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Coronavirus

An infectious virus known as COVID-19, first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, has spread throughout the globe. This page offers background information and opportunities for conversation about the new coronavirus, as well as balanced news from all sides of the political spectrum.

Daily life in numerous countries has been seriously disrupted as the result of the virus, with governments ordering residents to stay in their homes, limiting travel, closing schools and businesses, and setting limits on the size of public gatherings.

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Read more about media bias in coronavirus coverage, sensationalist coverage of the crisis, and how people are reading about coronavirus in 'filter bubbles'.

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Balanced News Covering Coronavirus on AllSides

News from the Left

The Virus Has Transformed the 2020 Elections. Here’s How.

From the White House to the county courthouse, the coronavirus pandemic has drastically upended the 2020 elections. Many Democratic leaders now doubt their...

New York Times - News

Sanders is still running for president. Here's why he may not quit anytime soon.

Bernie Sanders is making it increasingly clear that his presidential bid is far from over, even as he faces long odds of winning the Democratic nomination....

N Korea fires more missiles than ever amid coronavirus pandemic

North Korea has fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast - according to South Korea and Japan - the latest in a flurry of...

Over three days this week, Fox News promoted an antimalarial drug treatment for coronavirus over 100 times

This week, Fox News has continued its reckless speculation and endorsement of two antimalarial drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, as treatment for the...

The Moral Meaning of the Plague

It can all seem so meaningless. Some random biological mutation sweeps across the globe, murdering thousands, lacerating families and pulverizing dreams....

New York Times - Opinion

News from the Center

To Fight Virus, Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines For 30 More Days

President Trump said on Sunday that federal guidelines urging Americans to social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus will remain in place for...

NPR Online News

President Trump's Rising Approval Numbers

This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started: THE QUICK FACTS...

After Three Coronavirus Stimulus Packages, Congress Is Already Prepping Phase Four

As lawmakers last week completed a record-shattering economic-rescue package estimated at $2 trillion, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.)...

Wall Street Journal - News

Military Leaders Ask to Delay Budget Planning To Focus on Coronavirus, Let Staff Stay Home

Pentagon workers say that despite Defense Department warnings for non-essential personnel to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, mundane bureaucratic...

Trump administration eases environmental enforcement during outbreak

(Reuters) - The Trump administration has decided to ease enforcement of environmental regulations covering polluting industries to help them cope with impacts...

News from the Right

Activists Criticize Stimulus Package For Excluding Illegal Immigrants: ‘Illogical And Immoral’

Activists have criticized the historic $2 trillion stimulus bill recently passed by Congress for failing to give money to illegal immigrants. “When stimulus...

Trump backs off quarantine of New York area in favor of 'strong' travel advisory

President Trump backed down from issuing a quarantine of New York and the surrounding area to stop the spread of the coronavirus in places he has described as...

Washington Examiner

Josh Shapiro, other AGs lobby for federal student loan relief amid pandemic

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and New York General Attorney Letitia James led a group of more than two dozen attorneys general in urging the U.S....

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Will COVID-19 Mark the End of European Liberalism?

Understandably, given its potential for large scale loss of life and severe economic disruption, coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic has so far focused on its...

US becomes first country to report more than 100,000 coronavirus cases

The United States became the first country to report more than 100,000 coronavirus cases, with more than 1,500 deaths due to the disease. The US is now home...

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