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Fauci warns that U.S. could see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases per day

Fauci warns that U.S. could see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases per day

by Xurui Tan | Jul 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease and the government’s top infectious disease expert, said during a Senate hearing Tuesday that the U.S. is “not in total control” of the country’s coronavirus outbreak. “We...
Top House Democrat bashed Trump administration for nursing home health crisis

Top House Democrat bashed Trump administration for nursing home health crisis

by Amy Sokolow | Jun 26, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

The Trump administration is “more terrified of transparency and accountability” than the COVID-19 pandemic that has created a crisis in America’s nursing homes, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee said Thursday as doctors, nurses and family...
Pause in fieldwork hurts scientists’ plans for research, futures

Pause in fieldwork hurts scientists’ plans for research, futures

by Anne Snabes | Jun 12, 2020 | Coronavirus, Environment, Featured, Science + Technology

Sophia Horigan was supposed to study gypsy moths in a southwestern Michigan forest this spring and summer. Instead, the University of Chicago PhD student is studying in her apartment, where she rotates between a wooden table and a grey armchair. With her field...
Some community college students ineligible for federal COVID-19 relief

Some community college students ineligible for federal COVID-19 relief

by Anne Snabes | Jun 10, 2020 | Coronavirus, Education, Featured

Coronavirus relief money helped Spokane Falls Community College students Nakita Tibbits and Kevin Robinson pay their rent. But the presidents of community colleges in Spokane said while that assistance was important, there were many students in need who were left out....
Housing activists push lawmakers for swift action on rental assistance funds

Housing activists push lawmakers for swift action on rental assistance funds

by Jack Kelly | Jun 10, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

Affordable-housing activists warned lawmakers Wednesday of a looming rent crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and called on Congress to act swiftly to provide billions of dollars to help millions of Americans. The activists told the House Financial Services...
Stacey Abrams advocates for vote-by-mail ahead of presidential election

Stacey Abrams advocates for vote-by-mail ahead of presidential election

by Jack Kelly | Jun 4, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Politics

Georgia voting rights activist Stacey Abrams and Michigan’s top election official said Wednesday that the federal government must provide support to states to protect voters from COVID-19 and ensure all Americans can vote by mail in the November election....
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