A southern Illinois judge on Thursday declared void Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s orders aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus, saying state law doesn’t allow governors to extend disaster proclamations beyond 30 days or restrict the activities of residents and businesses by executive order. Pritzker first declared a statewide disaster because of COVID-19 on…
FILE - In this April 6, 2020 file photo, a pharmacist holds a bottle of the drug hydroxychloroquine in Oakland, Calif. Results published Wednesday, June 3, 2020, by the New England Journal of Medicine show that hydroxychloroquine was no better than placebo pills at preventing illness from the COVID-19 coronavirus. The drug did not seem…
This seemingly counterintuitive trend might not last, experts said. But the nation can still learn from the decline.Individuals waited in line to be tested at a coronavirus testing site at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis., on July 1.Credit...Lauren Justice for The New York TimesJuly 3, 2020Updated 5:58 p.m. ETAfter a minor late-spring lull, the…