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New York To Require Face Coverings In Busy Public Places

New York To Require Face Coverings In Busy Public Places

  NEW YORK (AP) — New York residents will be required to wear face coverings anytime they come into close contact with other people outside… Read More ›

The Trump administration paid a bankrupt company with zero employees $55 million for N95 masks, which it’s never manufactured

The Trump administration paid a bankrupt company with zero employees $55 million for N95 masks, which it’s never manufactured

  The Trump administration has awarded a $55 million contract for N95 masks to a company with no experience producing medical supplies and whose parent… Read More ›

Cuomo says threat that virus will overwhelm New York hospital system averted

Cuomo says threat that virus will overwhelm New York hospital system averted

New York governor orders people to wear face masks in public, sending 150 ventilators to Michigan and Maryland; State develops own antibody test   New… Read More ›

Under India’s caste system Dalits are considered untouchable. The coronavirus is intensifying that slur

Under India’s caste system Dalits are considered untouchable. The coronavirus is intensifying that slur

Mumbai, India – Polamma carefully descends the 250 steps from the hilltop slum where she lives in southern India to walk one kilometer to the… Read More ›

Trump to halt World Health Organization funding over coronavirus response

Trump to halt World Health Organization funding over coronavirus response

“With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have deep concerns whether America’s generosity has been put to the best use possible,” Trump said.  … Read More ›

New York death toll soars past 10,000 after officials add ‘probable’ fatalities

New York death toll soars past 10,000 after officials add ‘probable’ fatalities

Authorities say 3,778 died of virus without being tested as outbreak in state appears to plateau; Cuomo clashes with Trump after president claims ‘total’ authority… Read More ›

Apple just released a tool that shows how well people in your area are staying home. Take a look.

Apple just released a tool that shows how well people in your area are staying home. Take a look.

Apple just released a new tool to show how effectively people are socially distancing across the globe. The tool gathers location data from Apple Maps… Read More ›

Lawmaker: Trump Officials Want Delay In Census Due To Virus

Lawmaker: Trump Officials Want Delay In Census Due To Virus

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration wants to delay deadlines for the 2020 census because of the coronavirus outbreak, a move that if… Read More ›

Trump lashes out in grievance-filled briefing claiming ‘total’ authority as president

Trump lashes out in grievance-filled briefing claiming ‘total’ authority as president

President Donald Trump lashed out at criticism of his handling of the coronavirus crisis during a grievance-fueled appearance from the White House that featured a… Read More ›

Fauci says the government is considering giving out COVID-19 ‘immunity cards’ as part of push to reopen the economy

Fauci says the government is considering giving out COVID-19 ‘immunity cards’ as part of push to reopen the economy

  The federal government is weighing giving out certificates to people who have recovered from coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday. The immunity cards could… Read More ›

Is Britain’s minority community disproportionately affected by the coronavirus? Lack of public data makes it difficult to answer

Is Britain’s minority community disproportionately affected by the coronavirus? Lack of public data makes it difficult to answer

London – It’s said the coronavirus does not discriminate. But anecdotal accounts, research and reports of frontline worker deaths in the UK suggest that assertion… Read More ›

3 nurses in the UK forced to wear trash bags instead of real protective gear have tested positive for the coronavirus

3 nurses in the UK forced to wear trash bags instead of real protective gear have tested positive for the coronavirus

  Three UK nurses forced to wear bin bags because of a lack of protective equipment for front-line medical workers during the coronavirus crisis have… Read More ›

Clinton scandal whistleblower Linda Tripp dies at age 70

Clinton scandal whistleblower Linda Tripp dies at age 70

The Daily Mail in Britain cited a longtime close friend, Diane Spreadbury, as saying Tripp succumbed to a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.   Linda… Read More ›

With 149,000 cases, New York state becomes world’s top coronavirus hotspot

With 149,000 cases, New York state becomes world’s top coronavirus hotspot

State now has more patients than any country outside the America; Governor Cuomo says epidemic appears to be stabilizing: ‘We are flattening the curve’  … Read More ›

Some Doctors Moving Away From Ventilators For Virus Patients

Some Doctors Moving Away From Ventilators For Virus Patients

  NEW YORK (AP) — As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away… Read More ›

WHO defends coronavirus response after Trump criticism

WHO defends coronavirus response after Trump criticism

The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday defended the organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, at one point directly responding to criticisms leveled… Read More ›

NYC virus deaths exceed 4,000, topping toll for 9/11 attacks

NYC virus deaths exceed 4,000, topping toll for 9/11 attacks

NY state records 731 new deaths, its biggest one-day jump yet, for a total of nearly 5,500; number of patients requiring breathing tubes drops  … Read More ›

Modeling Coronavirus: ‘Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty’

Modeling Coronavirus: ‘Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty’

  SEATTLE (AP) — A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of deaths… Read More ›

‘I can’t take it back’: Trump’s Navy secretary resigns and apologizes after he described a fired carrier captain as ‘too naïve or too stupid’

‘I can’t take it back’: Trump’s Navy secretary resigns and apologizes after he described a fired carrier captain as ‘too naïve or too stupid’

  Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has resigned, CNN and Politico reported on Tuesday. Modly’s offer to step down came a day after he visited the USS Theodore Roosevelt… Read More ›

As US starts to see signs of hope, virus crisis escalates alarmingly in UK

As US starts to see signs of hope, virus crisis escalates alarmingly in UK

New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces the first, faint signs outbreak there might be near its peak, but Britain sees deaths climb and PM Johnson… Read More ›