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  • Confessions of a Chinese Fentanyl Trafficker: ‘I’m Really Afraid of Hurting People’

    We arranged a meeting in Shanghai with a synthetic drug merchant for our podcast “Painkiller: America’s Fentanyl Crisis.”

  • Ukraine’s Coronavirus Lockdown Is Separating Parents from Their Babies

    Ukraine has become an international destination for couples with fertility issues, who are looking for women prepared to carry their babies for a fee. But the global lockdown means strict border controls and limited flights have separated parents from their kids.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • South Africa’s Townships Are Worried About Soldiers, Not Coronavirus

    When South African president Cyril Rhamaphosa announced a three week lockdown on 23 March, he acknowledged that his country is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. The virus, he said, is “extremely dangerous for a population like ours, with a large number of people with suppressed immunity because of HIV and TB, and high levels of poverty and malnutrition.” About a quarter of South Africans live in townships – in cramped, unsanitary conditions, rife with health problems. HIV is more prevalent than in the rest of the population, and in some communities, rates of TB are as high as 80 percent.

  • What Dating During the Coronavirus Pandemic Looks Like

    Around the country, people are going on dates — virus be damned. Last Sunday, March 29, there were more swipes on Tinder than any day in the app’s history: 3 billion worldwide. Since mid-March, messages on Tinder and Bumble are also up. Conversations, meanwhile, are lasting longer, perhaps because swipers have basically zero chance of meeting in person. In the absence of physical contact, Covid-19 is enabling new forms of connection. Enter the virtual date, and the virtual hook-up. The pandemic is shifting IRL relationships, too. Calvin Kasulke recently spoke to us about his article for Vice.com about queer people finding love during isolation — with their roommates. “A shocking amount of people live with people that they have secretly been in love with for a very long time.” Will the virus inevitably pull us apart? Or could it also spark new relationships?

  • Italy’s Coronavirus Outbreak May Have Finally Reached Its Peak

    After a horrific month with more than 13,000 coronavirus deaths, Italy is hoping its outbreak has finally peaked. Infections have fallen to a rate four times lower than they were two weeks ago. Fatalities appear to be falling, too. On Wednesday, 727 deaths were recorded, down from 837 the previous day. The majority of deaths have taken place in the northern Lombardy region, and there’s still anxiety the virus could take hold in the country’s south.