The government’s top experts in infectious diseases on Tuesday criticized American Airlines’ decision to pack flights full while the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow across much of the United States. “Obviously that is something that is of concern. I’m not sure what went into that decision making,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told a Senate panel. “I …
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Texas has emerged as one of the United States’ coronavirus hot spots in recent weeks, and data shows the recent spike doesn’t completely match up with the early days of the pandemic in terms of demographics. Back in April, when the virus first peaked, most of the patients testing positive in the Houston Methodist Hospital …
The WHO warns the pandemic ‘is not even close to being over’, as the number of deaths worldwide exceeds 500,000. Global coronavirus cases now exceed 10 million and more than half a million people have died from the respiratory disease, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States accounts for about a quarter of all …
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The United States is in the midst of a full-blown second wave of coronavirus. According to Worldometers, Tuesday had 36,015 new cases — the highest number since May 1, and the third-highest ever. Arizona, Florida, South Carolina, California, and Texas are headed for a dire emergency fast. So far deaths have thankfully not returned to …
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(CNN)Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned Sunday that the “window is closing” for the United States to get the coronavirus pandemic under control, as confirmed cases are surging in a majority of the country and some states are dealing with record numbers of hospitalizations. “Things are very different from two months ago… So …
https://youtu.be/KTykGz9-Suw Amid a mountain of bad polling and stark warnings from allies, the president has acknowledged his reelection woes to allies. In the time since his Tulsa rally, President Donald Trump has grudgingly conceded that he’s behind, according to three people who are familiar with his thinking. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Donald Trump …
(CNN)Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned Sunday that the “window is closing” for the United States to get the coronavirus pandemic under control, as confirmed cases are surging in a majority of the country and some states are dealing with record numbers of hospitalizations. “Things are very different from two months ago… So …
Anyone who believes that we are now well on the road to a global V-shaped economic recovery has not read the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent gloomy World Economic Outlook. More tellingly, they clearly have not considered how very likely it is that, if the IMF’s depressing world economic outlook is realized, we will have …
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Russian intelligence officers offered cash rewards to Taliban fighters to kill US, UK troops in Afghanistan, source says (CNN)Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there, a European intelligence official told CNN. The official was unclear as …
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down sharply Friday afternoon along with the other major stock indexes. Goldman Sachs (GS), Nike (NKE) and JPMorgan (JPM) took the biggest hits in the DJIA. Facebook (FB) was the worst performing FANG stock after Unilever (UL) became the latest company to stop advertising on the social network because …
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