An unexpected second wave of the virus has hit Manaus, Brazil—and brings with it new worries about reinfection. Staff writer James Hamblin explains to producer Katherine Wells what’s going on there and what it could mean for the rest of the world.
Unearthed posts showed Greene embracing QAnon and racist conspiracy theories, as well as supporting executing Democrats.
It’s NOT the economy, stupid.
The vaccine is a single dose shot that experts say is key to vaccinating vulnerable, hard-to-reach and even skeptical people.
The FDA’s acting commissioner, Janet Woodcock, said in a statement Thursday that the agency would release updates soon.
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. The good news in COVID-19 data continued this week, as new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths all dropped. For the seven-day period running January 28 to February 3, weekly new cases were down more than 16 percent over the previous week, and dropped below 1 million for the first time since the week of November 5.
SAG-AFTRA had been considering whether to expel Trump for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
In the original Star Trek series, there was an episode in which M-5, a revolutionary computer created by Dr. Richard Daystrom, is designed to handle all ship functions without human assistance.It’s thought to be an impressive achievement—until M-5 takes total control over the USS Enterprise and begins to attack other Federation ships. Captain Kirk tells Daystrom to disengage the M-5 unit, but it proves to be impossible.
Unemployment statistics don’t tell the whole story.
Since Josh Hawley was a young man, powerful people have told him he was special. His teachers gave him the “Special R” award, just one feather in the Rockhurst High School valedictorian’s cap of outstandingness. Hawley’s mentor at Stanford, David Kennedy, took a shine to him just weeks into his freshman year, and came to see him as possibly the most gifted student he ever taught.
The GameStop surge was just one of the ways Americans have renewed their love of betting.
The Outward Hound Hide a Squirrel Toy is now $10, or 20 percent off the regular price.
China faces widespread condemnation following a BBC report about the mass rape and sexual torture of Uyghur women and other Muslims detained in the province of Xinjiang. Women who spoke with the BBC described gang rapes, routine sexual torture using electrocution tools, forced sterilizations and men outside the prison camps paying for access to the detainees.
As the U.S. COVID death toll tops 450,000, the Biden administration is attempting to ramp up its vaccination campaign to slow the spread of new coronavirus variants. Meanwhile, health experts warn any vaccination progress in the United States will be threatened without global vaccine equity. “We need to, as quickly as possible, expand access to the vaccines, both in this country, in the United States, as well as around the world,” says Dr.
I think what bothers me the most is how it sounds.
How can I convince him to change his mind?
The next CMS administrator will oversee Biden’s efforts to expand Obamacare and erase much of Trump’s health care legacy.
All because they have to pass more COVID relief with just 50 votes.
Many pharmacies are already administering vaccine doses that have been allocated to states.
A POLITICO analysis suggests disadvantaged communities are being bypassed — even in blue states fighting disparities.
President Joe Biden wants an equitable distribution of the coronavirus vaccine, but preliminary reports showcase just how much ground will need to be made up.
Andy Slavitt’s remarks come as the Biden team tries to accelerate the pace of vaccinations and get a better hold on the whereabouts of roughly 19 million doses that were shipped but not yet administered.
The news comes after South Carolina announced the first two U.S. cases of the variant Thursday.
Four years and two weeks later, I am ready to talk about this.
I’ve started to see sex as a chore.
Employment levels, however, will not fully recover until 2024.
Without help from Congress, he has few options to turn the U.S. economy around.
“There’s nothing more important to the economy now than people getting vaccinated,” Jerome Powell said.
