A day after announcing the end of the coronavirus task force, Trump says it will now continue "indefinitely." Trump is urging the Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare, apparently ignoring Barr's argument that parts of the law should remain in place during the pandemic. It will take
The US lost another vital month in responding to COVID-19, pretty much plateauing in its number of daily coronavirus tests. The White House says its coronavirus task force will wrap up around the end of this month. A series of interactive simulations to explain how epidemics grow. According to
The US plans to borrow $3 trillion in the second quarter to finance stimulus efforts, more than five times what it borrowed in a single quarter during 2008. The US and UK begin talks for a post-Brexit trade agreement. For the third time in two weeks, a whistleblowing Russian
Europe's longest coronavirus lockdown ends in Italy today, as four million people return to work. South Korea says it traded gunfire at the DMZ with North Korea, and reports no casualties. Pompeo says there is "enormous evidence" the coronavirus pandemic began in a Wuhan laboratory, and
The FDA has authorized the use of remdesivir in patients who are severely ill with suspected or diagnosed COVID-19. Canada’s Trudeau: "Effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade assault weapons in this country." Citing a state medical
Half of American adults say they find it difficult to sift through what’s true and what’s false right now. Part of that is likely due to the pandemic’s scale and pace, but part is our own fault as humans. Related: A simple method for spotting coronavirus misinformation
"What it has proven is that a drug can block this virus." A clinical trial of remdesivir shows promising results—though an earlier trial in China found no "significant clinical benefits." "If the first results from antibody surveys in the US are anything to judge
The US passed 1 million confirmed Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. Frontline officials from other countries explain what the United States needs to do to re-open. About rebuilding: “The notion of putting 7,000 people in a building may be a thing of the past.” Amsterdam plans to embrace
A state-by-state breakdown of COVID-19 testing shows many fall short of the levels needed for a safe reopening. See also: A new model shows contact reduction is tied to how sharply the death toll rises in each US state. Texas will allow certain businesses and facilities to
In the past week, the African continent has seen a more than 40 percent rise in Covid-19 cases. In Kenya and in other African countries, a tragic question for some communities: to eat or to heal? "Governance failures, economic inequalities, societal resilience." A range of young scholars
