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Vice President Mike Pence, center, and Dr. Michael Joiner visit with Dennis Nelson, right, who survived the coronavirus, during Pence's visit to the Mayo Clinic Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Rochester, Minn., where he toured the facilities supporting COVID-19 research and treatment. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

America erupts over virus photo

US Vice President Mike Pence has been criticised after a photo emerged of him as the only person without a mask at a COVID-19 clinic.

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The woman said she is a nurse practitioner speaking on behalf of her friend working on the frontlines in New York City. Picture: Facebook

Nurse claims NYC is ‘killing’ patients

Patients with COVID-19 at hospitals in New York City are hooked up to ventilators and “left to rot and die”, according to a nurse working on the frontline.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Crowds arrive at the Brooklyn Promenade to watch the US Navy Blue Angels and US Air Force Thunderbirds honor first responders on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic by flying over Manhattan on April 28, 2020 in New York City. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Pictures show Americans still don’t get it

New York is at the centre of the US coronavirus pandemic, but that didn’t stop hundreds of people from ignoring social distancing.

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards(D-LA) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on April 29, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

China gloats about US virus misery

Chinese state media has blasted Donald Trump and seemingly gloated about the number of coronavirus infections in the US.

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with industry executives in the State Dining Room of the White House on the plan for

‘Heartbreaking’: US virus deaths soar

The US has passed another grim coronavirus milestone – one President Donald Trump didn’t expect it to reach for another three months.

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A man wearing a protective face mask crosses a street in Hong Kong on February 9, 2020, as a preventative measure after a coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan. - The previously unknown virus has caused alarm because of its similarity to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which killed hundreds across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. (Photo by DALE DE LA REY / AFP)

US accuses China of hiding outbreak

US officials believe China deliberately covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak – and how contagious the disease is.

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LEONARDTOWN, MARYLAND - MAY 01: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) A nurse treats a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at MedStar St. Mary's Hospital on May 1, 2020 in Leonardtown, Maryland. The coronavirus death toll in D.C., Virginia and Maryland surpassed 2,000 people on Friday as the District recorded its largest number of daily infections thus far. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Truth about theory virus started in lab

It’s the theory that won’t go away: the idea that the coronavirus pandemic started from a “lab accident” in China. Here’s what the experts say.

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A woman wearing a face mask crosses the street in Melbourne on March 5, 2020. - Over 50 people have been confirmed to have the COVID-19 coronavirus in Australia so far with the latest cases including an eight-month-old baby in Adelaide. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Global battle for COVID-19 cure

A global race is underway to be the first to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. And for two countries in particular, there’s a lot at stake.

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Armed protester Wyatt Winn waits for Ector County Sheriff's officers and Texas State Troopers, who were monitoring a protest, shortly before his arrest Monday, May 4, 2020, at Big Daddy Zane's bar near Odessa, Texas. Winn and others were supporting the the bar's owner, who decided to open despite orders from the Texas governor during the coronavirus pandemic that prohibit the opening until later in May. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)

Gunmen protect lockdown-defying bar

Police were forced to storm a bar after a group of eight heavily armed people tried to defend it against lockdown laws.

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Residents of the Kew Gardens Hills neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York line up for free face mask the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation staff distributes the at the Mauro playground, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. New York City will distribute 100,000 face coverings in parks across the five boroughs to help protect against the coronavirus.The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Expert’s grim US virus prediction

A senior health expert has painted a grim picture of what the next year looks like in America, as the virus death toll passes 71,000.

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US President Donald Trump walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, April 16, 2018, as he heads for Florida. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Truth about ‘fake’ Trump picture

AS Donald Trump’s Press Secretary was criticised for tweeting a “fake” photo of the Syria strike talks, a worrying detail emerged.

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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a Generation Next White House forum at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump issues astonishing threat

DONALD Trump has exchanged a remarkable volley of taunts and threats with Barack Obama’s vice president, Joe Biden.

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MUST CREDIT GETTY WEB RIGHTS ONLY ONE TIME USE WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 12: World Food Program USA Board Chairman Hunter Biden and Kathleen Biden arrive at the World Food Program USA's Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony at Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for World Food Program USA)

Divorce papers unravel Biden’s son

FORMER US Vice President Joe Biden’s surviving son, Hunter, is allegedly spending his family’s money on prostitutes, strip clubs and gifts to his lovers.

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WILMINGTON, DE - NOVEMBER 02: Attorney General Beau Biden (L) celebrates his win with his wife Hallie Biden during a victory party for Democrats on November 2, 2010 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden won in his re-election bid for Delaware Attorney General against Independent candidate Doug Campbell. Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP

Biden son’s widow romancing other son

THE widow of the former US vice president Joe Biden’s late son has started a romantic relationship with her former brother-in-law.

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US Vice President Joe Biden tears up as President Barack Obama speaks during a tribute to Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 12, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM

Obama’s vice president tears up

OBAMA’S vice president Joe Biden turned from cameras to wipe away tears as the outgoing president gave him a big surprise.

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US Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama embrace after Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a tribute to Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 12, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM

How Obama made Joe Biden cry

BARACK Obama has reduced his Vice President Joe Biden to tears at an emotional ceremony in one of their last official White House acts.

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Biden: ‘I’m going to run in 2020. For president’

US VICE President Joe Biden said he might not be going anywhere just yet, leaving the door open for a presidential run in 2020, or not. He certainly didn’t rule it out.

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