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May 15, 2020
There’s a tension at the heart of all of the plans to reopen the country in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic: The economy needs Americans to get back to work, but workplaces need employees and customers to feel that coming back won’t endanger their health or their lives.

May 14, 2020
WASHINGTON — As many as 2.4 million Texans didn’t get stimulus checks the federal government cut earlier this year because they are either immigrants or live with them, one way immigrants — even U.S. citizens — have been left out as Congress has poured trillions into coronavirus relief efforts.

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May 13, 2020
The chairman of a key congressional health subcommittee is demanding to see the formula used by the federal government to ration remdesivir, an experimental drug shown to speed the recovery of coronavirus patients.

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May 10, 2020
As millions of Americans have lost jobs, stood in long lines for food and desperately needed federal relief to pay bills, thousands of other wealthy Americans stand to gain from a massive tax break.

May 8, 2020
U.S. companies continued their massive sell-off of medical masks overseas throughout March, well after the coronavirus began infecting Americans and draining hospitals of critical supplies and even as White House officials raised red flags, a USA TODAY investigation found.

May 8, 2020
President Donald Trump met with Gov. Greg Abbott Thursday afternoon to praise Texas' efforts to reopen the state's economy, just hours after the White House revealed one of the president's valets had tested positive for the coronavirus.

May 8, 2020
Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized remdesivir for emergency use in seriously ill COVID-19 patients, the experimental drug is another step closer to full approval. That's when most drugs get price tags.

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May 8, 2020
Almost 75 years ago, on May 8, 1945, the pathogen of Nazism was finally eradicated with Germany’s unconditional surrender to the Allies, after six years of war and tens of millions dead...

May 7, 2020
Texans collecting unemployment pay could soon be required to search for a new job, a move labor advocates fear will slow the state’s already struggling system and force some recipients to lose benefits.

May 6, 2020
Gilead Sciences Inc faces a new dilemma in deciding how much it should profit from the only treatment so far proven to help patients infected with the novel coronavirus.