Corona, Politics, Finance News

 Corona

Virus keeps spreading as schools begin to open, frightening parents and alarming public health officials https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/virus-keeps-spreading-as-schools-begin-to-open-frightening-parents-and-alarming-public-health-officials/2020/08/06/7ef4f362-d80d-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html

Do Americans Face Greater Mental Health and Economic Consequences from COVID-19? Comparing the U.S. with Other High-Income Countries https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/aug/americans-mental-health-and-economic-consequences-COVID19#.Xywik6M-bs4.twitter

America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine https://khn.org/MTE0NzIwNg

Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19 https://khn.org/MTE0OTA1OQ

With Caveats, Hopeful News for Preschools Planning Young Kids’ Return https://khn.org/MTE0NzIyNA

Birx Tells Local Officials In 9 Cities To 'Get On Top' Of Virus Surge Risk https://khn.org/MTE0OTQ3MA

Supreme Court Allows California Jails To Not Enforce Pandemic Protections https://khn.org/MTE0OTQ2OQ

Moderna Floats COVID Vaccine Pricing https://khn.org/MTE0OTQ3MQ

Virginia Rolls Out First Contact Tracing App In US Using Apple-Google Tech https://khn.org/MTE0OTQ3Ng

Health Insurer Issues Refunds https://khn.org/MTE0OTU5Nw

Risks For Black Health Care Workers Are Higher; Racism Called Public Health Crisis https://khn.org/MTE0OTUyMw

CDC Issues Dire Warning After Several Deaths: Do Not Drink Hand Sanitizer https://khn.org/MTE0OTQ3Mg

Some States See Progress In COVID Fight; Others Don't https://khn.org/MTE0OTUyMQ

Health News From Around The Globe: Americans Sneak Around Travel Bans https://khn.org/MTE0OTUyMg

Research Roundup: COVID; Brain Death; MRSA; Sinusitis; And More https://khn.org/MTE0ODk2Mw

Different Takes: Our Immune System And COVID? It's Complicated; Only A Safe Vaccine; Flying Fears https://khn.org/MTE0OTcwNw

Special education students are not just falling behind in the pandemic — they’re losing key skills, parents say https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/special-education-students-are-not-just-falling-behind--theyre-losing-key-skills-parents-say/2020/08/05/ec1b91ca-cffd-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

Children Vulnerable to Abuse Are Imperiled as Caseworkers Stay Home https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/us/virus-child-abuse.html?smid=tw-share

Politics

New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA in suit accusing gun rights group of wide-ranging fraud and self-dealing https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nra-lapierre-ny-attorney-general/2020/08/06/8e389794-d794-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html

Homeland Security Chief Chad Wolf defends Trump administration’s Portland protest response https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/chad-wolf-dhs-senate-portland-protests/2020/08/06/64b1d058-d801-11ea-b9b2-1ea733b97910_story.html

Pence calls Chief Justice John Roberts a ‘disappointment to conservatives’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pence-calls-chief-justice-john-roberts-a-disappointment-to-conservatives/2020/08/06/c63fd212-d7ce-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html

Finance

Capital One fined $80 million for 2019 hack of 100 million credit card applications https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/capital-one-fined-2019-hack/2020/08/06/90c2c836-d7f3-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html

Gig workers for Target’s delivery service say tipping glitches are cutting into pay https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/06/shipt-target-tips-delivery/

Quicken Loans parent jumps 20 percent after pricing IPO well below targets https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/06/quicken-loans-rocket-ipo/

Mortgage rates pulled down to lowest levels in history https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/06/mortgage-rates-pulled-down-lowest-levels-history/    

Trump is calling for another moratorium on evictions. Landlords are pushing back. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/06/trump-eviction-moratorium/        

Amazon’s virus stumbles have been a boon for Walmart and Target https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/30/amazon-struggles-coronavirus/ 

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