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A group of Democratic senators asked the office of the Department of Defense Inspector General on Friday to investigate the U.S. Navy's response to the coronavirus outbreak aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt and the firing of its captain.
While the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the country, nonprofit organizations continue to operate some of their most important programs.
The YMCA of the North Shore's locations, including the Cape Ann YMCA, may not be open for its members to workout, but the nonprofit is doing some heavy lifting.
It has pivoted to providing, among other things, emergency child care for essential employees who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.
The $300 million direct assistance to the U.S. seafood industry to mitigate the economic impact of the novel coronavirus is expected to be just the first of a string of federal relief measures enacted in the coming months, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton said Tuesday.
Dennis Magnasco, a 32-year-old Harvard University graduate student from Somerville, was tested for COVID-19 on March 18 as he battled a hacking cough, high fever, and shortness of breath. Eleven days later, he was still waiting for the results.
WASHINGTON — Dick Durbin knew they were doing it wrong.
As the senior senator from Illinois stood at the lectern for a Capitol Hill press conference about the coronavirus response this week, he winced as he thought about all the ways Congress is violating the rules that health officials are urging Americans to follow to prevent the spread of the pandemic.
A congressional task force studying how the Defense Department could better adapt for the future is preparing potentially controversial recommendations on issues like Pentagon spending priorities, U.S. efforts in Africa and the military's approach to pandemics like the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
As concerns over the spread of the coronavirus continue to grow, a number of House lawmakers are working to tamp down panic and put response plans into action back in their home districts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, on Thursday called for more COVID-19 testing and touted a tiered system developed for his staff to determine how to work with constituents and when to work remotely.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is known as a loveable gaffe machine — an unofficial title made possible by his many public blunders and the privilege of having those lapses viewed as endearing rather than disqualifying (a privilege exclusive to rich white men).