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In this March 28, 2020 photo provided by the New York City Mayoral Photography Office, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio helps load a carton containing some of 250,000 face masks into a truck on a loading dock at U.N. headquarters. The U.N. donated the masks for New York City's fight against the coronavirus. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office via AP)

In this March 28, 2020 photo provided by the New York City Mayoral Photography Office, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio helps load a carton containing some of 250,000 face masks into a truck on a loading dock at U.N. headquarters. The U.N. donated the masks for New York City's fight against the coronavirus. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office via AP)

March 29, 2020

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Relief package billions can't buy hospitals out of shortages
March 29, 2020 8:26 a.m.

Relief package billions can't buy hospitals out of shortages

The billions of tax dollars headed for hospitals and states as part of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus response bill won't fix the problem facing doctors and nurses: a critical shortage of protective gowns, gloves and masks.

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