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Watershed Country Music Festival Linked to More Than 200 Covid Cases
Approximately 25,000 fans attended the July 30th through August 1st concert in Washington state
Spike Lee Explores NYC’s Reaction to 9/11, Covid-19 in HBO Doc Series
NYC Epicenters 9/112021½ features Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, John Turturro, Rosie Perez, Jon Stewart, Steve Buscemi, and more
Gene Simmons on Kiss’ New Las Vegas Residency, How to Tour During a Pandemic
The hard-rock titans resume their End of the Road World Tour this week, but Covid poses an interesting problem for Kiss meet-and-greets. "We were thinking about Plexiglas enclosures," says Simmons
‘It’s a Catastrophe.’ Iranians Turn to Black Market for Vaccines as COVID-19 Deaths Hit New Highs
“This crisis is a direct result of the regime’s failure"
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Resigns Amid Skyrocketing COVID-19 Cases
Muhyiddin Yassin departure comes on the back of mounting public anger over what was widely perceived as his government’s poor handling of the pandemic
Mississippi Gov. Refuses School Mask Mandates, Compares Covid-19 in Kids to ‘Sniffles’
"If you look at those individuals under the age of 12, what you find is that it is very rare that kids under the age of 12 have anything other than the sniffles," the governor said
Why I’m Mandating That Austin Schools Must Be Masked When Classes Start
As the Superintendent of Austin, TX, schools I have mandated that our kids must be masked when they start school on Tuesday. Requiring masks is not and never has been about defying the Governor. This is about having local control to respond to the data about our local conditions, which have become dire. After the…
As U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Top the Civil War’s Toll, We’re Repeating Disease History
Today’s COVID-19 death toll shows that many have approached the virus with a medical attitude hardly updated from 160 years ago
ICU Beds Scarce in Texas: ‘Your Child Will Wait for Another to Die,’ Says County Judge Amid Covid Surge
"If [your child] needs an ICU bed, we don't have one. Your child will wait for another child to die. Your child will not get on a ventilator," the Dallas official warned
Live Nation to Require Vaccination or Negative Test at All Venues, Festivals
Guidelines go in effect on October 4th, the same date all of concert giant's employees must be vaccinated
Rep. Greene’s Ghoulish Covid Message: ‘We’re Human, We Can’t Live Forever’
"Everybody needs to get back down to common sense and remember that, you know, we're human, we can't live forever,” the lawmaker said while denying the current spike in Covid hospitalizations
Leave It to Berlin to Turn Vaccination Into a Rave
The German capital has been hosting thumping raves to incentivize young people, whose infection rates are higher than average, to get their Covid-19 jabs