Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say
For weeks, the mood in much of the United States has been buoyant. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus
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COVID-19 bill would scale up ability to spot virus mutations
U.S. scientists would gain vastly expanded capabilities to identify potentially deadlier coronavirus mutations under legislation advancing in Congress. A House
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Opinion | The New Virus Variants Make the Next 6 Weeks Crucial
Let’s agree that total lockdown is the most ruinous of all options, and the one we’d like to use least.
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Biden’s early approach to virus: Underpromise, overdeliver
It’s a proven political strategy: Underpromise and overdeliver. President Joe Biden, in his first three days in office, has painted
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States spent over $7B competing for early virus supplies
Ray Bellia had a good business before the coronavirus pandemic. He topped $4 million in annual sales from his New
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California’s feared surge of virus cases hasn’t happened
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Near the end of September, with coronavirus cases falling and more schools and businesses reopening, Gov.
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Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge
(AP) — Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn’t see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two
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Virus response becomes power struggle in Louisiana
Six months into Louisiana’s coronavirus outbreak, disagreements over how the state should respond to the pandemic and who should make
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1 in 5 nursing homes short on PPE and staff in virus rebound
One in five U.S. nursing homes faced severe shortages of protective gear like N95 masks this summer even as the
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