[Chicago Tribune] ‘Ladies and gentlemen, we are not Cook County.’ Opposition to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus shutdown has intensified across parts of the suburbs and beyond, as elected officials try to sever their fates from that of Chicago and Cook County. Officials in some towns and counties have asked to […]
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[The Associated Press] BRUSSELS (AP) — New coronavirus clusters have surfaced around the world as nations struggle to balance reopening economies and preventing a second wave of infections, while a top global health official warned Wednesday that COVID-19 could be around for a long time. Authorities in the Chinese city […]
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[Fox News] COVID-19 strands thousands of cruise ship workers at sea At least 120 ships are stranded in U.S. waters with crew members prevented from disembarking; insight from cruise ship performer Ryan Driscoll. A group of crew members aboard Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas ship reportedly staged a hunger strike until […]
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[CNN] The US coronavirus death toll passed 80,000, far and away the most reported deaths of any country in the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.America marked that grim death toll Monday as almost every state, except for Connecticut and Massachusetts, have made plans to partially reopen some businesses.In […]
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[The New York Times, Chris Carlson/Associated Press] At least 28,100 residents and workers have died from the coronavirus at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for older adults in the United States, according to a New York Times database. The virus so far has infected more than 153,000 at […]
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[CNN] Fauci starting ‘modified quarantine’ after exposure (CNN)Coronavirus infection and hospitalization rates in New York are down to where they were nearly two months ago, and parts of the state will be able to reopen on Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.In the past day, 488 coronavirus patients were admitted […]
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[ROLLING STONE] The White House’s inability to track the disease as it spread across the nation crippled the government’s response and led to the worst disaster this country has faced in nearly a century Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, flanked Donald Trump at the podium in the White […]
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[Business Insider, Bettmann Archive/Getty Images] These surprisingly relevant vintage ads show how officials tried to convince people to wear masks after many refused during the 1918 flu pandemic Mask-wearing was enforced during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, but many refused, citing the government mandates as threats to their civil liberties. […]
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[Washington Post] The pandemic’s devastating economic toll came into sharp focus Friday, via grim data about the U.S. workforce: More than 20 million jobs disappeared from payrolls in April — wiping out a decade of gains in a single month as the unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent, highest since the […]
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[NBC NEWS, GETTY IMAGES] Shopping for face masks? We consulted medical experts on how to shop for face masks and rounded up those adhering to the CDC’s guidelines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Americans last month to wear face masks while in public to minimize the spread of COVID-19 — guidance which seems […]
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