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Models suggest a looming second wave of coronavirus in the South May 21, 2020

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Plus, Fauci worries that "Operation Warp Speed" plays into the hands of anti-vaxxers. And Trump considers a travel ban on Brazil.

Declining greenhouse gas emissions are good news – and bad news May 20, 2020

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Plus, the strongest and most dangerous hurricanes are now far more likely because of climate change, and EPA staff warned that mileage rollbacks had flaws, but Trump officials ignored them.

Bathrooms are a barrier to reopening from coronavirus May 19, 2020

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Plus, President Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine shows encouraging early results.

As coronavirus tests become widely available, too few people are lining up to get tested May 18, 2020

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Plus, transit workers are paying a heavy price during the pandemic, and White House tensions with CDC spill into public view as top Trump adviser criticizes agency response.

Starvation could kill more people than the coronavirus in poorer countries facing the contagion May 15, 2020

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Plus, the CDC releases short reopening checklists after the White House blocks the release of substantive guidance, and an experiment shows human speech generates droplets that linger in the air for more than 8 minutes.

Denied in-person funerals, obituary pages become where we mourn May 14, 2020

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Plus, Wisconsin's Supreme Court strikes down the governor’s stay-at-home order. And the sidelined federal vaccine chief will testify today that we’re headed for "the darkest winter in modern history."

Countries that eased lockdowns are reimposing them, offering a cautionary tale for U.S. states May 13, 2020

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Plus, President Trump's lawyer claims he has absolute immunity from being investigated, and a federal judge puts a hold on the Justice Department's move to throw out Michael Flynn's guilty plea.

'America First' approach to coronavirus vaccine development could leave U.S. behind May 12, 2020

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Plus, the White House implements a stringent mask policy, but President Trump still won’t wear one. And after years of struggles amid Trump's trade wars, farmers and ranchers face their worst crisis since the early 1980s.

Covid-19 begins as a respiratory virus but kills as a cardiovascular virus, doctors warn May 11, 2020

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Plus, President Trump’s top advisers say the unemployment rate could soon reach 25 percent, and Britain will quarantine all foreign travelers as part of its plan to unlock the lockdown.

People are dying in droves at their homes from the coronavirus because they’re afraid to get help May 08, 2020

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Plus, President Trump’s valet tests positive for the coronavirus, sparking fear in the West Wing, and, as the Trump administration pushes remdesivir, an unequal rollout angers doctors.

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