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Reed Calls for National, Unified Stay-At-Home Policy to Combat COVID-19

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, says a national, coordinated stay-at-home agreement by all fifty states and U.S. territories is needed to effectively combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  While Constitutional authority to enforce public health interventions lies primarily with the states, Senator Reed is urging President […]Load more...

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Pandemic Forces Cancellation of Wimbledon

VOA News The Wimbledon tennis championships in London — widely considered to be the world’s premier tennis event — will be canceled this year due the coronavirus pandemic.  In statement Wednesday, the All England Tennis Club (AELTC) and the committee of management of the championships said the 2020 Grand Slam tournament — scheduled to be […]Load more...

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COVID-19 Patients Share Stories of Suffering, Hope and Despair

VOA News By Carolyn Presutti Much has been written of the warning signs, symptoms and dangers of COVID-19. But what is it like to live through an active infection? Several sufferers share their stories, day-by-day medical conditions, thoughts and observations with VOA’s Carolyn Presutti in this second installment of a bi-weekly series chronicling life with the […]Load more...

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UN General Assembly to Decide on Rival COVID-19 Resolutions

VOA News By Associated Press UNITED NATIONS – How should the U.N. General Assembly and its 193 member states respond to the coronavirus pandemic? Members have been sent two rival resolutions for consideration — and under new voting rules instituted because the global body isn’t holding meetings, if a single country objects a resolution is defeated. […]Load more...

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Census Day Arrives With US Almost Paralyzed by Coronavirus

VOA News By Associated Press ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Census Day — the date used to reference where a person lives for the once-a-decade count — arrived Wednesday with a nation almost paralyzed by the spread of the novel coronavirus. But census officials vowed the job would be completed by its year-end deadline. The virus’s spread […]Load more...