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September 24, 2020
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican who has steadfastly refused to require residents to wear masks, tested positive for the…
September 23, 2020
John Nkengasong has helped to steer Africa’s 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better to virus than other…
September 23, 2020
Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine can protect…
September 22, 2020
The Black community may be more receptive 'if members of our task force give it the green light,' says the…
September 21, 2020
A 27-year-old businesswoman aboard an international flight infected 15 others with COVID-19 earlier this year.
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September 21, 2020
One result of the COVID-19 pandemic could be a growing racial homeownership gap according to a new report.
September 20, 2020
California’s death count from the coronavirus surpassed 15,000 on Sunday even as the state saw widespread improvement in infection levels.
September 20, 2020
Rep. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut announced on Twitter she tested positive for the new coronavirus and will quarantine for 14…
September 20, 2020
Gary Kirby, the owner of Westside Sports Bar and Lounge in West Melbourne, Florida started banning masks on September 11.
September 20, 2020
If the U.S. kept the death toll between 100,000 to 200,000, Trump said, it would indicate that his administration had…
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September 18, 2020
After doctors diagnosed Lt. Yvan Pierre-Louis with COVID-19, the NYPD officer would go on to spend nearly six months in…
Senate Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing On Response By HHS To Coroanavirus Pandemic
September 18, 2020
U.S. health officials dropped a controversial piece of virus guidance, saying anyone in contact with an infected person should get…
NBA All-Star Game 2018
September 18, 2020
Chris Rock argued that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic party played a hand in mishandling the response to…
September 18, 2020
The number amounts to 3.6% of the resort's employees. Fifty-one positive test results were before its reopening in June; 497…
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September 18, 2020
A drug company said that a medicine it sells has helped prevent the need for breathing machines in hospitalized COVID-19…
September 18, 2020
"You’ve got to level with the American people — shoot from the shoulder," Biden said, blasting Trump's handling of COVID-19.
September 18, 2020
A former top aide to Vice President Mike Pence is speaking out about Trump's response to the COVID-19 contagion.
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September 17, 2020
A Massachusetts high school student tested positive for COVID-19 but went to school anyway, the school says.
September 17, 2020
Half of all households reported financial strain during the pandemic, but its impact has disproportionately affected Blacks and Latinos.
September 17, 2020
Rep. James Clyburn called Barr’s slavery remarks "the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful things I’ve ever heard" about an effort to…