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Summary List Placement Global coronavirus cases reached 40 million on Monday, as much of the world heads into a new wave of the outbreak.  That figure is based on three different estimates from Reuters, Worldometer, and Johns Hopkins University. The real figure is likely much higher too, experts have said.  Monday's landmark figure marks a doubling of worldwide coronavirus cases since August 10, and...

Summary List PlacementAttorney General Bill Barr likened coronavirus lockdowns to slavery at a talk to a private conservative college on Wednesday. Speaking at at Hillsdale College's Constitution Day Event, Barr was asked to explain the "constitutional hurdles for forbidding a church from meeting during COVID-19," according to CNN. Hillsdale College is located in Michigan, but the annual event takes place in Washington, DC. CNN...

Billionaire Microsoft found Bill Gates spoke at a COVID-19 virtual conference on Saturday.  Gates called for the equitable disbursement of coronavirus drugs, so that these drugs don't just go to the "highest bidders."  The US government bought up almost the entire world's stock of remdesivir, a drug that has proved effective in helping patients recover faster from the coronavirus.  Visit Business Insider's homepage for...

The White House released a list of senators invited to be on the president's task force focused on re-opening America during the coronavirus pandemic. The only Republican senator not invited to be on the task force was Mitt Romney, one of Trump's most outspoken critics in his own party. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. President Donald Trump seemed to continue his feud...

Business Insider spoke to an emergency room nurse working for the Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, who described what the fight against coronavirus has been like in his city.  Eduardo Bilbao, 29, says he's gone from seeing about one patient a month die under his care, to two in one week.  Bilbao says work has become "very stressful" and "very emotional."  Visit Business...