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COVID-19: Ways To Help
As we stay home and roam the virtual world during the coronavirus pandemic it’s easy to find worrying and scary information, and right now it looks like it could be a while until things start MORE
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State Department set to announce Level 4 travel advisory
The State Department is set to announce a Level 4 travel advisory applying to all international travel, its most severe warning, three individuals with knowledge of the pending announcement said. The advisory would instruct all MORE
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Italy: Solidarity in the time of disease
Two Corona Virus Volunteers in Italy There are the long-term residents of the council homes built decades ago, who hang out in the local bars or read newspapers on benches in the pedestrian areas. Then MORE
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The Youngsters Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.
American adults of all ages — not just those in their 70s, 80s and 90s — are being seriously sickened by the coronavirus, according to a report on nearly 2,500 of the first recorded cases MORE
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Without this critical assessment, the government doesn’t know what to buy. Trump still hasn’t done it.
Will Trump be able to get emergency medical supplies fast enough? Source: President Donald Trump on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to get medical equipment to hospitals in the fight against the coronavirus. But don’t expect MORE
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Japanese flu drug could be effective in treating coronavirus, report says
Chinese medical authorities have claimed a drug used in Japan to treat new strains of influenza appears to be effective for those infected with the coronavirus, Japan’s state broadcaster NHK reported. Zhang Xinmin, director of MORE
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Life in China Has Not Returned to Normal, Despite What the Government Says
Over seven years as a media executive living in Asia, Brian Lee has made the two-hour hop from Seoul to Shanghai more times than he can remember. But his last flight, on March 9, will MORE
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Relatable Woman Realizes She’s Been Washing Her Hands With a Block of Cheese
A Reddit user named u/lionellrichie posted a picture of herself holding a solid orange block near the kitchen sink, presumably after giving her hands a good wash. “Just realized my soap wasn’t working because it’s literally a block of cheese,” she wrote. MORE
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Dow Jones Industrial Average: 19,827.25 Watch
As I write this the DJIA is at about 19,457. That is well below Trump’s 2017 inauguration day closing of 19,827.25. I only bring it up because Trump has brought it up many times, taking MORE
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Exclusive: Inside The Military’s Top Secret Plans If Coronavirus Cripples the Government
Even as President Trump says he tested negative for coronavirus, the COVID-19 pandemic raises the fear that huge swaths of the executive branch or even Congress and the Supreme Court could also be disabled, forcing MORE
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France says ibuprofen may aggravate coronavirus. Experts say more evidence is needed
(CNN) France’s health ministry has suggested that popular anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen could worsen the effects of the coronavirus, raising questions over which over-the-counter drugs people should be taking to treat the symptoms of MORE
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French Researcher Posts Successful Covid-19 Treatment
A French research professor has reported a successful trial of a new treatment for Covid-19 which has suggested it can stop the virus from being contagious in six days. Professor Didier Raoult, an infectious disease MORE
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Children and Coronavirus: Research Finds Some Become Seriously Ill
The coronavirus raging around the globe has tended to tread gently with children, who account for the smallest percentage of the tens of thousands of infections identified so far. Now, the largest study to date MORE
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European Union will close external borders for 30 days to slow coronavirus pandemic
European Union member nations agreed Tuesday to close the EU’s external borders for 30 days in a dramatic new effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the planned MORE
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A Generational War Is Brewing Over Slowing and Combatting The Coronavirus
Scientists and government officials fighting the coronavirus epidemic say they have a problem: Carefree youths. As authorities moved to restrict social gatherings last week, bars and restaurants from New York to Berlin filled up with MORE
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The Pentagon separates it’s top civilians from each other as coronavirus cases in DOD reach 37
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist on Monday began limiting the number of people with access to their offices, screening people who enter them, and communicating with each other exclusively via MORE
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Economy Will Rebound in Time for Election after Short, Sharp Recession, Newsweek Poll Says
The coronavirus pandemic is plunging the United States into a recession that could be as sharp as the 2008 financial crash, although the economy will likely rebound before President Donald Trump faces re-election in November, MORE
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Live Again: Press Briefing from the Corona Virus Task Force: 11:30 a.m. EDT Today, 3/17/20
Live Again, the Corona Virus Task Force will have a press briefing today; the latest information regarding deal announced about vaccine development as part of virus mitigation. Source: WhiteHouse.gov
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Dutch embrace ‘herd immunity’ as dire death warning prompts UK to change course
The Netherlands will embrace a “herd immunity” strategy to combat the coronavirus pandemic, just as Britain backs away from its own plans to manage rather than suppress the disease following warnings of 250,000 deaths. MORE
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Paid Sick Leave Bill to Combat Coronavirus Hits a Snag—Senate Republicans
As the coronavirus pandemic increasingly upends daily life across the globe and exacerbates fears of an economic recession in the United States, a stimulus bill that would require some companies to provide their employees with MORE
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Oregon police department asks residents to stop calling 911 because they’ve run out of toilet paper
The Newport Police Department recently posted this on their Facebook page because people kept calling 911 for TP. “It’s hard to believe that we even have to post this,” the police wrote. “Do not call MORE
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Trump to US Governors on Getting Medical Equipment’ “Try Getting It Yourselves!”
President Donald Trump told a group of governors on Monday that they should get vital equipment to treat coronavirus patients on their own. “Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment – try getting it yourselves,” Trump MORE
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Live: Press Briefing; Pence and COVID Task Force
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on Pastor Pence and the Coronavirus Warriors press conference. Here’s the President’s Schedule today — while Pence will be at the press briefing as part of the task MORE
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Coronavirus vaccine test opens with 1st doses
SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday — leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. MORE
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Chick-fil-A and other fast food joints plan to close dining rooms, drive-thru and takeout only
“Our highest priority continues to be the health and well-being of everyone who comes into our restaurants. As we navigate the evolving impact of coronavirus on our communities, we are temporarily closing our dining room MORE