Europe
Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19
The prime minister, 55, tweeted a video message confirming he has COVID-19, writing: “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus. MORE
Month: March 2020
Health
Coronavirus: German doctors lay down life-or-death guidelines
German doctors’ associations have agreed on a set of ethical guidelines to help doctors make life-or-death decisions when treating coronavirus patients. MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 13
My favorite cartoon this week: Hey Donald, “Maybe stop talking,” 🙂 And meanwhile, during lockdown, I’m talking to my 93 year old Dad — he’s on lockdown himself in Colorado and having been alive nearly MORE
Newscasts
Trump defies science and ditches ‘Jina’; holds a phone interview with Sean Hannity
“We have people like Governor [Jay] Inslee, he should be doing more. He shouldn’t be relying on the federal government,” Trump, the head of the federal government, griped, before reminding Fox viewers of the governor’s unsuccessful 2020 run. “That’s MORE
Coronavirus
Vacation towns order the wealthy fleeing the Coronavirus: Stay Away!
People with second homes in the Catskills region of New York are being warned to stay away in venom-laced Facebook posts and blunt messages from county officials. Boardwalks and beaches in some Jersey Shore towns MORE
Coronavirus
Coronavirus vaccines: The drugs in development to treat COVID-19
COVID-19, the potentially fatal respiratory illness first detected in December 2019, has spread across the globe, forcing the cancellation of major events, postponing sports seasons, and sending many into self-imposed quarantine and self-isolation. Health authorities MORE
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey says ‘right now is not the time’ for Alabama-wide shelter-in-place order
Gov. Kay Ivey said Thursday she had no plans to issue a stay at home or shelter-in-place order any time soon. The governor made a similar statement on a call for reporters on Monday and MORE
Coronavirus
Bill and Hillary Clinton feed Westchester hospital staffs
On a day when St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers was hit hardest in weeks, nurses, doctors and staff received an unexpected surprise at dinner time. “I got a call from security saying there were MORE
Live Discussions
WH Coronavirus Warriors press briefing: 3-26-20
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on Crashed the Best Economy EVER!!! Trump, Pastor Pence, and the Coronavirus Warriors’ press briefing. More than likely, the Warriors will begin their briefing late as usual but allegedly, they scheduled it for MORE
Coronavirus
Trump tells governors he is setting new coronavirus social distancing guidelines
President Donald Trump told America’s governors in a letter on Thursday that his administration will soon set new social distancing guidelines as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. MORE
Coronavirus
Final testing of Hong Kong dog’s blood concludes it was infected
Despite the conclusive positive reading, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) spokesman stressed that cases of infection in dogs appeared “infrequent”, with most of the city’s quarantined animals testing negative. … further serological testing MORE
2020 Elections
Trump sends cease, desist letter on ad featuring his mad coronavirus musings
President Trump’s re-election campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to local television stations on Wednesday, threatening them with legal action and potentially their broadcast licenses if they continue to air an ad from a Democratic group, Priorities MORE
Newscasts
Watch Governor Cuomo Live
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Thursday morning is slated to give a press briefing on the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in his state, which has become the epicenter in the country for the pandemic.
News
Speaker Pelosi holds her weekly press briefing
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly press briefing Thursday, a day after the Senate passed a $2 trillion economic stimulus bill in response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Economy
U.S. jobless claims surge past 3.28 million
KEY POINTS The number shatters the Great Recession peak of 665,000 in March 2009 and the all-time mark of 695,000 in October 1982. Claims had been expected to hit a record 1.5 million for the MORE
Economy
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell: We may well be in a recession
The coronavirus pandemic is putting unprecedented strain on the U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday in an exclusive interview with Savannah Guthrie on the “TODAY” show, noting, “There can be a good rebound on the other side of this.” MORE
Coronavirus
Hospitals consider universal do-not-resuscitate orders for coronavirus patients
Hospitals on the front lines of the pandemic are engaged in a heated private debate over a calculation few have encountered in their lifetimes — how to weigh the “save at all costs” approach to MORE
Health
G-7 Drops Joint Statement Following Fight Over Language
Originally, the foreign ministers of the G-7 member states had been slated to meet in Pittsburgh this week, […]. Instead, they met on Wednesday for four hours by video conference in the first meeting of MORE
Editorials
The economy versus our lives? A shortsighted argument
The GOP, conservative economists, unqualified pundits, and even the 73-year-old president of the United States have suggested that the short-term economic pain we have just begun inflicting on ourselves to slow the spread of coronavirus MORE
News
Doctor Explains How to Safely Bring Groceries and Take Out Food Into Your Home
“Imagine that your groceries are covered in glitter, and your goal at the end of this is to not have any glitter in your house, on your hands or, especially, on your face,” VanWingen said. MORE
US
A Different Kind of Storm: New Orleans Facing Deadly Virus Outbreak
NEW ORLEANS — Yanti Turang, an emergency room nurse at a New Orleans hospital, walked out into the parking lot in full protective gear early this month to meet a woman with flulike symptoms who MORE
Editorials
OPINION:The President is Crazy
The president is crazy. We see that every day. But he is the president. He won the election – technically. So, we just have to live with it – having a president who is clinically MORE
Coronavirus
Elon Musk Says New York Tesla Factory to Reopen for Ventilator Production
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said his company’s New York factory will open “as soon as humanly possible” to produce ventilators that can help treat severe cases of COVID-19. Musk, who announced the move on MORE
Breaking News
U.S. Senate finally passes the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package
The Senate passed a historic $2 trillion coronavirus relief package Wednesday night, as it tries to stem the destruction the pandemic has brought to American lives and wallets. The bill now heads to the House, MORE
Newscasts
Mississippi governor: ‘Mississippi is not China’
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he is rejecting “dictator models like China” to strictly control people’s movements to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. His comments came a day after he issued an MORE