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U.S. Data Release Spurs New Tools in Fight against COVID-19

The United States’ release of tens of th...

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U.S. Businesses Support COVID-19 Response

American businesses, both large and small, are rapidly shifting their production lines to respond to dema...
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Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders Who Shaped U.S. Society

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. This photo gallery features a few of the countless Asian Am...
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U.S. Survivors of COVID-19 Donate Plasma

In March, when Diana Berrent became one of the first people in Port Washington, New York, to test positiv...
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Delivering Trustworthy Health Data on COVID-19

When Americans look for data on COVID-19, the U.S. public health system delivers. The Centers for Dise...
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What Memorial Day Means to Americans 

Memorial Day honors America’s military men and women who lost their lives in service to their country. ...
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The American Red Cross Helps Those Who Suffer

Exhausted in 1869 after nursing U.S. soldiers in the U.S. Civil War, Clara Barton followed her doctor’s a...
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Ida B. Wells Receives Posthumous Pulitzer Prize

Ida B. Wells, an investigative journalist who risked her life exposing the horrors of lynching in the lat...
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American Spirit of Volunteerism Thrives in the Age of COVID-19

Americans are finding countless ways to help each other during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jennifer Haller (ab...
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To Count Everyone, U.S. Census Is in Many Languages

The U.S. government is offering its census in more than a dozen languages to ensure that everyone is incl...
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U.S. Charities Give Millions in Worldwide Coronavirus Effort

U.S. charities are donating millions to stop the spread of COVID-19, funding research into new therapies ...
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America’s Small Businesses Shift Production to Aid COVID-19 Fight

Small businesses across America are at the forefront of a nationwide mobilization against the novel coron...
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America’s Fortune 500 Take on COVID-19

Many of America’s most successful companies are giving money, supplies and know-how to take on the COVID-...
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Spiritual Life in the U.S. During a Pandemic

With the new coronavirus upending daily life, houses of worship throughout the United States are altering...
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Floating Hospitals Support U.S. Cities Fighting Coronavirus

America is meeting the increased medical needs of its citizens in a unique way. Two U.S. Navy hospital sh...
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America’s "Citizen Soldiers" Aid Coronavirus Fight

America’s National Guard is on the front lines of the “whole-of-America” fight against the deadly coronav...
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U.S. Private Sector Ramps Up to Respond to COVID-19

The U.S. private sector is facing the challenge posed by the COVID-19 virus head-on. As medical staff ...
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Americans Adapt to Social Distancing to Fight Coronavirus

Across the United States, Americans are pursuing creative ways to continue their lives while keeping thei...
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Explained: State Department’s Human Rights Reports

Want to know the human rights situation in a country? The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practice...
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