The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published guidelines for opening schools that supported physical assistance, aligning the agency more closely with President Donald Trump’s views on the matter, even when the economy The world’s largest struggles to contain the growing cases of COVID-19. Concerns about the reopening …
Read More »What a typhoid outbreak from World War II can teach us about how to stop the coronavirus
Deportations to the Warsaw ghetto. Leszno street near the intersection with Żelazna street.Photo: unknown / Wikimedia Commons (Fair use) More than 70 years ago, a jailed community in Nazi-occupied Poland banded together to contain a deadly typhus epidemic, largely without the help of effective vaccines or medications. Instead, according to …
Read More »Dropped polls and Covid’s pallor prompt Trump’s withdrawal on his key priorities
“Probably, unfortunately, it will get worse before it gets better,” Trump read grimly from a script during a moderate press conference Tuesday, looking up from the podium to admit that the sadness wasn’t exactly natural: “Something I don’t do.” He likes to say things, but that’s the way it is. …
Read More »Oregon reports 9 coronavirus deaths on Friday, a new record for the state’s number of daily deaths
This story is breaking and will be updated. During a morning press call, the director of the Oregon Health Authority, Pat Allen, shared that the state recorded nine deaths from coronavirus on Friday, a record for its daily reports. Allen also said the state has recorded another 396 positive or …
Read More »Crane Kenney Speaks: Targeting Wrigley Fans This September, Deal With Comcast, “Sounds Of Wrigley”, More
This morning, I called my mother on the phone, told her to turn to Channel 202 on her television, and heard screams of joy and excitement. The new Chicago Cubs television station, Marquee Sports Network, had finally struck a deal with Comcast, which represented more than half of households in …
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