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[Reuters] (DETROIT) – In the week since U.S. auto factories reopened after coronavirus lockdowns, workers at all three Detroit automakers have tested positive for COVID-19 but only Ford Motor Co has temporarily closed plants. The U.S. auto industry reopened many plants last week after a two-month shutdown due to the […]
[Zacks, Bigstock] The coronavirus outbreak has now infected more than 5.5 million people globally along with at least 350,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. Moreover, the death toll had touched around 100,000 in the United States. In the current scenario, any progress in vaccine is being closely monitored by […]
[CNN, Getty Images] The World Health Organization has temporarily halted studying hydroxychloroquine as a potential Covid-19 treatment in its Solidarity Trial due to safety concerns, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a briefing in Geneva on Monday. The decision was made after an observational study was published in the medical […]
[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 […]
[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. […]
[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 […]
[Kiplinger] The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has sent global markets into bear territory and economies into recession. And as the pandemic stretches on, it’s inducing a growing number of bankruptcy filings. Though, in most cases, COVID-19 has simply acted as the straw that broke the camel’s back. Consider the retail industry, […]
[The Motley Fool, Getty Images] Skeptics are questioning the biotech’s recent coronavirus vaccine-related announcements. What happened Shares of Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) fell nearly 9% on Thursday, continuing a downward trend that began soon after the biotechnology company’s recent stock sale. So what Moderna’s stock soared on Monday after it released positive data from its phase 1 […]
[NBC] Restaurants across the country including in the Chicago area have implemented coronavirus surcharges to combat rising food prices — a move that has prompted a backlash on social media and scrutiny from customers. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has more on a Chicago eatery contending with that very issue. Harold’s […]
[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 […]