A Phoenix-area man has died and his wife was in critical condition after the couple took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks that is also found in an anti-malaria medication that’s been touted by President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19. MORE
Texas became the latest state to ban abortions “to comply with the state’s temporary suspension of surgeries that are not deemed ‘medically necessary’ amid the COVID-19 outbreak.” “Any type of abortion that is not medically necessary MORE
NU††ER WA†CH Pennsylvania State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R., Clinton) has introduced a resolution calling for A State Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer because the coronavirus pandemic “may be but a punishment inflicted upon us MORE
Terrifying though the coronavirus may be, it can be turned back. China, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan have demonstrated that, with furious efforts, the contagion can be brought to heel. Whether they can keep it MORE
“Numerous calls from patients prompted [our team] to develop a simple self-triage tool to help individuals decide when to treat their symptoms safely at home and when to seek medical help. One of the most important things each of us can do during the ongoing pandemic is to free up medical providers to concentrate on the seriously ill.” MORE
Want to help in the battle against the novel coronavirus? You can put your PC’s graphics processor to work with Folding@home. You’ll join an army of computers running calculations to help scientists understand the virus. MORE
Emma, a 12-year-old girl from Georgia, tested positive for the coronavirus after being diagnosed with pneumonia. The child’s cousin told CNN that, as of Saturday, she was “fighting for her life” on a ventilator. Emma MORE
Senator Amy Klobuchar announced on Monday morning that her husband, John Bessler, is being treated at a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. Klobuchar says that she hasn’t been in the same place with her MORE
Michigan residents have been ordered to stay at home unless they are critical infrastructure workers. “Individuals must secure such services or supplies via delivery to the maximum extent possible,” the new order says. “As needed, MORE
Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the New York Times that he tries to be diplomatic when forced to contradict President Trump on the facts of the coronavirus outbreak. MORE
Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters has learned. MORE
Oscar-winning movie producer Harvey Weinstein, now one of New York’s most notorious prison inmates after being sentenced for sexual assault, has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, according to officials connected to the state prison MORE
Governor Mike DeWine issued a “stay at home” order for all Ohioans on Sunday. The order goes into effect Monday, March 23 at 11:59 p.m. and remains in effect until April 6. Officials will reassess MORE
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statewide stay at home order at a Sunday afternoon press conference, requiring Louisiana residents to shelter at home unless going out for essential tasks effective until April 12. MORE
In a statement released on Sunday, Paul’s deputy chief of staff, Sergio Gor, wrote: “Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was MORE
LE††UCE PREY’S SUNDAY SERMON In a letter to all employees, billionaire CEO David Green told employees that they may have to “tighten their belts” during the pandemic and that the stores would remain open. The MORE
Top congressional leaders and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will meet Sunday, as the Senate moves toward a key procedural vote on a massive $1.6 trillion-plus emergency economic package to deal with the coronavirus crisis. And MORE
The Department of Justice has secretly asked Congress for the ability to detain arrested people “indefinitely” without trial during emergencies. MORE
The authorization was made Friday and tests will begin shipping next week, according to a statement from California-based Cepheid, the company manufacturing the tests. “During this time of increased demand for hospital services, Clinicians urgently MORE
Only 81 miles from mainland China, the island state of Taiwan and its nearly 24 million residents faced a dire threat as the novel coronavirus broke out in Wuhan, China, late last year. But instead MORE
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“This evening we were notified that a member of the Office of the Vice President tested positive for the Coronavirus. Neither President Trump nor Vice President Pence had close contact with the individual,” said Katie MORE
“I think it’s going to work out fine,” Trump said on Feb. 19. “I think when we get into April, in the warmer weather, that has a very negative effect on that and that type MORE
Trump exhibited a meltdown with NBC correspondent Peter Alexander at the Coronavirus press conference, claiming he was a “terrible reporter.” Trump’s tantrum came after Alexander asked him to calm Americans’ fears after 200 deaths and MORE