APRIL 15, 2020
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Mirimus, Inc. lab scientists works to validate rapid IgM/IgG antibody tests of COVID-19 samples from recovered patients on April 10, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Misha Friedman/Getty Images)
In a phone call last week, some of the nation's top scientists briefed White House officials about...
APRIL 14, 2020
Hundreds have returned home, but conditions in quarantine are often squalid
Thousands of Indians who fled cities to return to their villages after the government imposed a coronavirus lockdown have been running away from quarantine centres.
In government schools and village council buildings thousands of shelters have been set up in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and...
APRIL 14, 2020
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has barred pilots from flying within two days of ingesting anti-malaria drugs that President Trump has touted as possible treatments to COVID-19.
An FAA spokesman said in a statement to The Hill on Tuesday that the decision was made "due to the wide variety of dosages and lack of standardized protocols for...
APRIL 14, 2020
A researcher, unrelated to the study, works on the development of a vaccine against the new coronavirus COVID-19, in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on March 26, 2020. DOUGLAS MAGNO/AFP via Getty Images
Scientists have reported in a preliminary study what they believe is the first significant mutation of the coronavirus which causes the COVID-19...
APRIL 14, 2020
Fox News anchor Bret Baier on Tuesday called out the "hypocrisy" of President Trump's claim the day before that he has "total" authority when it comes to reopening the nation's economy, saying that conservative heads would have "exploded" had former President Obama said the same thing.
Trump, speaking during a White House briefing on Monday, said that...
APRIL 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A team of government officials — led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — has created a public health strategy to combat the novel coronavirus and reopen parts of the country.
Their strategy, obtained by The Washington Post, is part of a larger White House effort to...
APRIL 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump said the U.S. would halt funding to the World Health Organization while his administration investigates what he called the group’s mismanagement of the coronavirus response.
The president faulted the WHO for, in his view, failing to adequately investigate early information about the virus’s ability to spread from one human to another, among other...
APRIL 14, 2020
Nearly 7.5 million small businesses are at risk of closing their doors permanently over the next several months if the coronavirus pandemic persists, according to a survey.
Around two-thirds of entrepreneurs said they may have to shut forever if business disruption continues at its current rate for up to five months, according to a survey published Tuesday by...
APRIL 14, 2020
India’s lockdown has been extended until May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an address to the nation.
The initial 21-day lockdown period ends Tuesday, but some states had urged Modi to extend it further.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted about the decision on Saturday before any formal announcements were made from Modi’s government.
People look...
APRIL 14, 2020
Sudhakar Kumar, (center wearing a mask) a laborer from central India's Uttar Pradesh state, is seen with family members on a sidewalk in New Delhi, India, where they've been living since the country's nationwide coronavirus lockdown put him out of work. CBS/Arshad R. Zargar
New Delhi — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday that India's nationwide...
