New York Tourist Arrested In Honolulu After Posting Hawaii Beach Photos
HONOLULU (AP) — A tourist from New York was arrested for allegedly violating Hawaii's traveler quarantine after he posted on Instagram photos of himself sunbathing and carrying a s...
Obama Criticizes Virus Response In Online Graduation Speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation's response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates in an online comm...
Cuomo: New Virus Cases In NY Coming From People Leaving Home
NEW YORK (AP) - New York’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases are predominantly coming from people who left their homes to shop, exercise or socialize, rather than from essential workers...
Ivanka Trump Tours Launch Of USDA’s Family Food Box Program
LAUREL, Md. (AP) — Billions of dollars worth of fruit, vegetables and other farm products that might have gone to waste because of the coronavirus pandemic will instead be delivere...
Sailors On Sidelined Carrier Get Virus For Second Time
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five sailors on the U.S. aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and have been taken ...
Dems Push $3T Coronavirus Relief Bill Toward House OK
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed Congress’ biggest coronavirus relief bill yet toward expected House passage Friday, a $3 trillion behemoth they said a beleaguered country badly ...
‘Rogue’ Minyans And Divided Ranks: Orthodox Rabbis Are Increasingly Split Over Safety Of Communal Prayer
NEW YORK (JTA) – When the coronavirus pandemic first descended on the United States in March, the Orthodox rabbis of Dallas shuttered their synagogues together in a remarkable show...
NIH Director: Large-scale Vaccine Testing Expected By July
WASHINGTON (AP) - Having a COVID-19 vaccine by January is “a stretch goal,” but the head of the National Institutes of Health is gearing up for a master experiment to rapidly tell ...
Russian Doctors Say Woman Contracted Virus Twice
MOSCOW — Russian doctors say they are treating a woman who may have contracted coronavirus for the second time after recovering from it.
The woman was discharged from a hospital...
Trump Says He’ll Replenish Stockpile For Future Pandemics
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he intends to prepare for future pandemics by replenishing the national stockpile and bringing manufacturing of crit...
Officials Release Edited Coronavirus Reopening Guidance
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from corona...
Renowned Restaurant Adds Mannequins Amid Social Distancing
WASHINGTON, Va. (AP) — One of the country’s most renowned restaurants says mannequins will add a touch of whimsy and help with social distancing when customers return to its grand ...
CDC Alerts Doctors To COVID-19 Linked Condition In Children
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors about a serious rare inflammatory condition in children linked with the coronavirus.
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‘it’s Impossible’: NY Nursing Homes Fret About Testing Order
NEW YORK (AP) — As calls grow nationwide for mandatory coronavirus testing in nursing homes, New York facilities are sounding alarms about the state's ambitious new demand to test ...
Virus Tests Hospitals In Pockets Of US As Some States Reopen
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — From a hospital on the edge of the Navajo Nation to the suburbs of the nation’s capital, front-line medical workers in coronavirus hot spots are strugglin...
NYC Health Chief Under Fire For Alleged Remark About Police
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor expressed concern Thursday over a heated phone call in March between his health commissioner and a top police commander over what was then a d...
UN Chief Warns Psychological Suffering From Virus Is Growing
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments, civil society and health authorities on Wednesday to urgently address mental health needs arising f...
Pandemic Crisis Forecast To Hit Insurers For $200 Billion
LONDON (AP) — The pandemic will cost the insurance industry over $200 billion, according to Lloyds of London, who estimated that its own payouts are now on a par with the Sept. 11,...
EU: Possible Virus Drug Approval ‘Before The Summer’
LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency predicted that there could be licensed drugs to treat the new coronavirus in the next few months and that a vaccine might even be approv...
Wisconsin High Court Tosses Out Governor’s Stay-Home Order
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Gov. Tony Evers' coronavirus stay-at-home order Wednesday, ruling that his administration overstepped its authority whe...