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College Students Across the Country Are Demanding Schools Give Back Their Money
College students across the country are demanding schools give back their money, now that spring semesters have been scrambled by the pandemic.
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Coronavirus Has Brought the USPS to the Brink of Collapse
The U.S. postal service is facing a funding crisis. VICE News looks at what closure would mean for letter carriers and America’s mail.
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Here Are the Companies Getting Rich From the Coronavirus Pandemic
Scott Disick, of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” fame, pushed out a line of T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with the timely message “Wash Your Hands.”
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Prisoners Describe the Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak at Oakdale Federal Prison
“I just feel like we were all let down,” said one prisoner. At least 39 staff and 113 inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a staff source. As of May 4, the Bureau of Prisons confirms 46 positive cases of COVID-19 among the 1,000 or so prisoners at FCI Oakdale I, plus 17 cases among guards and staff.
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How New Zealand Got Its Coronavirus Cases Down to Zero in Seven Weeks
New Zealand’s strategy against COVID-19 seems to be working. VICE News finds out why.
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Rent Strikes are Growing Across the Country
Rent strikes are happening all over the U.S. as tenants face the economic crisis. VICE News looks at the latest efforts to cancel the rent.
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Georgia Is Open for Business. Here’s What That Looks Like.
Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp surprised everyone last Monday — including the White House — when he announced that the state would begin re-opening for business at the end of the week, starting with gyms, bowling alleys, barbers and salons.
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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.
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This Junior Doctor Was Suddenly Thrust Onto the Coronavirus Front Line. Here’s What He Saw.
View of the coronavirus battle from a London junior doctor
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
