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June 27, 2020

LGBTQ Americans adjust Pride celebrations in a time of pandemic
LGBTQ Americans adjust Pride c...
Reuters
Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million
Global coronavirus cases excee...
Reuters
Essential Vocab For COVID-19: From Asymptomatic To Zoonotic
Essential Vocab For COVID-19: ...
The pandemic has brought many new terms into daily usage. Here are definitions of some of the words used in discussion of the novel coronavirus and how to stem its spread.
NPR
Why meat processing plants have become Covid-19 hotbeds
Why meat processing plants hav...
CNN
Here’s what’s safe and not safe as you plan your July 4 weekend
Here’s what’s safe and not saf...
CNN
New Covid-19 clusters across world spark fear of second wave
New Covid-19 clusters across w...
Germany, South Korea, Italy and China had stamped out the disease but localised infections now reported
The Guardian
Nancy Pelosi goads 'cowardly' Trump for not wearing mask and says the CDC has not made them mandatory yet because it would 'embarrass the president'
Nancy Pelosi goads 'cowardly' ...
The Speaker's comments come as the country reports more than 40,000 coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time.
Business Insider
Is it safe to have family or friends in your Covid-19 ‘bubble’? What you need to know
Is it safe to have family or f...
The more people you come in contact with, the higher your risk of Covid-19 transmission. So is it safer to have close friends and family in your 'bubble'? Experts explain.
CNBC
US 'likely' to see shortage of pharmaceutical drugs if coronavirus outbreak continues, intelligence report finds
US 'likely' to see shortage of...
A decrease in generic drugs would hurt low-income and unemployed Americans.
ABC
Congressional Republicans push to wear masks amid coronavirus cases spike
Congressional Republicans push...
Axios
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Washington Post
Justice Department Issues Warning About Fake Mask Exempt Cards
Justice Department Issues Warn...
The department says the public should ignore the fraudulent cards, which purport to carry the authority of the 'Freedom to Breathe Agency,' which is neither a federal nor a state agency.
NPR
Brazil signs deal to produce experimental virus vaccine
Brazil signs deal to produce e...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian government announced on Saturday an agreement with Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to produce a promising coronavirus vaccine that is undergoing tests.
AP
Why coronavirus contact tracing is failing
Why coronavirus contact tracin...
Axios
The Lancet Editor’s Wild Ride Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Lancet Editor’s Wild Ride ...
How Richard Horton balances science and politics.
New Yorker
Black Doctors Say Pandemic Reveals Enduring Racial Inequity Medicine Alone Cannot Fix
Black Doctors Say Pandemic Rev...
Three African American ER physicians in Washington, D.C., recount experiences on their wards, where Black patients make up the vast majority of the city's COVID-19 fatalities.
NPR