and Social Distancing
Thanks to the Delta variant and persistent gaps in vaccination, the U.S.'s reopening could be a false dawn.
Trump Complained COVID Testing Would Lose Him the Election, New Book Says
If COVID comes roaring back in unvaccinated pro-Trump communities this fall, nobody should be surprised.
Vaccine Refusal in Trump Country Makes It a Sitting Duck for COVID Delta Variant
The U.S. is reopening from shore to shore, and there is great gladness for it, but it still feels too soon.
Infectious Disease Expert: Only Way to Get to Immunity Is to Vaccinate the World
Monica Gandhi discusses the investigation into COVID's origins and how the U.S. can best use its vaccine surplus.
With Less Than Half the Country Fully Vaccinated, I Fear We Reopen Too Soon
Capitalism is driving the U.S. to reopen before it's ready.
CDC’s Confusing Announcement on Masks Creates a Dangerous Honor System
Hundreds of epidemiologists had fully expected the prior mask mandates to remain in place for at least another year.
India and Brazil’s COVID Crises Show We Must End the Fiction of Borders
The fictions of borders and “rugged individualism” must be dismissed out of hand to confront this moment.