Live, Friday, March 20; 11:45 a.m. Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing
Join us for our Live Discussion during the daily press briefing of the COVID-19 Task Force. Maybe the question of the age will finally be answered, “If not now, when?”
Join us for our Live Discussion during the daily press briefing of the COVID-19 Task Force. Maybe the question of the age will finally be answered, “If not now, when?”
Chinese food, seriously?!?! “O-A-N. Very good. Thank you very much. You treat me very nicely.” Trump fielded an extraordinary question from one of his favorite news outlets at the White House’s daily coronavirus press briefing Thursday, MORE
“We project that roughly 56 percent of our population – 25.5 million people – will be infected with the virus over an eight-week period.” Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office projects that more than half of all MORE
Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania to close their physical locations as of 8 p.m. today to slow the spread of COVID-19. The order, effective immediately and to remain in effect MORE
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
Soon after he offered public assurances that the government was ready to battle the coronavirus, the powerful chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr, sold off a significant percentage of his stocks, unloading between $582,029 MORE
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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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
As early as 10 days ago, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, began warning about the need to social distance and avoid crowds, then on Sunday the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and MORE
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
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
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
In a 90-8 vote, the Senate finally passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The bill now goes to Trump who is expected to sign it into law. The Act will cover: Free coronavirus testing, MORE
Ford, General Motors, and Fiat Chrysler Automotive have given in to UAW demands to close all plants as a precaution against the Coronavirus. Ford Motor Company says after Thursdays shifts, all plants will temporarily close MORE
During his press briefing on Wednesday, Trump, once again, referred to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus.” “It’s not racist at all. No, not at all. It comes from China, that’s why. It comes from China. MORE
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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
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