coronavirus

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE C anada is usually our leading trading partner, and ties between the two countries run deep. But they’ve been severed for the last 14 months by a closure of the U.S.–Canada border. The closure no longer makes…

After shedding her mask this week when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally changed its guidelines for vaccinated Americans, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow let a different mask slip in a moment of candor in front of the camera.…

Washington Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Road to Recovery” plan includes mandating houses of worship and sports events require vaccine passport sections to raise capacity limits. The plan, unveiled Monday, allows religious groups and sports…

The Biden administration announced Friday it would begin to restrict travel from India on Tuesday as the world’s second-most populated country suffers an overwhelming surge in coronavirus cases. “On the advice of the Centers for Disease…

A patient wearing an oxygen mask is wheeled inside a COVID-19 hospital for treatment in Ahmedabad, India, April 26, 2021. (Amit Dave/Reuters) The White House announced that it would ship medical equipment and provide other aid to India…

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A major theme of the “when do we reopen” debate across the country has been the resistance of teachers to reopening in-person school. This is partly a function of public-school teachers’ unions, which often…

A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site in New York City, January 29, 2021. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Unvaccinated Americans are nearly twice as likely as their vaccinated…

New legislation is moving forward in the Tennessee legislature to implement a ban on government-mandated COVID-vaccine passports, but not a ban on passports required by private companies. On Wednesday, the Tennessee Senate Commerce…

Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccines at Northwell Health’s South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y., March 3, 2021. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Johnson & Johnson has paused shipment of its COVID-19 vaccine in the…

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE J im Geraghty, Phil Klein, and Jack Crowe had excellent posts last week on the new wave in the Cuomo-scandal swirl: the New York governor’s preferential COVID-testing treatment for his family members, including…