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June 04, 2020

Sweden urges protesters to take it online during pandemic
Sweden urges protesters to tak...
Reuters
Medical Examiner's Autopsy Reveals George Floyd Had Positive Test For Coronavirus
Medical Examiner's Autopsy Rev...
The 20-page report released Wednesday shows that Floyd tested positive for the virus in early April. It also confirmed fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system at the time of death.
NPR
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Inequality, racism and segregation help explain who is most at risk in America.
New York Times
Race, Ethnicity Data To Be Required With Coronavirus Tests In U.S.
Race, Ethnicity Data To Be Req...
The federal government says that as of Aug. 1, all laboratories must include detailed demographic data when reporting test results in order to help fight the pandemic nationally.
NPR
Study authors retract influential Lancet hydroxychloroquine article
Study authors retract influent...
Reuters
No one knows why these Covid-19 patients’ symptoms keep relapsing
No one knows why these Covid-1...
Vox
COVID-19 CAN LAST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
COVID-19 CAN LAST FOR SEVERAL ...
The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends.
The Atlantic
Congress has already approved more than $3 trillion in coronavirus relief. Here’s what’s happened to it.
Congress has already approved ...
CNN
Melinda Gates Lays Out Her Biggest Concern for the Next Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Melinda Gates Lays Out Her Big...
The Gates Foundation pledged $1.6 billion to the Global Vaccine Alliance
Time
George Floyd tested positive for coronavirus, but it had nothing to do with his death, autopsy shows
George Floyd tested positive f...
CNN
England to make face coverings compulsory on public transport
England to make face coverings...
Reuters
Covid-19: Lancet retracts paper that halted hydroxychloroquine trials
Covid-19: Lancet retracts pape...
Retraction made after Guardian investigation found inconsistencies in data
The Guardian
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Tener Veenema, a fellow at the American Academy of Nursing; and Diane Meyer, an analyst at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security explain why nurses were not prepared for Covid-19, and how systems can change to better handle future public health emergencies.
Forbes
How to Hug During a Pandemic
How to Hug During a Pandemic...
New York Times
Jim Cramer: The pandemic led to ‘one of the greatest wealth transfers in history’
Jim Cramer: The pandemic led t...
'I think we're looking at a V-shaped recovery in the stock market, and that has almost nothing to do with a V-shaped recovery in the economy,' the 'Mad Money' host said.
CNBC
How the Protests Have Changed the Pandemic
How the Protests Have Changed ...
Mass demonstrations in all fifty states have upended reopening timetables and altered the meaning of the antiviral fight.
New Yorker
The Pandemic Is Stressing Your Body in New Ways
The Pandemic Is Stressing Your...
New York Times
European Central Bank takes its pandemic bond buying to 1.35 trillion euros to try to prop up economy
European Central Bank takes it...
As well as increasing its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme, the central bank for Europe significantly downgraded its expectations for economic growth in the region.
CNBC
Two coronavirus studies retracted after questions emerge about data
Two coronavirus studies retrac...
CNN
Suddenly, Public Health Officials Say Social Justice Matters More Than Social Distance
Suddenly, Public Health Offici...
For months, health experts told Americans to stay home. Now, many are encouraging the public to join mass protests.
Politico
NIH chief worried vaccine ‘skepticism’ might cause some to skip coronavirus vaccine
NIH chief worried vaccine ‘ske...
CNN
Bill Gates-backed vaccine alliance raises $8.8 billion from world leaders and businesses
Bill Gates-backed vaccine alli...
The funding was raised at a U.K.-hosted summit, which saw world leaders pledge billions of dollars to global vaccine alliance Gavi.
CNBC
U.K. summit calls for freely available virus vaccine
U.K. summit calls for freely a...
The British government has hosted a vaccine summit that raised billions of dollars to immunize children in developing countries as expert wrestled with the difficult question of how any potential vaccine against the coronavirus might be distributed globally — and fairly.
PBS
Coronavirus: Face coverings to be mandatory on public transport
Coronavirus: Face coverings to...
From 15 June, people in England could be fined for not wearing a covering, the transport secretary says.
BBC
Face coverings will be mandatory on England’s public transport starting June 15
Face coverings will be mandato...
CNN
New York protesters say they are facing two deadly pandemics: racism and coronavirus
New York protesters say they a...
“In many ways we’re choosing between the lives of our unborn sons and those of our parents,' one protest organizer said.
NBC