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Feb 24 2020
Opinion
Tyranny is fueling the coronavirus pandemic
On the other side of the world, one of the worst disease outbreaks in modern history is simmering. As of Friday, what is being called "coronavirus" (this is actually a name for a family of viruses including the common cold; medical experts are calling the actual virus in question COVID-19) had supposedly infected 75,567 people in China and killed 2,239 of them. Outside China, another 1,152
Ryan CooperMar 12 2024
News
President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination
President Joe Biden, who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection, clinched a second straight Democratic nomination Tuesday and set up an all-but-certain rematch with the predecessor he blames for destabilizing the country.
Biden became his party’s presumptive nominee when he won enough delegates in Georgia. That pushed
Associated PressApr 26 2022
News
Vice President Harris tests positive for the coronavirus
Vice President Harris has tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House said Tuesday.
Harris tested positive on both rapid and PCR tests but has exhibited no symptoms, Harris’s press secretary Kirsten Allen said.
The vice president has not considered a close contact to President Biden or first lady Jill Biden because of their respective recent travel schedules, she added
Washington PostJul 13 2021
Analysis
Coronavirus cases are rising. Will deaths follow?
Two weeks before Independence Day, the United States had a legitimate reason to celebrate. After more than a year of worry and restrictions that followed the emergence of the coronavirus, the number of new cases each day had fallen to a little over 11,000, the lowest level since the virus first emerged in March 2020. The rapid vaccination of millions of Americans had cut off potential hosts.
Washington PostJul 07 2021
News
Coronavirus infections surging in immigration facilities
Cases of COVID-19 are surging in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, as detainee populations have soared over the past few months.
An analysis by The New York Times found that more than 7,500 cases have been detected since April. That represents more than 40 percent of all coronavirus cases in ICE detention since the start of the pandemic last year.
The
The HillApr 08 2022
News
List of Coronavirus-Related Restrictions in Every State
For two years, governors and health departments across the country have issued orders and recommendations on the status of schools, businesses and public services in response to the coronavirus pandemic. As the delta and omicron variants spread, some states, cities and counties reinstated mandates they had previously lifted. With the omicron wave subsiding, many of those mandates are ending.
AARPJan 18 2022
Background
American Liberty Must Not Become Coronavirus Casualty
When announcing his nationwide vaccine mandate, President Joe Biden declared, “This is not about freedom.” But for Americans who live outside the Beltway, it is absolutely about freedom, because America is about freedom.
Yes, the coronavirus is still with us. Yes, it is still potentially dangerous, particularly to vulnerable Americans. But the need long since has passed for
The Heritage FoundationDec 24 2020
Analysis
The U.K. Coronavirus Mutation Is Worrying but Not Terrifying
A new mutated form of the novel coronavirus that appears more transmissible than the original has raised alarm in the U.K. and around the world. It does not appear to cause more severe disease, and the newly available vaccines do seem to protect people against it. Yet on December 19—after an announcement that the variant, dubbed B.1.1.7, had suddenly accumulated 17 mutations and was spreading
Scientific AmericanDec 21 2020
News
Joe Biden receives coronavirus vaccination
President-elect Joe Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden received initial injections of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday in a show of support for the inoculation.
“I’m doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it’s available to take the vaccine,” Biden said. “There’s nothing to worry about. I’m looking forward to the second shot.”
PoliticoDec 18 2020
Fact Check
8 facts and 4 unknowns about the coronavirus vaccines
The distribution of coronavirus vaccines begins a hopeful new phase of the pandemic, but most Americans will have to wait.
The first doses are going to health care workers and at-risk populations. It may take until the spring or summer months, at the earliest, for the general population to receive their shots.
Some parts of the process should feel normal. Officials say vaccines
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