Covid-19 is rapidly becoming America’s leading cause of death (WaPo)
How does the coronavirus compare to other major causes of death in an average week?
In just...
New unemployment filings are so high only the Great Depression compares (Vox)
The numbers are staggering and probably underestimated.
The U.S. Department of Labor registered 5.2 million initial unemployment...
Small business loan program out of money amid impasse over new funds (The Hill)
The initial $349 billion pool for emergency loans for small businesses derailed by the coronavirus pandemic has run dry as Republicans and Democrats...
Glitches prevent $1,200 stimulus checks from reaching millions of Americans (WaPo)
Several million people who filed their taxes via H&R Block, TurboTax and other popular services were unable to get their payments....
COVID means less health care for all Americans, new study shows (TPM)
Americans are facing dramatically more problems in getting access to health care as the COVID pandemic rages on, according to a new...
Scientists tracked COVID-19 mutation and the results are terrifying (Daily Beast)
Researchers discovered three distinct strains of SARS-CoV-2 to analyze, each with its own unique behaviors. That was before countless mutations as...
In Vietnam, there have been fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases and no deaths. Here’s...
Vietnam shares a border with China, yet it has reported no deaths from COVID-19 and just 268 confirmed cases, when other Southeast...
Unsanitized: Mnuchin knew two weeks ago that financial predators could grab emergency coronavirus checks...
First Response
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was told directly in a phone call on April 1 that the $1,200...
USAA grabs coronavirus checks from military families (TAP)
The bank, one of the nation’s largest, has told customers it would use the $1,200-per-person payments to offset existing debts.
Our pandemic summer (The Atlantic)
The fight against the coronavirus won’t be over when the U.S. reopens. Here’s how the nation must prepare itself.
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