Tag: Health

University of Alabama ordered professors to not tell classes about coronavirus outbreaks: Report

Madison Dibble · August 27, 2020 6:20 pm

North Carolina State University students wearing face coverings walk behind Dabney Hall to the Free Expression Tunnel on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 in Raleigh, N.C. The university announced Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, it will move all undergraduate classes online starting on Monday due to COVID-19 clusters.

‘It’s become untenable’: North Carolina State closes dorms due to coronavirus

Spencer Neale · August 27, 2020 12:01 am

Protestors demonstrate outside of a burning Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night.

German officials ban Berlin protests, citing coronavirus fears

Spencer Neale · August 26, 2020 10:14 pm

An American flag flies outside the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department officials got a warrant to spy on a Trump campaign associate by misleading a surveillance court judge, House Republicans contend in a newly released memo that Democrats have dismissed as a contrived account intended to protect the president.

Justice Department orders Democratic governors to hand over nursing home death data

Cassidy Morrison · August 26, 2020 7:36 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Jan. 18, 2018.

‘Scary and dangerous’: Pelosi blasts CDC for dropping recommendation on COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic people

David Hogberg · August 26, 2020 5:03 pm

Richmonder Coleman Wheeler emits a cloud of smoke from a vape pipe at a local vape shop in Richmond, Va., Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Tobacco-friendly Virginia is preparing to raise the age limit on buying traditional and electric cigarettes from 18 to 21.

Study links vaping to increased COVID-19 risk

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2020 7:00 pm

Lowest number of coronavirus cases since June as summer surge abates

Cassidy Morrison · August 24, 2020 11:09 pm

Beltway Confidential

Andrew Cuomo had the worst coronavirus response in the country. Why should anyone read his book?

Kevin Pham · August 24, 2020 5:22 pm

Luis Saez riding Maximum Security, second from right, goes around turn four with Flavien Prat riding Country House, left, Tyler Gaffalione riding War of Will and John Velazquez riding Code of Honor, right, during the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Louisville, Ky.

Churchill Downs officials announce Kentucky Derby will go ahead without fans

Spencer Neale · August 22, 2020 1:38 am

Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteer Emma Ewing, a sophomore at Temple University, directs cars at the city's coronavirus testing site next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. The site, which opened Friday afternoon, is the first city-run drive-through location where people can be swabbed to determine if they have the coronavirus. At the time of opening, it was only for people with symptoms who are over 50 and healthcare workers with symptoms.

Pennsylvania health secretary reached secret deal with car show, allowing 20,000 people to skirt social distancing restrictions: Report

Andrew Mark Miller · August 21, 2020 7:47 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

The pandemic workout blues

Martin Kaufmann · August 21, 2020 3:00 am

Retired Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, 38, who says he shot and killed Osama bin Laden, is interviewed in Washington, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. The former Navy SEAL says he was inspired to go public about his role after meeting with the families of people who died in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

‘Everyone has gone crazy’: Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden contests Delta mask row

Spencer Neale · August 21, 2020 12:14 am