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صورة للشاحنة التي أصابتها الغارات الأمريكية بتاريخ 27 أكتوبر 2019 ٬اليوم التالي لعملية البغدادي. صور الشاحنة أثارت التساؤلات حول هوية المُستهدفين.

وثائق أمريكية تكشف عيوب في إدعاءات البنتاغون عن ضحايا عملية البغدادي

3:57pm July 21, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

قالت وزارة الدفاع الأمريكية إن القوات الأمريكية لم تؤذي المدنيين خلال عملية البغدادي عام 2019 ، لكن الإذاعة الوطنية العامة NPR تكشف عن تفاصيل جديدة تناقض هذه الادعاءات.

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Fifth-graders wearing face masks sit at proper social distancing during a music class at the Milton Elementary School in Rye, N.Y., May 18, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered classrooms set back learning in some U.S. school systems by more than a year, with children in high-poverty areas affected the most, according to data shared with The Associated Press.

COVID-19 is a leading cause of death among children, but is still rare

4:25am January 31, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Children ages 19 and under died from COVID-19 at a rate at 1 per 100,000, making it rare, but still a leading cause of death among that age group.

Nurses perform timed breathing exercises on a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France on Dec. 31, 2021.

Death toll surpasses 6 million for the pandemic now in its 3rd year

5:49am March 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Health care experts say that confirmed deaths represent a fraction of the true number of deaths due to COVID because of limited testing.

A few of the nearly 500,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S.

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'To Me He's Not A Number': Families Reflect As U.S. Nears 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths

7:30am February 22, 2021

by Melissa Block

Family members of those who've died from COVID-19 reflect on the milestone of 500,000 U.S. deaths, and how their individual loss fits within the magnitude of that number.

Pharmacists prepare doses of a COVID-19 vaccine last week at the Life Care Center of Kirkland in Kirkland, Wash. The nursing home was an early epicenter for coronavirus outbreaks in the United States.

COVID-19 Vaccine May Not Get To Long-Term Care Facilities Quickly Enough

1:45pm January 05, 2021

by Will Stone

COVID-19 vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.

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Chart: COVID-19 Is Now Leading Killer In 5 Latin American Nations

3:00pm December 18, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Why are numbers so high in the region? Public health officials point to a number of underlying problems that let the coronavirus run amok.

Hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus continue to increase this month, with the number of Americans who died in a single day from the illness surpassing 3,600.

U.S. Surpasses 3,600 Daily Coronavirus Deaths, Breaks Prior Hospitalization Record

8:13am December 17, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

Data also show more than 230,000 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday and that 113,090 Americans were hospitalized with the virus — a number that's been on the rise.

An illegal roadside graveyard in northeastern Namibia. People in the townships surrounding Rundu, a town on the border to Angola, are too poor to afford a funeral plot at the municipal graveyard — and resorted to burying their dead next to a dusty grave

Why The Pandemic Could Change The Way We Record Deaths

4:00pm September 25, 2020

by Pranav Baskar

Before COVID-19 came along, the world wasn't so great at counting deaths and understanding why people die. But the virus has propelled countries to ramp up their efforts.

A COVID-19 testing operation stays busy in Boyle Heights, Calif. Daily case counts overall may be on the low side because access to testing is limited in some parts of the world.

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Fauci Says U.S. Death Toll Is Likely Higher. Other COVID-19 Stats Need Adjusting, Too

3:39pm May 13, 2020

by Pien Huang

Researchers say the statistics issued about coronavirus cases and deaths do not necessarily reflect the full degree of the pandemic's impact.

Medical workers take in patients outside a coronavirus intake area at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Fact Check: Trump Administration Document And Its 3,000 Deaths A Day Scenario

3:02pm May 05, 2020

by Nurith Aizenman

A forecast of 3,000 deaths a day appeared in an internal document first obtained by The New York Times. But the epidemiologist who authored the analysis tells NPR the work is incomplete.