[Kiro 7, Getty Images] NEW YORK — A temporary field hospital built for $21 million as the coronavirus outbreak threatened to overrun medical facilities in New York has closed without ever seeing a patient. Plans to transform the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal into a temporary 670-bed hospital were announced March 31, a […]
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[Deadline, ShutterStock] Los Angeles County reported 1,032 new COVID-19 cases and 41 new deaths today in the daily total released by the Health Dept. That brings the LA County total to date to 44,055 cases and 2,090 deaths in the pandemic. The County crossed the 2,000 deaths total on Thursday. […]
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[CNN] Basketball Hall of Famer and Georgetown men’s basketball coach Patrick Ewing said Friday he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Ewing, 57, tweeted, “This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly. I want to encourage everyone to stay safe and take care of yourselves and your […]
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[ABC NEWS] In a surprise, he said he’s been taking the drug despite having no symptoms. President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he’s touted as a possible “game changer” treatment for COVID-19. He said he asked the White House doctor if he could take the […]
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[Reuters] Floor traders work space is seen on the trading floor after the closing bell, following traders testing positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 19, 2020. (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes surged on Monday as encouraging early data […]
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[NBC NEWS] Connecting with others online has brought “relief, excitement, sadness that somebody else knows what you’re going through.” Jennifer English was sick, scared and confused. For two weeks, the Oregon City, Oregon, single mother had had no sense of taste, a fever that reached 102.5 degrees and an uncomfortable […]
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[CNN] Washington(CNN)As the coronavirus pandemic stretches past its ninth week, tensions are rising between the White House and the nation’s leading public health agency. In interviews with CNN, senior administration officials in Washington, as well as top officials at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta describe a growing sense […]
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[Newsweek, Getty Images] Researchers have investigated the benefits of taking vitamin D and fish oil supplements. A stock image shows a range of supplements. As the number of COVID-19 cases passes four million, scientists are scrambling to find out everything they can about the virus to develop ways of preventing […]
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[Chicago Tribune] ‘Ladies and gentlemen, we are not Cook County.’ Opposition to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus shutdown has intensified across parts of the suburbs and beyond, as elected officials try to sever their fates from that of Chicago and Cook County. Officials in some towns and counties have asked to […]
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[The Associated Press] BRUSSELS (AP) — New coronavirus clusters have surfaced around the world as nations struggle to balance reopening economies and preventing a second wave of infections, while a top global health official warned Wednesday that COVID-19 could be around for a long time. Authorities in the Chinese city […]
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