The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy’s for the highest in the world Saturday, surpassing 20,000, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest braced for a potential surge in victims and moved to snuff out smoldering hot spots of contagion before they erupt. With the New York area still deep in crisis, […]
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Melania Trump is having a moment during coronavirus pandemic
Melania Trump is having a moment in the midst of a pandemic. After catching some criticism for not mentioning the coronavirus in a March speech to a parent-teacher group, the first lady has increased her engagement on the issue, mostly through social media since she is staying home like most Americans. This week, she posted a photo […]
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How to be a more ethical Amazon shopper during the pandemic
Households across the country are facing a stark moral dilemma on a weekly, if not daily, basis: go out during the pandemic to shop for groceries and supplies but risk your own health, or order those same items online and risk the health of the people who pack and deliver them to you. Perhaps nowhere […]
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Trump tweets Easter wishes as Americans remain under coronavirus lockdown
President Donald Trump tweeted well-wishes to Americans celebrating Easter on Sunday, noting that this year’s is “much different” with many people having to observe the holiday from their homes amid the coronavirus pandemic. “But this Easter will be much different than others because in many cases, we’ll be separated — physically only — from our […]
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Obama wishes the nation a ‘blessed and joyful Easter’ amid coronavirus pandemic
Former President Barack Obama wished the nation a “joyful” Easter Sunday, while remarking on the dramatic differences in celebrating this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Although our celebrations may look different this year, our unwavering faith remains the same. For me, Easter is a time of hope — a reminder of rebirth and renewal […]
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Fears of ‘Wild West’ as COVID-19 blood tests hit the market
Blood tests for the coronavirus could play a key role in deciding whether millions of Americans can safely return to work and school. But public health officials warn that the current “Wild West” of unregulated tests is creating confusion that could ultimately slow the path to recovery. More than 70 companies have signed up to sell so-called […]
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NCAA confirms Georgia Tech eligible for 2021 postseason
Georgia Tech athletic director Todd Stansbury says the school met the requirements of its men’s basketball postseason ban as part of punishments from the NCAA even though most of the postseason was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to fans Thursday made available to the public, Stansbury said he was recently informed […]
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1st results in on Gilead coronavirus drug; more study needed
More than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients improved after receiving an experimental antiviral drug, although there’s no way to know the odds of that happening without the drug because there was no comparison group, doctors reported Friday. The results published by the New England Journal of Medicine are the first in COVID-19 patients […]
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While millions of Americans celebrate Easter in unusual ways, every state is under a disaster declaration for the first time in history
Easter Sunday dawned across America like none before it. Millions of Americans are celebrating in the shadow of the coronavirus, forcing many congregations to celebrate online in an effort to honor social distancing efforts. But some planned to gather anyway, putting public health restrictions on a collision course with religious institutions. The country has recorded […]
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Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump’s pandemic response
By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late. Interviewed at Davos, a gathering of global elites in the Swiss Alps, the president on Jan. 22 played down the threat posed by the respiratory virus from China, which had just reached American shores in the form […]
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From people and firms desperate for aid, one question: When?
It’s been two weeks since President Donald Trump signed into law a $2.2 trillion economic rescue package that will distribute money to struggling individuals and businesses. It feels like a lot longer than that to James Stearns of Gulfport, Mississippi. His job installing vinyl floors was reduced to just one day a week because of […]
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Amid pandemic, Christians mark an Easter like no other
Christians around the world celebrated Easter Sunday isolated in their homes by the coronavirus while pastors preached the faith’s joyous news of Christ’s resurrection to empty pews. One Florida church drew a large turnout for a drive-in service in a parking lot. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the first major world leader to test […]
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Africans in Guangzhou are on edge, after many are left homeless amid rising xenophobia as China fights a second wave of coronavirus
The African community in Guangzhou is on edge after widespread accounts were shared on social media of people being left homeless this week, as China’s warnings against imported coronavirus cases, they say, stokes anti-foreigner sentiment. In the southern Chinese city, Africans have reported being evicted from their homes by landlords and turned away from hotels, […]
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Trump leaves trail of unmet promises in coronavirus response
For several months, President Donald Trump and his officials have cast a fog of promises meant to reassure a country in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump and his team haven’t delivered on critical ones. They talk numbers. Bewildering numbers about masks on the way. About tests being taken. About ships sailing to the rescue, breathing […]
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The farmworkers putting food on America’s tables are facing their own coronavirus crisis
More than a million farmworkers aren’t hunkered down at home as the coronavirus pandemic paralyzes much of the country. Their labor — in fields, orchards and packing plants — is keeping food on America’s tables. But workers and groups who represent them are sounding an alarm. Their warning: As the virus spreads, many farmworkers are […]