Dr. Anthony Fauci will testify before a Senate Committee today on the latest efforts to contain the pandemic. Covid-19 case counts continue to rise across the US as states reopen
The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions panel hearing comes as several states are struggling to contain the virus as cases counts continue to rise across the nation and states begin to reopen. The US reported more than 40,000 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, its biggest daily jump yet.More than half of all states are seeing a rise in cases, and Florida, Texas and Arizona are getting hit particularly hard.
Republicans remains divided on the size and scale of the next stimulus bill and while it has been discussed for months, the next phase of economic relief is still weeks away. But there is now broad agreement something has to be done -- something that wasn't always the case.Read MoreIn Capitol Hill's last round of aid, Congress boosted unemployment checks by $600 a week and added 13 weeks of pay, beyond what states offer.
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