Headlines for April 23, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#52J7B)
- ACLU Warns Spread of Coronavirus in Jails Could Add 100,000 Deaths to U.S. Toll
- Government Scientist Claims Reprisal for Opposing Trump's Unproven Coronavirus Treatment
- As Coronavirus Reached the U.S., Trump Admin Tapped Ex-Labradoodle Breeder to Lead Task Force
- President Trump "Disagrees Strongly" with Governor's Plans to Reopen Georgia
- Scientists Skeptical of Reports of High Rates of Coronavirus Antibodies in California Residents
- Funeral Directors Association Warns U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Are Underreported
- Doctors Report Life-Threatening Blood Clotting in COVID-19 Patients
- More Human Trials of Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines Begin in Germany, U.K.
- House to Vote on $484 Billion in New Coronavirus Relief; Republicans Object to Remote Voting
- Tyson Foods Idles Iowa Pork Plant as Coronavirus Spreads in Meatpacking Factories
- Trump Admin to Deny Stimulus Checks to Spouses of Immigrants
- Cuba Sends Doctors to Honduras; Mexico Forces Deportees to Traverse "Disinfection Tunnels"
- Bodies Fill Mass Graves in Brazilian City Hard Hit by Coronavirus
- In Uganda, Pregnant Women Die as Lockdown Cuts Off Hospital Access
- South African Troops to Enforce Quarantine in Largest Mobilization Since Apartheid Era
- In Singapore, Migrant Workers Suffer Most from COVID-19; Detained Chinese Journalist Resurfaces
- U.N. Chief Warns Authoritarians Are Weaponizing Pandemic to Subvert Human Rights
- U.S. Accelerates Airstrikes in Somalia Even as Coronavirus Spreads
- Secretary of State Pompeo Calls Illegal West Bank Annexation "An Israeli Decision"
- Palestinian Tests Positive for Coronavirus in Lebanon Refugee Camp
- Federal Court Allows Arkansas to Enforce Abortion Ban During Pandemic