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Mar 25 2020
News
Class-action suit seeks to bill China for coronavirus fallout: 'We want the court to make them pay'
A class-action lawsuit filed in Florida this month seeks to "make China pay for what they've done" in its handling of the coronavirus crisis, saying the country acted "negligently in their handling of the COVID-19 outbreak."
A personal injury law firm based in Boca Raton, Fla., is bringing the suit against China and various Chinese government agencies on behalf of "individuals and
Fox News DigitalJun 04 2021
Analysis
Hunger has declined dramatically across America in the past year
“SINCE WE took office,” tweeted President Joe Biden on May 23rd, “hunger rates have dropped 43%.” That statistic, although astonishing, is broadly correct according to data from the Census Bureau. “That’s the American Rescue Plan at work,” Mr Biden added. The claim of causality, however, is less certain.
Since April 2020 the Household Pulse Survey, carried out by the Census Bureau, has
The EconomistMar 08 2021
News
Los Angeles Schools Remain Closed and Families Wonder: How Much Longer?
It has been almost a year since the coronavirus pandemic virtually emptied public schools in Los Angeles and sent Shamael Al-Alim home to take classes from her bedroom.
She does not miss rising at 6 a.m. to catch a bus and a train to her high school. But there is so much that, at 17, she does miss: The prospect of an in-person prom and graduation. The history teacher who ran the social
New York Times (News)Jul 14 2021
Analysis
The five-day workweek is dead
The five-day workweek is so entrenched in American life that everything, from vacation packages to wedding prices to novelty signs, is built around it. When you live it every Monday through Friday, year in and year out, it can be hard to imagine any other way.
But there’s nothing inevitable about working eight hours a day, five days a week (or more). This schedule only became a part of
VoxMar 23 2020
News
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine: what to know about the potential coronavirus drugs
As the world's heath experts race to find treatments -- and eventually, a cure -- for the novel coronavirus, two drugs have jumped to the front of the conversation: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
President Donald Trump has called the drugs, which are used to treat malaria and other conditions, game changers, and a rush to procure the pharmaceuticals spurred several US states to
CNN DigitalDec 05 2020
Analysis
Biden bids for activist world role. Will Americans back him?
“America is back.” President-elect Joe Biden’s message to the world has been clear, to friend and foe alike. That could prove easier said than done, though, and one early challenge awaiting the next U.S. administration will serve as a signal.
Unsurprisingly, it is pandemic-related: What will Washington do to distribute promising U.S. and European vaccines in developing countries, amid
Christian Science MonitorJun 03 2021
News
Fauci was warned that COVID-19 may have been ‘engineered,’ emails show
Dr. Anthony Fauci was warned that the coronavirus had possibly been “engineered” and appeared to be taking reports about it seriously — at the same time he was publicly downplaying the notion of the virus being created in a lab, according to his emails.
Meanwhile, Fauci, America’s top expert in infectious diseases, also got a “personal thank you” for backing the “natural origin” theory
New York Post (News)Dec 31 2020
News
Wisconsin hospital employee 'intentionally' removed COVID-19 vaccine from refrigeration
A Wisconsin-based hospital on Wednesday said an employee who removed 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from the refrigerator earlier this week which resulted in 500 doses being discarded, acted intentionally.
In a statement to Fox News, Advocate Aurora Health said it was led to believe the act was an error, but the employee in question "today acknowledged that they
Fox News DigitalFeb 15 2021
Background
How Biden’s Coronavirus Plan Funds and Supports State Vaccination Efforts
The arrival of the Pfizer-BioNTech and National Institutes of Health (NIH)-Moderna COVID-19 vaccines—as well as Johnson & Johnson’s recent request for emergency use authorization of its one-dose vaccine—offers hope to the millions of Americans longing for an end to the deadly coronavirus pandemic. But the United States is still struggling to make up for lost time. The Trump administration’
Center For American ProgressOct 08 2020
Fact Check
Vice Presidential Debate Live Updates And Fact Checks
There was plenty to fact-check, from the Biden-Harris campaign’s position on the Green New Deal to the Trump administration’s coronavirus response. Such as:
Did China Travel Ban Save Lives?
Pence Blames China, WHO For Pandemic
Harris Says Trump ‘Refused’ To Condemn White Supremacists
Harris’ Law Enforcement Record
At Debate’s End, Pence And Harris Spar Over
NPR (Online News)