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With coronavirus cases continuing to rise across the U.S., Bill Gates has partly laid the blame on social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter, saying they can do better at curbing the spread of misinformation about the virus.“Can the social media companies be more helpful on these issues?" Gates said during an interview with Fast…

Watch Bill Gates explain to Anderson Cooper why he thinks U.S. testing numbers can be considered ‘bogus.'» Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe» Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThisIn US news and current events today, the U.S. continues to lag behind many countries…

Billionaire Bill Gates continues to be one of the most outspoken public figures on the subject of coronavirus, which the Microsoft co-founder has dubbed "the first modern pandemic."Gates has also made it clear that he sees the pandemic as a "nightmare" and an era-defining event whose effects will linger for years. "It's going to be…

Key Words Published: April 23, 2020 at 10:56 a.m. ET Bill Gates, a steady voice during the coronavirus pandemic. Getty Images “ ‘It is impossible to overstate the pain that people are feeling now and will continue to feel for years to come... No one who lives through Pandemic 1 will ever forget it.’ ”…

April 17, 2020 | 7:47am | Updated April 17, 2020 | 10:55am The world’s second-richest man has reportedly become the No. 1 target of coronavirus conspiracy theorists. Theories linking Microsoft magnate Bill Gates to COVID-19 have exploded in recent months as right-wing conspiracists and anti-vaccine zealots accused him of using the virus to control the…