Coronavirus: Death Toll / Cases
- Confirmed Cases In The U.S. Top 300,000 As New Hot Spots Emerge by Kata Lonsdorf (NPR)
- Analysis: Coronavirus death toll: Americans are almost certainly dying of covid-19 but being left out of the official count by Emma Brown, Beth Reinhard, and Aaron C. Davis (Washington Post)
- U.S. braces for ‘hardest, saddest’ week as virus deaths surpass 9,000 (Reuters)
- Italy reports 525 new coronavirus deaths, slowest rise in over two weeks (Reuters)
- 70 Percent of People Killed in Chicago by the Coronavirus Are Black by Samantha Michaels (Mother Jones)
- Real Coronavirus Death Toll in U.S. Is Higher Than Official Number by Daniel Politi (Slate)
Coronavirus: Surgeon General
- Surgeon general warns this week ‘is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment’ by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Surgeon general asks holdout states to ‘give us a week’ of coronavirus restrictions by Rebecca Klar (The Hill)
- Coronavirus: Surgeon General admits he shouldn’t have compared virus to the flu and says ‘let’s focus on the next 30 days not the last 30’ by Alex Woodward (Independent)
Coronavirus: Fauci / Anti-Malaria Drug
- Fauci: no evidence anti-malaria drug Trump pushes works against virus by Richard Luscombe (The Guardian)
- Fauci says it would be ‘false statement’ to say we have coronavirus under control by Zack Budryk (The Hill)
- ‘We Are Struggling to Get It Under Control’ Dr. Anthony Fauci Says About the U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak by Tara Law (TIME)
- Dr. Fauci Warned In 2017 Of ‘Surprise Outbreak’ During Trump Administration by Nina Golgoswki (Huffington Post)
- Trump Still Pushing Malaria Drug As Fauci Says No ‘Strong’ Evidence It Treats Coronavirus by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
Coronavirus: US Prep / Early Warnings
- Trump reportedly dismissed January coronavirus warnings from Health Secretary Alex Azar as ‘alarmist’ by Tom Porter (Business Insider)
- U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic by Michael Biesecker (AP)
- Coronavirus: Federal Agencies Waited Until Mid-March to Place Bulk Orders for Masks by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Report: The Trump administration didn’t order ventilators or masks until mid-March by Alissa Wilkinson (Vox)
- Report: Pentagon Knew Of Possible Coronavirus Threat For Years by Jason Slotkin (NPR)
- U.S. Cut Hundreds of Millions From Public Health Budgets in Years Before Coronavirus by Sara Burnett / AP (TIME)
Coronavirus: New York / Tiger
- New York new coronavirus cases ‘dropping for first time’ (BBC)
- A Tiger at the Bronx Zoo Has Tested Positive for Coronavirus by Tara Law (TIME)
- Coronavirus: Tiger at New York City zoo tests positive for Covid-19 by Alex Woodward (Independent)
- New York Gov. Cuomo Reports A Drop In Number Of Deaths, But Warns It May Be A ‘Blip’ by Kat Lonsdorf (NPR)
- Data Suggests Many New York City Neighborhoods Hardest Hit by COVID-19 Are Also Low-Income Areas by Sanya Mansoor (TIME)
Coronavirus
- Anti-Asian hate continues to spread online amid COVID-19 pandemic by Eoghan Macguire (Al Jazeera)
- Trump administration tells states to step up as governors plead for aid by Alice Miranda Ollstein, Nolan D. Mccaskill (Politico)
- Trump condemns ship’s captain who wrote scathing letter demanding crew’s safety amid coronavirus outbreak by Joe Sommerlad (Independent)
- Health care insurers expected to raise premiums by as much as 40% to recoup coronavirus losses by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- Opinion: To Donald Trump, coronavirus is just one more chance for a power grab by Robert Reich (Guardian)
- Biden says coronavirus may force Democrats to hold ‘virtual’ presidential convention (Reuters)
- Trump denies there’s a “massive recession,” as unemployment rate skyrockets by Cody Fenwick (Salon)
- Reuters Published a Startling New Report About Trump Pushing Anti-Malaria Drugs by Amanda Silverman (Mother Jones)
- Tens of thousands of travelers from China arrived in US as administration debated restrictions: report by Justine Coleman (The Hill)
- The Navy Captain Ousted for Warning of a Coronavirus Outbreak Has Tested Positive by Samanta Michaels (Mother Jones)
- Trump has nominated one of his lawyers to oversee coronavirus relief funds by Anya van Wagtendonk (Vox)
- Americans brace for ‘hardest, saddest’ week of their lives by Jim Mustian And Frances D’Emilio (AP)
- Analysis: What you need to know from Sunday’s White House coronavirus briefing by Amber Phillips (Washington Post)
- Premier infuriated by Trump, says Canada helped US amid 9/11 by Rob Gillies, AP (ABC News)
Other News
- Exclusive: Planned $1 billion U.S. aid cut would hit Afghan security force funds by Jonathan Landay, Arshad Mohammed, Idrees Ali (Reuters)
- Trump tries on a fourth chief of staff in the middle of a devastating crisis by Nancy Cook, Melanie Zanona (Politico)