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24,000 dead from flu so far this season, CDC says
The CDC estimates that 24,000 people have died from the flu so far this season.
Coronavirus has dealt a massive blow to Catholic schools
As the nation works to stem the spread of coronavirus, American schools are bearing an enormous part of the burden. With as many as nine in ten schools now closed, almost overnight they have retooled to navigate a new era of large-scale distance...
Episode 61: Matt Welch / The Beach Boys [Part 2]
Scot Bertram and Jeff Blehar discuss the second part of The Beach Boys’ career with Matt Welch.
Colby Cosh: The giant of medicine who got his start in Newfoundland
The acknowledged father of triage is the same person who invented the ambulance: the Napoleonic battle surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey
From us, for you.
From us, for you. We’re adjusting to a new reality and we’ll have to find solutions in order to support each other. Creative forces help us, let’s think outs...
PSA Safe Grocery Shopping in COVID-19 Pandemic – UPDATED!!!
PSA Safe Grocery Shopping in COVID-19 Pandemic – UPDATED!!! This is the most current video for New CDC data, safe takeout food practices, and an updated prac...
EdReal
This guy has spent a frightening amount of time thinking about groceries, but it's, er, food for thought.
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Fox News Poll: Biden leads Trump, wins high marks for female VP pledge
Former Vice President Joe Biden bests President Donald Trump by nine points in a 2020 ballot test, in the first Fox News Poll since Biden became the de facto Democratic nominee.
State Department to waive interviews for foreign farmworker visas in response to coronavirus
The State Department announced Friday that it is waiving the interview requirement for most agricultural guest worker visas in response to the coronavirus crisis -- a move that brought criticism from immigration hawks.
Jobless claims soar to record 3.3 million
It was the largest number, by far, of unemployment claims ever recorded for a single week.
The Coronavirus Is Demonstrating the Value of Globalization
We are experiencing a painful introduction to anti-globalism and its consequences.
NYC doctors say coronavirus is worse than 9/11: ‘There’s no escaping this’
“People come in, they get intubated, they die, the cycle repeats,” he said. “The system is overwhelmed all over the place.”
The ‘Let the Elderly Die’ Chorus
Some conservatives—including supposed ‘pro-lifers’—say we should quit social distancing. Is it the economy they want to help? Or the president?
Your New Home Workout Routine Is Driving Everyone Nuts
Coronavirus shut gyms, forcing fitness buffs sweat it out at home; treadmill in the kitchen?
ICE Is Asking for 45,000 Surgical Masks When Some Doctors And Nurses Can't Even Find One
The masks will go to field offices that dispatch agents to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants.
‘Plz Cancel Our Cleaning’: Virus Leads Many to Cast Aside Household Help
One family laid off their nanny, but wondered if she would continue to video chat with their children, who missed her. Across the country, undocumented household workers are being cast out with little help.
SCOTUS Blows Up Limits on Judicial Review for Criminal Aliens
The ruling allows aliens whose cases are long over (some if not many of whom have already been removed) to seek judicial review of denials of their motions to reopen their cases. What's more, as the dissent notes, it "expand[s] the scope of judicial...
Many Substitute Teachers Are Going Without Pay During School Closures
School districts in Las Vegas, Sacramento, Calif., Fulton County, Ga., and other places have stopped paying their substitutes as school closures stretch on.
Man Who Said, ‘If I Get Corona, I Get Corona,’ Apologizes
A beachgoer whose defiance of social distancing guidelines drew widespread attention said that he had not been “aware of the severity of my actions and comments.”
Mayor Garcetti announces water and power will be shut off for nonessential L.A. businesses that don’t close
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti opened his daily briefing Tuesday recognizing what may have been the first COVID-19 death of a teenager in L.A. County and went on to announce actions against noness…
Slow Response to the Coronavirus Measured in Lost Opportunity
If the administration had reacted to the ventilator shortage in February, a private sector effort starting now might have made lifesaving equipment in mid- to late April. Now it is unlikely to be before June.