White House, CDC in turf battle over guidance on broad use of face masks
Officials are additionally weighing a plan to distribute reusable cloth face coverings, starting with households in areas with high community transmission.
Thousands of Zoom video calls left exposed on the open Web
Many exposed videos include personally identifiable information and intimate conversations, recorded in people’s homes. Zoom has become a go-to video chat service.
Government spent millions to ramp up mask readiness, but that isn’t helping now
The creation of a high-speed machine to make N95 masks in a pandemic and a reusable-masks project were aimed at alleviating shortages. The efforts have not led to a single new mask for the government’s response.
A coffin lays wrapped in plastic and covered with cardboard outside a block of family apartments in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Thursday. (AP)
Bodies lie in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, the emerging epicenter of the coronavirus in Latin America
The overwhelmed health system in Ecuador’s largest city could be a harbinger of worse to come in the developing world.
Guide to the pandemic
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Why physical distancing shouldn’t mean social distancing
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It’s been more than a week since rival party leaders announced a power partnership.
Bill Withers
1938–2020 His songs, smooth-voiced melodies melded with perfect grooves, became the soundtracks of countless engagements, weddings and backyard parties.
Marie Monroe-Ames, a descendant of Rosewood massacre survivor Oren Monroe, looks over a photo taken at her great-uncle's funeral. (Zack Wittman for The Post)
Descendants of Rosewood massacre survivor Oren Monroe, from left: Morgan Carter; her mother, Natasha Twiggs; and her grandmother Marie Monroe-Ames, Monroe’s daughter. (Zack Wittman for The Post)
In 1923, an all-white mob burned the town of Rosewood, Fla., to the ground. Descendants of the victims are tortured by questions that have lingered for generations: How much should the past determine the future? And when is it time to move on?
The family has confirmed that authorities have been searching for Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, 40, and her 8-year-old son Gideon.
Perspective
Like Vladimir and Estragon, we wait for our Godot. And wait.
Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece is a parable for our days in coronavirus limbo.
TV Review
‘World on Fire’ has something besides the usual heroics of a WWII story
The seven-part British miniseries, now on PBS, has characters who don’t always keep calm and carry on.
In Case You Missed It
Fatherhood is more visible than ever. But will dads at home step up more?
Because of the coronavirus, the wall between work life and family life has crumbled for many men.
