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For allergy sufferers, virus adds to season of worry

Forecasters are predicting a brutal spring allergy season for swaths of the U.S. at the same time that COVID-19 cases are rising dramatically.

Tokyo Olympics now set for July 23-Aug. 8, 2021

Tokyo organizers said Monday the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021 — almost exactly one year after the games were due to start.

 
Murren: Task force helping state get supplies

A newly formed public-private partnership will help Nevada “punch above our weight” when it comes to securing supplies needed to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, Jim Murren said Monday.

 
Macy’s, Kohl’s, Gap furloughing employees

Macy’s, Kohl’s and Gap Inc. said they will stop paying tens of thousands of employees who were thrown out of work when the chains temporarily closed their stores.

If overwhelmed, how do hospitals decide who to treat first?

A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They all need a ventilator. But who gets one when there aren’t enough to go around?