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Apr 01 2020
News
5 Key Facts Not Explained In White House COVID-19 Projections
President Trump and his top scientific advisers on the coronavirus task force gave a much-anticipated presentation Tuesday night, laying out the data behind the president's recent shift in tone regarding the outbreak, including his decision to extend national social distancing guidelines through April 30.
Specifically, officials pointed to a computer model released weeks earlier by
NPR (Online News)
Jan 23 2020
News
Google CEO eyes major opportunity in healthcare, says will protect privacy
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet Inc and its Google subsidiary, said on Wednesday that healthcare offers the biggest potential over the next five to 10 years for using artificial intelligence to improve outcomes, and vowed that the technology giant will heed privacy concerns.
U.S. lawmakers have raised questions about Google’s access to the health
Reuters
Jul 19 2019
News
Iran claims it has captured British tanker
Amid heightened tension in the region, a British-flagged oil tanker was reportedly seized by Iran.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim that they seized a British oil tanker, the Stena Impero, on Friday. The ship's owners said in a statement that it had been “approached by unidentified small crafts and a helicopter during transit of the Strait of Hormuz while the vessel was in
Washington Examiner
Aug 10 2020
News
Convalescent Plasma Is Looking Like A Coronavirus Success Story
As we await a coronavirus vaccine, the spotlight in COVID-19 treatments is returning to antibodies, the body’s natural defenses against viruses.
On Monday, federal health officials kicked off two large clinical trials of synthetic antibodies to treat mild, moderate, and hospitalized coronavirus cases. A biotech firm is starting a related trial in nursing homes. And the FDA is expected
BuzzFeed News
Sep 03 2020
News
Trump's Base Is Shrinking As Whites Without A College Degree Continue To Decline
President Trump's base has gotten smaller.
That's a key finding of an analysis of how the U.S. electorate has changed since 2016, based on census data analyzed by the Brookings Institution and NPR.
In 2016, Trump was helped to victory by winning a record margin among white voters without a college degree. But in the last four years, they have declined as a share of the voting-
NPR (Online News)
Jul 27 2018
Roaring: GDP Climbs Above 4 Percent Under Trump
The economy under President Trump is roaring and fresh GDP numbers prove it.
According to data released by the Commerce Department Friday morning, U.S. GDP has climbed to 4.1 percent, finally breaking through years of Obama administration stagnation.
Townhall
Dec 20 2021
Perspectives Blog
Inside AllSides: “War on Christmas” or Mindless Arson? The Burning of Fox News’s Christmas Tree
When a man allegedly lit fire to Fox News’s 50-foot Christmas Tree, did that represent an attack on the news outlet? An attack on Christmas? Both? Neither? The man charged with the crime, who was released without bail last week and is due back in court Jan. 4, is reportedly homeless and told investigators he was thinking of burning the tree down “all day long.” But why? No motive is known,
AllSides Staff
Dec 02 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: The Omicron Variant Emerges
A new strain of COVID-19, the Omicron variant, was recently detected in southern Africa, leading to new travel restrictions, stock market panic, and debates among experts and the public over how concerning it is. The Omicron variant has shown signs of spreading quickly and being heavily mutated. The symptoms associated with it also appear to be very mild. President Joe Biden said this week
AllSides Staff
Mar 05 2021
News
Cuomo, Democrats, and the politics of personal conduct
Where is the right place to draw the line when it comes to personal behavior for public officials? Allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a prominent Democrat, have renewed soul-searching within his party.
On Day One as president, Joe Biden laid down a marker for anyone working in his White House: Treat one another with respect, or “I will fire you on the spot.”
“We have to
Christian Science Monitor
Dec 22 2020
News
COVID vaccine plan means some states will lag in getting shots to highest-risk groups
As health care workers and nursing home residents await the first syringes of the scarce COVID-19 vaccine, few realize that exactly when they will get a dose depends a lot on what state they live in.
Though they’re first in line for the vaccine, some people in those groups may end up getting vaccinated after people in other states who are deemed lower priority.
That’s because
USA TODAY