Category: News


‘Our moon shot’: Vaccine makers go ahead with unproven candidates to meet 2021 goal – that experts say may be unrealistic


In a series of breathtaking multibillion-dollar bets by vaccine makers, possible candidates to fight the new coronavirus are being prepared for production across the globe, before it’s even known whether any of them will work.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/04/23/coronavirus-vaccine-makers-covid-19-crisis/2983177001/

Coronavirus live updates: Trump criticizes Georgia governor’s reopening plan; U.S. deaths started sooner than we thought; market surges


President Donald Trump applauded efforts to open up state economies Wednesday as the nation’s death toll surpassed 45,000 and a top public health official warned that a second coronavirus wave could create bigger challenges than the current crisis.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/22/coronavirus-updates-cdc-paycheck-protection-georgia-states-reopening/2997805001/


Trump says he’ll ask Harvard to return coronavirus relief money


President Trump accused Harvard University of “taking” money from the federal government as part of the Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act, intended to benefit small businesses and said he will be asking that they pay it back.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-ask-harvard-to-return-coronavirus-relief-money

Coronavirus: Immigration To Us To Be Suspended Amid Pandemic, Trump Says


President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52363852

‘He didn’t understand.’ Trump slams Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, outspoken critic on testing


President Donald Trump, who has often used his daily coronavirus briefings to criticize Democratic governors in places like New York and California, extended his reach Monday to swing at a GOP state leader who has become a critic of the president’s insistence that states are prepared to ramp up testing.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/20/coronavirus-trump-criticizes-republican-gov-larry-hogan-over-testing/5168978002/


After a coronavirus surge, New York City’s hospitals holding their own – and hope they ‘have hit a plateau’


NEW YORK – Area hospitals are still consumed by efforts to treat and slow the coronavirus, but after weeks of grappling with a surge of patients – one that forced health officials to get creative by opening field facilities – the city hopes it has turned a corner.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/16/coronavirus-new-york-city-hospitals-plateau/2992258001/