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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) insisted over the weekend that illegal immigrants are entitled to their “fair share” of federal and state stimulus funds because some pay more in taxes than corporations that have been bailed out. “Undocumented people pay taxes. So these folks, the folks that are working the farms to feed us, the people …

Japan on Thursday approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19, making it the country’s first officially authorized drug to tackle the coronavirus disease. Japan reached the decision just three days after the U.S. drugmaker filed for fast-track approval for the treatment. “There has so far been no coronavirus medicine available here so …

The biology department at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is in mourning after the shooting death of a scientist who it says was studying the biological makeup of the coronavirus and was on the “verge of making very significant findings toward understanding” the disease. Bing Liu, 37, a research assistant professor, was shot …

Theme park customers were weeks ahead of government action when it came to taking steps to protect themselves and families from the perceived risk of COVID-19. When new information becomes available to the general public about something that could affect their health and well-being such as a pandemic, do people wait for the government to …

The coronavirus pandemic showed the critical importance of securing U.S. supply chains and eliminating the long-time reliance on China, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told “The Story” Wednesday. “I hate that it came to this for people to start taking notice of China,” Haley said. “You know, we are talking about this virus, but it’s so much bigger than this,” …

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday renewed his aggressive criticism of China, blaming it for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people from the coronavirus and demanding again that it share information about the outbreak. “They knew. China could have prevented the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. China could …

The idea that the worldwide lockdown of virtually every country other than Sweden may have been an enormous mistake strikes many — including world leaders; most scientists, especially health officials, doctors and epidemiologists; those who work in major news media; opinion writers in those media; and the hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people …

It started with “one-time” stimulus checks. Now some politicians are proposing $2,000 for everyone until the crisis passes. “A one-time, twelve-hundred-dollar check isn’t going to cut it,” says Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif). “Americans need sustained cash infusions for the duration of this crisis.” Khanna, along with Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), is co-sponsor of the Emergency Money for …

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Former President George W. Bush called on all Americans to recognize their common humanity and help one another during the current coronavirus pandemic. “Let us remember how small our differences are in the face of this shared threat,” the former president said in a video posted Saturday. “In the final analysis, we are not partisan …