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With a half million personnel records backlogged, VA promises vaccines for archive staffers to catch up
A backlog of more than 500,000 requests has accumulated in the last year.
US officials: Foreign disinformation is stoking virus fears
The Trump administration is alleging that a foreign disinformation campaign is underway aimed at spreading fear in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, three U.S. officials said Monday.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
As first VA patient dies from COVID-19, VA hospitals start barring all visitors
VA is monitoring 30 patients with confirmed cases or who are presumed to have a positive test for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
By Patricia Kime
Navy Reserve postpones drill this weekend amid coronavirus crisis
They will be allowed to reschedule their drill weekend for a later date.
By Carl Prine
War and prophecy, plague and death
How the ancient Greeks made sense of disease, imperfect leaders and, as Thucydides put it, the “horror of human beings dying like sheep.”
By Joel Christensen, Brandeis University