Tag: COVID-19

House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth, D-Ky., heads to meet with fellow Democrats at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020.

Beltway Confidential

There go the Democrats with another $1 trillion of your money

Hugo Gurdon · February 24, 2021 9:23 pm

North Carolina bars allowed to open indoors for first time since March 2020

David Hogberg · February 24, 2021 9:12 pm

President Joe Biden speaks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and other House Democratic Leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in Washington.

The Democrats’ relief package neglects real COVID needs

Rep. Drew Ferguson · February 24, 2021 8:43 pm

Henry Beverly, 73, battles the flu while tended to by nurse Kathleen Burks at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Ga., Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. "I believe if I stand up right now I'd just collapse," said Beverly after days of battling the flu. Beverly came to the emergency room earlier in the week and was scheduled to go home after being treated before his symptoms took a quick turn for the worse. "I felt like my body was just going to blow up. A lot of people don't realize what the flu really is. It takes a lot to put me on my feet. I believe I would have died if I went home."

England records zero cases of flu for seven consecutive weeks

Michael Lee · February 24, 2021 8:00 pm

Cars at a teachers union rally against school reopening in Rockville, Maryland, February 23, 2021.

Beltway Confidential

To the teachers unions, ‘equity’ means keep everyone at home

Timothy P. Carney · February 24, 2021 6:17 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo administration forced to hire Hong Kong-based law firm after it purchased millions in Chinese medical equipment

Michael Lee · February 24, 2021 6:09 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Coronavirus restrictions are not normal, but the experts are trying to convince us otherwise

Kaylee McGhee White · February 24, 2021 6:03 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A strip poker proposal and an unwanted kiss: Former Andrew Cuomo aide details sexual harassment claims

Mike Brest · February 24, 2021 5:54 pm

Mask up: Biden administration to distribute 25M masks across the country

Naomi Lim · February 24, 2021 5:01 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington.

North Dakota House passes bill banning face mask mandates, sponsor says state isn’t a ‘prison camp’

Emma Colton · February 24, 2021 4:46 pm

A Samaritanâs Purse crew works on building a 68 bed emergency field hospital specially equipped with a respiratory unit in New Yorkâs Central Park across from The Mount Sinai Hospital, Sunday, March 29, 2020.

Health experts fear future surge in cancer deaths after pandemic-related delays in screenings

Michael Lee · February 24, 2021 4:24 pm

New Yorkers in Congress want facts on Cuomo COVID-19 nursing home debacle

Kerry Picket · February 24, 2021 4:24 pm