Fact Check: Yes, CDC Guidelines Do Suggest a Scarf — as a Last Resort
CLAIM: President Donald Trump: “You can use a scarf … if people want to do it, there’s certainly no harm to it.” VERDICT: MOSTLY TRUE. While no substitute for a proper mask, scarves are a last resort in times of shortage. President Trump and members...
‘Save someone else’: 30-year-old with terminal leukemia and coronavirus tells docs to stop meds
“Save someone else.” The words spoken by Liam Downing, soon after learning that his leukemia was terminal and his coronavirus test was positive, have plucked heartstrings around the world. Barely 30, the popular DJ from Leeds, England, died a few days after celebrating that milestone...
‘We will get to the bottom of what happened and when and by who’
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker promised answers Tuesday afternoon on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, where 13 veterans have passed away since last week. The governor said the state’s primary focus is on stabilizing the health and safety of...
Mexico’s coronavirus measures blasted by critics as too little, too late
Mexico has started taking more proactive measures against stemming the COVID-19 pandemic, but critics have warned that the nation of some 129 million has waited too long to prevent the crisis now unfolding in the United States. As of Tuesday, Mexico had reported nearly 1,100...
Coronavirus deaths top 4,000 in US, surpass China
The number of coronavirus related deaths topped 4,000 in the U.S. on Tuesday night, just one day after reaching the 3,000 mark. The U.S. has now surpassed China by over 700 COVID-19 fatalities — as the White House coronavirus task force said it projects 100,000...
Coronavirus: Pandemic is biggest crisis for world since WW2, says UN
The global coronavirus is the worst crisis the world has faced since World War II, the head of the United Nations has warned. Antonio Guterres spoke as the UN launched a report on the social and economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The new...
Van Gogh painting stolen during Dutch museum’s COVID-19 closure
A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen from a museum closed in order to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, police have confirmed. The burglary from the Singer Laren museum, located 32 kilometres south-east of Amsterdam, occurred on what would have...
Didier Drogba: How Ivory Coast striker helped to halt civil war in his home nation
Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan’s second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world’s great gladiatorial arenas. Yet this small ground – known as the Red Castle – became the setting for one of football’s most extraordinary tales. The date was 8 October 2005....
SA president announces start of mass testing
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched a mass screening programme for coronavirus. On Monday evening, the president said 10,000 field workers would be visiting homes to screen people – and those found with symptoms would be quarantined either in their homes or in hospitals....
Somalia closes down madrassas to stop virus
The government of Somalia has ordered the closure of all religious schools or madrassas in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus. It has urged people to pray from home for the next two weeks instead of going to the mosque. Although there have...
Why a Frenchman built a ‘Tudor’ castle in Burkina Faso
Originally from France, Thibault Fornier, 55, and his business partner Jean Koala, 28, have spent the last 10 years building a “Tudor” castle, complete with turrets and battlements, on the outskirts of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou. Hamerkop Manor is loosely based on Hampton Court Palace,...
Coronavirus: Greatest test since World War Two, says UN chief
The current coronavirus outbreak is the biggest challenge for the world since World War Two, UN Secretary General António Guterres has warned. He said it could bring a recession “that probably has no parallel in the recent past”. His warning comes amid dire predictions about...
Coronavirus – 100 smuggling ships anchored off North Korea as Kim Jong-un fears they’re plagued with killer bug
MORE than 100 North Korean smuggling ships lie anchored offshore as Kim Jong-un fears they may bring in coronavirus, it has been revealed. Satellite photos show the huge ghost fleet sitting off the coast – as Pyongyang continues to claim it has no confirmed cases...
I Just Got Out Of The COVID-19 ICU
I live with two unrelated roommates even though I’m 51 years old, I have multiple day jobs (nursing, and working with high school students) that support my art (performing comedy), and until two weeks ago I hated New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a stunning...
With hospitals under siege, U.S. to build hundreds of temporary coronavirus wards
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which converted a New York convention center into a 1,000-bed hospital in the space of a week, is searching for hotels, dormitories, convention centers and large open space to build as many as 341 temporary hospitals, the chief of...
A Darwinian approach to federalism’: States confront new reality under Trump
The Trump White House is doubling down on a strategy to govern the coronavirus pandemic: pushing authority and responsibility for the response onto the states. As the virus spreads across the U.S. and new hot spots emerge in states such as Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan and...
New York City Hospitals Struggle To Get Virus Testing Online Amid Patient Surge
Some New York City hospitals are still unable to perform reliable on-site coronavirus testing for patients and staff who show symptoms of COVID-19 and must instead wait days for results from outside laboratories, even as the city’s hospital beds fill up with seriously ill people....
Coronavirus updates: Deaths in U.S. surpass China’s reported death toll
The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States topped China’s reported death toll Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 3,400 people have died in the United States. About 3,300 have died in China, where the outbreak originated. Americans have seen their country...
Coronavirus live updates: Need to prepare for ‘battle’ at the apex, Cuomo says
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has infected more than 823,000 people around the world. Over 174,000 of those patients have recovered from the the new respiratory virus, which causes an illness known officially as COVID-19. More than 40,000 people across the globe have died,...
With Coronavirus On 97 Bases, the Military Struggles With Its Many Missions
In a message to families posted on Facebook, division commander Maj. Gen. Brian Mennes said the troops were returning home “sooner than anticipated”—60 days earlier than previously planned—in response, he said, to the commander-in-chief’s desire to downsize forces in Afghanistan but also an accelerated schedule...
COVID-19 model says Minnesota is saving tens of thousands of lives by staying home
Minnesotans are preventing tens of thousands of coronavirus deaths by making unprecedented sacrifices of personal freedoms and commerce in the face of the pandemic, according to the model that informed Gov. Tim Walz’s “Stay at Home” order. The model suggests the number will easily be...
Devon Horse Show and Country Fair canceled due to coronavirus outbreak
Devon Horse Show and Country Fair has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak across the region, event organizers announced on Monday. The 124th edition of the event was scheduled to be held May 21-31 in the Main Line town. Event organizers said that postponement...
Coronavirus Cases in Illinois Top 5,000 With 73 Fatalities
One day after Illinois saw its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, the state reported yet another climb, topping 5,000 confirmed diagnoses on Monday. A total of 5,057 coronavirus cases have now been confirmed, along with 73 deaths, according to the...
Coronavirus: Tampa pastor out on bond after allegedly violating safer-at-home order
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Tampa Bay area pastor has bonded out of jail after he was arrested following large services that were held at his church over the weekend despite social distancing guidelines that have been put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic....
Spain records its highest number of new coronavirus deaths
MADRID — Spain recorded on Tuesday 849 new coronavirus deaths, the highest number since the pandemic hit the southern European country, according to the country’s health ministry. With both new infections and deaths up around 11% each, to a total of 94,417 confirmed cases and...
San Diego County confirms 603 coronavirus cases
SAN DIEGO — The number of COVID-19 cases in San Diego County increased by 84 to 603 Monday, but the number of deaths remained at seven. The figures released Monday were skewed by the inability to send test results to the county government on weekends,...
The Inventor of Dyson Vacuum Cleaners Built a COVID-19 Ventilator in 10 Days
Sir James Dyson, the founder of Dyson Ltd., whose cordless vacuum cleaners and hairstyling products have charmed the world, has designed a hospital ventilator for treating severe COVID-19 patients in less than 10 days to fulfill the alarming shortage of this device worldwide. The Dyson...
Coronavirus: Is Bay Area social distancing lockdown working? Some see progress
Two weeks into the Bay Area’s first-in-the-nation public lockdown to slow the spread of the deadly new coronavirus, doctors and local health officials are anxiously debating a question with literal life-or-death consequences: Is it working? By some accounts, there are encouraging signs. Contra Costa County...
New Report Finds Americans Willing To Trust Scientific Knowledge Of Anyone Holding Glass Beaker Up To Light
WASHINGTON—A new report released Monday by the Pew Research Center Monday revealed that Americans were much more willing to trust the scientific knowledge of anyone holding a glass beaker up to the light. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a graduated cylinder or Erlenmeyer flask, if...
Two new road maps lay out possible paths to end coronavirus lockdowns
This story originally appeared on STAT, a health and medicine website that provides ambitious coverage of the coronavirus. Go here for more stories on the virus. Try STAT Plus for exclusive analysis of biotech, pharma, and the life sciences. With Covid-19 racing through the country,...