The U.S. surpassed four million coronavirus cases on Thursday, a little more than two weeks after it hit three million confirmed cases. The number of hospitalizations is also on the rise. Around 59,600 people were hospitalized with the virus on Wednesday, according to COVID Tracking Project data reported by CNN. That’s only around 300 fewer […]
President Donald Trump continued to downplay the severity of the coronavirus pandemic one day after the U.S. death toll passed 140,000, according to a Reuters tally. “Many of those cases are young people that would heal in a day,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News Sunday, as NPR reported. “They have the sniffles, […]
By Jake Johnson Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate are demanding that the Trump administration immediately reverse an order requiring hospitals to send Covid-19 patient information directly to a Health and Human Services database instead of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a change that threw the data-collection process into chaos as states […]
In the debate over how to safely reopen schools and effective strategies to keep kids, teachers, school staff and extended family members safe, a new study from South Korea sheds light on the possible consequences of hastily reopening schools. The large study found that older children, mainly teens and tweens, are more likely to spread […]
By Michael Fakhri and Ntina Tzouvala According to a new United Nations report, global rates of hunger and malnutrition are on the rise. The report estimates that in 2019, 690 million people – 8.9% of the world’s population – were undernourished. It predicts that this number will exceed 840 million by 2030. If you also […]
By Michael Addonizio Safely resuming in-person instruction at U.S. public schools is important for the academic, physical, emotional and social well-being of children and their families. It’s also a key factor for the nation’s economic recovery. But in mid-July, despite considerable pressure from the Trump administration, many school systems around the nation had announced that […]
By Jake Johnson President Donald Trump claimed in a newly aired Fox News interview Sunday that the United States is the “envy of the world” when it comes to Covid-19 testing capacity, a boast that came as state and local leaders continue to raise alarm about widespread test shortages and delays as coronavirus infections surge […]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sued the Atlanta City Council and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Thursday to block a city-wide order requiring face masks in public, in the latest example of how public health has been politicized as coronavirus cases continue to surge across the U.S. Kemp argued that the Atlanta rule is not “legally enforceable” […]
By Hans Nicholas Jong Construction of a hydropower plant in the only known habitat of a critically endangered orangutan species on the Indonesian island of Sumatra might be delayed for up to three years due to COVID-19 and funding issues. Muhammad Ikhsan Asaad, who oversees the project for state-owned utility PLN, said the Batang Toru […]
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