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Feb 02 2021
News
LA Paid $62 Million for COVID Tests It’s Using Incorrectly
The City of Los Angeles spent more than $62 million in the first few months of the pandemic buying COVID-19 testing kits that were widely used contrary to the instructions of the Food and Drug Administration, according to invoices obtained by Motherboard via a public records request. And the tests continue to be used off-label in Los Angeles despite FDA warnings.
The Curative tests,
Vice
Apr 19 2020
News
This is where all 50 states stand on reopening
More than 97% of the US population is currently under a stay-at-home or shelter-in-place order as the coronavirus pandemic continues to upend life as we know it. But worries for the economy -- and people's mental health -- are raising the question: When will things go back to normal?
President Donald Trump has indicated many states can reopen by May 1, and on Thursday shared federal
CNN (Online News)
Sep 14 2021
Analysis
You Can’t Stop Evictions If You Don’t Pay People’s Rent
Some states have botched rental aid so badly they may never catch up.
On August 26, the Supreme Court struck down the federal eviction moratorium. That policy, enacted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nearly a year prior, protected renters around the country from the threat of losing their homes in the midst of the pandemic. At least 1.55 million fewer eviction cases
Slate
Oct 13 2021
News
US will re-open Canadian and Mexican borders to fully vaccinated visitors
The United States plans to ease restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico starting in early November, relaxing bans that have been in place for more than 18 months, according to senior administration officials.
The new rules, which are similar to those announced for international air passengers, will be rolled out in a phased approach. The first phase,
CNN (Online News)
Oct 13 2021
News
US to reopen land borders next month for fully vaccinated
After a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. is set to announce that it will reopen land borders with Canada and Mexico next month for nonessential travel and demand all international visitors be fully vaccinated.
The new rules, to be announced Wednesday, will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the U.S. regardless of the reason for travel starting in
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 14 2020
Opinion
Trump's frightening claim of 'total' authority
The United States of America faces two critical emergencies. One is the coronavirus pandemic. The other is the presidency of Donald Trump.
The latter assertion isn't just linked to the Trump administration's well-documented mishandling of the pandemic response. Indeed, Trump is not the first president to be caught short by an unexpected crisis. But other presidents — FDR after Pearl
The Week - Opinion
Mar 27 2020
News
Poll finds Americans disapprove of media’s handling of coronavirus. But it’s the same polarized picture as ever.
The news media has the worst approval rating of all major American institutions grappling with the novel coronavirus — but the public’s opinions on the matter are highly polarized and mirror their complex feelings from before the pandemic.
A Gallup survey released this week found 44 percent of Americans approve of the news media’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. It found 61 percent
Washington Post
May 25 2020
News
Opioid drug overdose deaths are down in US, study finds, but Covid-19 could change that
More than 151,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, alcohol and suicide combined in 2018, slightly lower than the overall numbers in 2017, and leveling off for the first time in two decades, according to a new study.
But the report also found that deaths of despair increased in some minority communities during the same time period. And separately alcohol-related deaths were up 4% and
CNN (Online News)
Aug 05 2020
News
Trump’s Misleading COVID-19 Comparisons to Other Countries
In a flurry of tweets and remarks, President Donald Trump continued to distort the facts on the coronavirus pandemic:
In a series of comments focused on the surging number of COVID-19 cases elsewhere in the world, Trump left the misleading impression that the U.S. is doing better than several countries seeing recent upticks in cases. But nearly all of the nations he mentioned still have
FactCheck.org
Aug 07 2020
Analysis
Trump Wants To Postpone The Election, But Americans Really Don’t
Last week, President Trump sparked a firestorm by calling for the postponement of the November election as the country prepares to vote amid the coronavirus pandemic. And although the president cannot actually delay the vote — Congress determines the federal election date — this hasn’t stopped Trump from repeatedly casting doubt on the election results and exacerbating Americans’ already-
538 (ABC News)