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  • Why We’re Almost Certainly Undercounting the Coronavirus Dead

    The official counts of coronavirus dead are hard to fathom. Even so, they almost certainly underestimate COVID-19’s true death toll.

  • No, Drinking Warm Water Won’t Stop You From Getting Coronavirus

    We look at the claims swirling around online about harnessing what is supposedly the natural enemy of the virus: water.​

  • Coronavirus Is Revealing Gaping Holes in America’s Drug Supply Chain

    With coronavirus slowing down production in places like China and India, it’s possible that a much wider range of medicines, from Tylenol to antibiotics, could soon run out. ​

  • Life in Austria After Lockdown Starts to Lift

    A cautious reopening for parts of Europe as the Covid-19 cases subside. VICE News looks at how Austria is leading the way.

  • Coronavirus Is Putting Farmworkers — and Their Jobs — at Risk

    Many small farmers and seasonal workers aren’t eligible for federal payouts during Covid-19. VICE News speaks with some of these essential workers.

  • Kenya’s Cops May Be Killing More People than Coronavirus

    Kenya is hunting down people who escape quarantine. VICE News investigates its measures to contain Covid-19.

  • These Far-Right Fringe Conspiracies Are Driving the Anti-Lockdown Protests

    This weekend protesters across the country demanded their states reopen. Militias, anti-vaxxers, and QAnon believers were among them.

  • The Law Banning Congressional Insider Trading Isn’t Enough to Stop It

    The law banning members of Congress from insider trading should be upgraded in light of the frantic stock trading on Capitol Hill during the coronavirus pandemic, the bill’s author, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), told VICE News. Members of Congress should be banned from owning individual stocks altogether, and the sharing of “political intelligence” with outsiders should have to be disclosed, Gillibrand said. Her remarks follow waves of outrage over members of Congress selling millions worth of shares before the market tanked over fears of coronavirus. In some cases, those sales came after closed-door briefings about the virus.

  • Bodies Are Piling Up in Ecuador as Coronavirus Ravages the Country

    As Coronavirus tears through Ecuador, hospitals, funeral homes and cemeteries have collapsed in Guayaquil, the country’s largest city. Hundreds of bodies of people who died at home were kept on beds, the floor, and even outdoors on the pavement, waiting for days to be removed. Many corpses more piled up in hospitals and containers parked outside the facilities. VICE News talked to families who lived through these scenes.

  • We Talked to an ICU Nurse Working in an Overwhelmed COVID-19 Ward

    Restrictions on visitors means hospitalized Covid-19 patients are cut off from family. VICE News speaks with an ICU nurse in New York City worried about those who are dying alone.

  • Inside ICE Detention During the Coronavirus Outbreak

    VICE News Tonight cuts through the spin, disinformation, and punditry to bring you in-depth coverage of the day’s top stories, and fearless on-the-ground reporting on the people, places and voices you won’t see anywhere else.

  • Homeless Families Are Taking Over Vacant Homes to Protect Themselves From Coronavirus

    A group of families in Los Angeles are occupying vacant homes owned by Caltrans, the state transit authority, in the East LA neighborhood of El Sereno.

  • Belarus Is Tackling Coronavirus with Vodka and Soccer

    Half the world’s population is in some kind of lockdown, which means half isn’t. For some countries it’s because they’ve weathered the worst of the storm, in others, there’s a different reason. VICE News went to Belarus, the unlikely center of the sporting world.

  • Yes, the Federal Government Can Force You Into Quarantine

    For many Americans stuck at home due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the idea of being quarantined now feels strangely normal. But just a few months ago, the thought was unbelievable. Although President Trump has not taken the step of issuing a nationwide quarantine order, the federal government does have the authority to do so. It rarely flexes the power, choosing to delegate the responsibility to state and local authorities. People subject to quarantines can challenge them in court. And in the past, many have won.

  • Inside Rikers During the Coronavirus Outbreak

    Health officials are urging people to stay six feet away from others and wash their hands in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus. But for over 4,000 inmates currently detained at Rikers Island in New York, that’s tough to do. VICE News spoke with an inmate at Rikers who described conditions that were cramped and unsanitary. Michael, who did want his last name used in this story, has been incarcerated on a non-violent parole violation since January of this year. And while the New York City Department of Corrections says they’re distributing cleaning supplies to inmates, Michael says the people in his housing unit haven’t received any.

  • The U.S. Does Not Have Coronavirus Under Control — Just Ask the Surgeon General

    Surgeon General Jerome Adams told VICE News on Monday that the coronavirus pandemic is still not under control, but that he remains “very hopeful” that the collective actions of Americans are flattening the curve of the outbreak. “As far as under control, I would say no, and I won’t say we have it under control until we start to see death rates go down, hospitalizations go down and when cases start to go down,” he said outside of the Health and Human Services building in Washington, DC. The nation’s top doctor expressed concern that not everyone is taking Center for Disease Control guidelines seriously, reiterating again that people need to wash hands, stay six feet apart, and avoid nonessential travel.