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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.
Both the Delta Variant and Thin-Willed Democrats Are Lethal to Our Society
Is it physically possible to scream so loud that you shatter your own teeth?
US Sees Steepest Single-Year Decline in Life Expectancy Since World War II
Black and Latinx people have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and the resulting fall in life expectancy.
The Delta Variant Is Feasting on the Unvaxxed — and It’s Getting Worse
Donald Trump says vaccine refusal is due to people's distrust of the 2020 election results. Whose fault is that?
Trump Supporters’ Anti-Science Crusade Is Threatening Us All
COVID is rising enough to spur the largest nurses’ union in the U.S. to urge the reinstatement of the mask mandate.
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.