Experts Say Face Coverings Could Save 33,000 COVID-19 Deaths By October 1 In United States
According to data provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States had 43,556 new cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) on July 2. The following states have seen dramatic spikes in cases over the past several weeks, the number of new cases from Thursday is in parentheses. Florida (10,109)Texas (7,915)California (<4,000)Arizona (3,333) After originally stating United States citizens […]
As COVID-19 Cases Soar In US WHO Worried The Same May Happen In Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned the continent of Africa could see a drastic rise in COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) cases similar to the current phenomena in the United States. Stats show a recent uptick in the United States is due to states not requiring masks, and those who refuse to mask or practice public distancing […]
World Health Organization Provides Detailed Update On ACT-Accelerator
“Two months ago, I joined President Emmanuel Macron, President Ursula von der Leyen and Melinda Gates to launch the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) – a global initiative between multiple partners to ensure equitable access to life-saving tools for COVID-19,” said World Health Organization Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during his opening remarks during a June […]
After Relaxing Shut-Down Measures, Texas and Florida Face Predictable COVID-19 Spike
Only weeks after shirking guidelines from health officials, cases are spiking in a handful of Southern states. In the first Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing in nearly two months, Dr. Anthony Fauci the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned that the flares up put the rest of the country at […]
Tuesday Primary Results from New York, North Carolina, and Kentucky
Voters in New York, Kentucky, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, and Virginia took to the polls on Tuesday in a series of competitive primary races. Unlike the hectic and primaries that took place earlier in the month in Pennsylvania and Georgia, Tuesday’s contentious races occurred without many hitches. Some long lines with waits up to […]
Corruption Scandals Plague Trump Administration Amid Bolton and Barr Revelations
A week of scandals that might have destroyed any previous Presidency has shaken the Trump administration. Beginning with the release of former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s tell-all book and culminating in a failed power play by Attorney General William Barr, a steady picture of corruption, obstruction of justice, and turmoil has spilled out of […]
Tensions Worsen on Korean Peninsula After Pyongyang Destroys Liason Office
On Tuesday, North Korea blew up their joint liaison office with South Korea in an act of unprecedented aggression in recent years. The office, which is in North Korea just north of the Demilitarized Zone, was a symbol of a new era of peace on the peninsula. The office had been closed since the start […]
Police Reform Bills Sweep the Nation in Wake of Protests
Two weeks of non-stop Black Lives Matter protests across the United States are starting to yield results. Protesters are demanding massive change, including defunding police forces entirely. While most localities are not willing to go that far, police reform bills are being proposed at nearly every level of governance. In cities, on the state level, […]
Georgia Primary Crippled by Claims of suppression
Georgia, an important swing state in November, faced major technical and logistical problems in Tuesday’s primary. Voters reported lines up to six hours line, sometimes wrapping around entire blocks, at polling places. Fulton County, which is home to Atlanta and has a large black population, faced some of the worse delays. Voters reported technical problems […]
Trump Losing Support Among Republican and Military Establishment Leadership
Reporting by the New York Times indicates that President Trump may be losing support among prominent Republican establishment leaders in 2020. While Trump won in 2016 without Republican establishment support, critics of the President hope that a collective rebuke of his leadership may help turn the tide against him. Outspoken critics have included Former U.S. […]