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Dr. Deborah Birx
NPR
Health

Birx on ‘stay-at-home’ protests: ‘Devastatingly worrisome’

6 years ago

An Ohio voter drops off her ballot at the Board of Elections in Dayton, Ohio on April 28, 2020. Legal fights around mail-in voting are heating up as states turn to it amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The legal fight over voting rights during the pandemic is getting hotter

Some lawsuits are challenging efforts to make it easier to get absentee ballots, others call on states to do more to make voting accessible.

6 years ago

This Oct. 3, 2019 file photo shows Ryan Reynolds at New York Comic Con. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)
Community

Make-A-Wish trying to make dreams come true during pandemic

Make-A-Wish CEO Richard Davis says 5,000 wishes are currently on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Biden on sexual assault allegation: ‘Never, never happened’

Biden's first public remarks on the allegation come at a critical moment as he tries to relieve mounting pressure after weeks of leaving denials to his campaign.

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx
Health

Fauci warns states against ‘tempting’ a coronavirus rebound

Fauci’s warnings came after President Trump said the federal government would not extend its social distancing guidelines past Thursday.

6 years ago

In this March 12, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in Wilmington, Del. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Joe Biden picks vetting team as he searches for running mate

Biden, a former vice president himself, has committed to picking a woman and has told donors he wants to make his choice far ahead of the August Democratic convention.

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, left, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, head of the White House coronavirus task force, talks during an Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

White House’s social distancing guidelines will be ‘fading out,’ Trump says

The current coronavirus guidelines that were set to expire Thursday will not be extended as more governors begin steps to reopen their economies.

6 years ago

In this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, a vial of the investigational drug remdesivir is visually inspected at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States. (Gilead Sciences via AP)
Health

Gilead drug proves effective against coronavirus in US study

U.S. government officials say an experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (center) and sculptor Branly Cadet unveil a statue of Octavius Valentine Catto at City Hall in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. A century before the fight to end Jim Crow segregation laws, Octavius Valentine Catto was leading a civil rights movement in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Why
Courts & Law

Marking 150 years since Philly’s historic civil rights rally

150 years ago this week, Philadelphia was the site of a historic, but little-known march celebrating the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving black men the right to vote.

Air Date: April 27, 2020

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Politics & Policy

AP-NORC poll: Rising support for mail voting amid pandemic

The poll finds that 39% of Americans favor conducting all-mail elections, up from 19% in 2018. Another 40% are opposed.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Pelosi is latest high-profile Democrat to endorse Joe Biden

Pelosi's backing ratifies Biden’s contention that he is the party’s best chance to keep the House majority and regain Senate control from Republicans.

6 years ago

In this April 23, 2020 photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walks to her office after signing the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, H.R. 266, after it passed the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

In Trump’s shadow, Congress-at-home eyes reboot during virus

Congress wants its voice back. Lawmakers long for what’s being lost. They want the ability to publicly question officials at committee hearings and to chat across the aisle.

6 years ago

Coronavirus antibody test kits are key to plans for proposed
NPR
Health

‘No evidence’ that recovered COVID-19 patients are immune, WHO says

The World Health Organization warned against "immunity passports," which allow travel only to recovered patients, saying studies must confirm whether people are indeed safe.

6 years ago

Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew  Jan. 17, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alexander Williams)
Politics & Policy

Navy recommends reinstatement of fired carrier captain

An aircraft carrier captain fired for sending an email to commanders pleading for faster action to help his crew amid the pandemic has been reinstated.

6 years ago

hydroxychloroquine
Politics & Policy

FDA warns of risks with Trump-promoted malaria drug

The FDA is warning doctors against prescribing a malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the coronavirus outside of hospitals or research settings.

6 years ago

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