N.J. woman with coronavirus delivers baby in a coma and lives: ‘I’m extremely grateful that my baby and I are alive’
Mom-to-be Johana Rocio Mendoza Chancay went to a medical clinic to fill out maternity leave paperwork when the doctor noticed her cough. It was the beginning of a frightening odyssey that would turn into a medical miracle. Two days after her March 20 clinic visit,...
Charlie Baker orders schools to stay closed for the rest of the academic year
Massachusetts schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Charlie Baker announced during his Tuesday briefing. Baker extended his earlier order, which closed all schools, public and private, as well as non-emergency child care programs, which will...
Charlie Baker says coronavirus surge in Massachusetts is ‘nowhere near as bad’ as initially feared
Massachusetts may be considered a hotspot of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, but the state’s surge in cases hasn’t been as bad as some initially feared, according to Gov. Charlie Baker. “While it is bad, there’s no question about that, it’s nowhere near...
Protesters Demand States Reopen, Notice Spike In Coronavirus Cases, Infuriate Them By Locking Down Again
WASHINGTON—Pushing back against what they viewed as tyrannical measures, protesters across the country took to the streets Tuesday to hold demonstrations demanding that states reopen, notice a spike in coronavirus cases, and then infuriate protesters by once again locking down. “We urge these governors to...
Franklin County will allow some businesses to reopen Friday
Franklin County Presiding Commissioner Tim Brinker on Tuesday announced the county plans to allow some businesses to reopen as soon as Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic. At midnight Friday Franklin County’s golf courses, movie theaters, concert halls, gymnasiums, exercise and fitness studios, bowling alleys and...
Protesters gather at the Missouri Capitol, downtown Clayton to demand state ‘reopen’
EFFERSON CITY — Several hundred protesters converged outside the state Capitol building Tuesday to demand that Gov. Mike Parson lift his stay-at-home order. Many more protesters in vehicles participated, with drivers honking their horns and passengers waving signs. Parson’s order lasts through May 3, and...
Cuomo, Trump Meet in D.C. to Discuss Testing as NY Tops 250k Cases, Nearly 15k Dead
New York’s single-day death toll fell below 500 (481) for a second straight day Tuesday, but New Jersey posted its highest single-day toll yet If social distancing is continued, new projections say the tri-state may be able to relax restrictions after June 1; when NYC...
Illinois still short of COVID-19 testing goal of 10,000 people a day — and even that might be less than what’s needed
More than three weeks after Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state needed to process 10,000 coronavirus tests each day to get ahead of the outbreak gripping Illinois, average daily testing numbers are still 40 percent short of that goal. While Pritzker and the federal government...
Fourth of July fireworks may be the next victim of coronavirus
Booms accompanied by ooohs and ahhhs. They are Fourth of July fireworks traditions that might be considerably muted this year as coronavirus concerns have led several suburbs to cancel patriotic pyrotechnic displays in what could prove to be a growing trend in the coming days...
‘We Should be Concerned:’ Possibility of Wave of COVID-19 in Fall Could Cause Serious Issues
With state officials still trying to figure out when Illinois will hit its peak of coronavirus cases this spring, there is also concern that another wave of the disease in the fall could once again tax healthcare systems and workers. On Tuesday, Dr. Ngozi Ezike,...
Illinois’ Stay-at-Home Order Could Be Extended Into June, Chicago’s Mayor Says
Illinois’ stay-at-home order could be extended well into May and possibly even June, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday. “April 30 is no longer, I think, a viable date,” Lightfoot said on a conference call with reporters. “I would expect an extension of the stay-at-home...
Fraudulent, deceptive COVID-19 tests appearing across Texas, Austin leaders warn
AUSTIN (KXAN) — While Austin-Travis County’s Interim Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott says COVID-19 testing in Texas will be more “plentiful” in the next sixty days, he’s also concerned that fraudulent and deceptive COVID-19 testing is being carried out in the region. At Austin City...
Mexico shuts down 14 maquiladoras for violating COVID-19 restrictions
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) — The Mexican government has ordered 14 U.S.-run factories shut down in Chihuahua state for violating restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Labor Ministry closed down the factories in Juarez, Chihuahua City, Cuauhtemoc and Parral on Monday, after receiving...
DuPage County plans to help tenants facing eviction during COVID-19 crisis
The number of residential eviction cases in DuPage County is expected to climb as a result of the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, but a judge is looking to help some renters stay in their homes. Judge James McCluskey, who is assigned to eviction court,...
Pritzker suggests extending stay-at-home order as death toll rises by 119
Gov. J.B. Pritzker suggested at his daily coronavirus briefing Tuesday that Illinois’ stay-at-home order will be extended through May. The governor said the number of cases isn’t expected to peak in the state until mid-May. After the peak, he said, people should continue to practice...
Trump Vows to ‘suspend Immigration’ to US Because of Virus
An administration official familiar with the plans, however, said the order will apply to foreigners seeking employment-based green cards and relatives of green card holders who are not citizens. Americans wishing to bring immediate family will still be able to do so, according to the...
California Recommends Virus Tests for Some With No Symptoms
California public health officials say local authorities should test people for the coronavirus in “high risk settings” even if they don’t have symptoms, a change aimed at health care workers, prisoners and the homeless. State officials believe the new guidelines are the first in the...
When will a second wave of coronavirus hit, and what will it look like?
Even before the first horrific phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has run its course, scientists are worried about the second wave of the disease. It could crash worse than the first, killing tens of thousands of people who did such a good job of sheltering...
More U.S. protests call for lifting coronavirus restrictions as governors push back
(Reuters) – Protests flared in U.S. states on Sunday over stay-at-home orders while governors disputed President Donald Trump’s claims they have enough tests for the novel coronavirus and should quickly reopen their economies. An estimated 2,500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol in Olympia...
New York to begin coronavirus antibody testing survey on Monday
New York State on Monday will begin conducting antibody tests to help determine how many New Yorkers were infected by the disease, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday. A sample of 3,000 state residents will start receiving tests from the state Department of Health to detect...
Agreement on more coronavirus financial relief is ‘close,’ Trump says
More than 2.3 million people have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus worldwide as the spread of the virus continues. The global coronavirus death toll stands at more than 165,000, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins...
81-YEAR-OLD VETERAN ANSWERS ARMY’S CALL FOR RETIRED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO HELP WITH CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
When the Army asked retirees to return to active duty to help with the coronavirus response effort, Colonel Arthur Wittich, an 81-year-old doctor, answered the call. “I’m ready to do whatever is necessary, that’s just the way I am,” Wittich told Newsweek. “It’s not that...
Trump Says Some Governors Have ‘Gone Too Far’ With Coronavirus Restrictions
resident Donald Trump on Sunday expressed his belief that some U.S. governors have taken coronavirus restrictions too far in their states, despite health officials’ warnings of a second wave of the disease if social distancing measures are lifted prematurely. Trump on Sunday discussed the protesters...
Sweden claims coronavirus success after keeping country open, says herd immunity imminent
Criticized for refusing to lock down, Sweden’s top health official says herd immunity is inevitable and took credit for the slowing of coronavirus numbers. “According to our modelers, we are starting to see so many immune people in the population in Stockholm that it is...
These are the cities and towns with the highest rates of coronavirus in Massachusetts
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began to rock Massachusetts, state officials released a breakdown of the number of coronavirus cases — and rates — by municipality Wednesday. The numbers confirmed what some hot-spot communities already knew, such as Chelsea, where its location,...
California surpasses 30,000 coronavirus cases; 1,146 deaths confirmed
Just a day after the Bay Area’s deadliest Saturday during the coronavirus pandemic, state officials confirmed California surpassed 30,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. As the virus continued to spread and threaten the state’s 39.7 million residents, new numbers compiled by this news organization show 30,754...
Coronavirus likely to transform world far more than 1918 flu pandemic
The Black Death that struck Europe in the 14th century forced a total reordering of society, permanently rewriting rules between landowners and workers, and between the church and the faithful. The influenza pandemic that swept the globe after World War I, by contrast, left barely...
‘Not happy’: Trump blasts China’s fumbles as feds probe virus origins
President Trump said Sunday that he is “not happy” with China over the communist nation’s early fumbles in disclosing the novel coronavirus, as the U.S. government and intelligence agencies investigate the origins of the virus and whether Beijing initially concealed information about the outbreak. Mr....
Trump’s policies, border wall have been critical in containing coronavirus, CBP chief says: ‘Much better positioned now’
The United States would be in a much worse position to combat the coronavirus if President Trump hadn’t implemented a series of reforms surrounding immigration, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan said this week. “Look at where we’ve come because of this president,...
Students are weary of online classes. But colleges can’t say if they’ll open in fall 2020.
College students say they’ll revolt if universities put another semester of classes online to avoid spreading the coronavirus – but that’s increasingly what campus leaders are considering doing. For Ryan Sessoms, a marketing student at the University of North Florida, the transition to online classes...