Tag: COVID-19

GOP senators request meeting with Biden to push alternative COVID-19 relief package

Mica Soellner · January 31, 2021 3:46 pm

Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., speaks to the Republican side of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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Democrat Stephen Lynch got COVID-19. What did he do wrong?

Eddie Scarry · January 31, 2021 3:16 pm

German minster of defense Ursula von der Leyen holds a speech at the opening of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany.

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We should have expected Ursula von der Leyen’s Europe coronavirus debacle

Rainer Zitelmann · January 31, 2021 1:20 pm

Harris to Arizona and West Virginia in first major assignment: Help us help you

Katherine Doyle · January 31, 2021 1:00 pm

Vice President Harris has never been far from President Biden during Executive Order signings and other White House events during their first days in power

Across the street and over his shoulder: Harris shares limelight with Biden

Rob Crilly · January 31, 2021 12:00 pm

A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys.

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Maryland health department won’t let counties discriminate against private school teachers with vaccinations

Timothy P. Carney · January 30, 2021 10:48 pm

Rep. Stephen Lynch is again calling for the release of additional documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

House Democrat diagnosed with COVID-19 after receiving both vaccine doses

Carly Roman · January 30, 2021 8:15 pm

FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan.

Pentagon pauses plan to offer Guantanamo Bay detainees coronavirus vaccines

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin · January 30, 2021 7:51 pm

Chicago Police patrol the neighborhood.

Chicago mayor demands teachers return to classrooms on Monday as strike looms

Zach Halaschak · January 30, 2021 7:39 pm

Biden and Democrats step up push for $15 minimum wage to be included in coronavirus relief bill

Andrew Mark Miller · January 30, 2021 7:29 pm

FILE - This April 13, 2012 file photo shows festivalgoers running toward the main stage at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. The Coachella music festival in Southern California has been postponed amid virus concerns.
The festival is organized by concert promoter Goldenvoice, which released a statement Tuesday saying it will be rescheduled for two weekends in October. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. According to the World Health Organization, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover.

Coachella put off for third time amid coronavirus pandemic

Zach Halaschak · January 30, 2021 6:06 pm

Bloomberg slams teachers unions and calls on Biden to reopen schools

Carly Roman · January 30, 2021 5:48 pm