Top news of the week: 05.04.2022.
Coronavirus
Covid had devastating toll on poor and low-income communities in US
Report concludes that while the virus did not discriminate between rich and poor, society and government did
How fentanyl flooded the US – and sent opioid deaths soaring
Erin McCormick examines what’s driving a surge in drug overdose deaths in America – and why Black Americans, Indigenous Americans and young people have been so hard hit by the crisis
COVID-19 asylum limits at US-Mexico border to end May 23
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it is ending a policy that limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of ...
Biden administration announces official end to Title 42, the Trump-era pandemic restrictions at the US border
The Biden administration will end Trump-era pandemic restrictions that effectively blocked migrants from entering the United States on May 23, the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
US plans to end Covid-era order blocking asylum seekers at Mexico border
Decision has not been finalized, official tells Reuters, but rule known as Title 42 would end by 23 May
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
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Biden says sub he commissioned will enhance US security
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Saturday commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine, saying it would ...
COVID pandemic’s end may bring turbulence for US health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date ...