Hospitals feel squeeze as coronavirus spikes in Midwest— Mild to severe: Immune system holds clues to virus reaction— Study: Neanderthal genes may be liability for COVID patients— British lawmakers have renewed the government’s sweeping powers to impose emergency restrictions to curb the coronavirus.
But many criticized the way Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative administration has used the powers— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have wrapped up an “extensive conversation” on a huge COVID-19 rescue package.
The face-to-face meeting Wednesday was a last-ditch effort to seal a tentative accord on an additional round of coronavirus relief before Election Day. — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver reiterates.