Google and Apple team up for contact tracing COVID-19 app
The app should hit Android and iOS stores in May. April 10, 2020, 10:22 PM 6 min read 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Apple and…
Help from ventilator stockpile inconsistent as states appeal to feds, Trump
Hours after Republican Sen. Cory Gardner ended his phone call Tuesday evening with President Trump where he stressed the need for Colorado to receive more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients,…
Could a simple blood test for COVID-19 antibodies help reopen the economy?
With a White House increasingly anxious to get the economy in gear and an approved vaccine for the novel coronavirus still months away at best, public health officials are hoping…
With Boris Johnson in the ICU, who’s leading the UK?
The U.K. doesn’t have a clear emergency succession plan for prime ministers. April 8, 2020, 7:52 PM 6 min read 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article…
Trump, other top officials yet to don masks in public despite announcing CDC guidelines
President Donald Trump made the dramatic announcement on Friday after days of internal debate and anticipation: a recommendation that Americans wear cloth masks when they go out in public, guidance…
Trump adviser Navarro clashes with Fauci on hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19
President Donald Trump‘s trade adviser Peter Navarro, who the president recently tapped to help implement the Defense Production Act amid the coronavirus crisis, is publicly pushing back against the nation’s…
Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks order by governor suspending in-person voting, putting Tuesday’s election back on track
Wisconsin’s spring election appears to be back on, after the state Supreme Court blocked an executive order from Gov. Tony Evers, which he issued earlier on Monday to suspend in-person…
Biden says 2020 convention may be ‘virtual,’ will wear mask in public amid COVID-19 outbreak
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the recently delayed Democratic Convention will have to happen, but conceded that it may need to be held…
Rural hospitals rely on big-city safety nets. Coronavirus means there may be no one to save them
In normal times, Mammoth Lakes relies on tourists — skiers who fly into the 8,000-person California mountain town in the winter, and hikers and fishermen who flock there in the…
‘You are not alone’: Chaplains provide emotional support to COVID-19 patients
Rev. David Fleenor, a chaplain at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, visited a nearby morgue Wednesday morning and called the son of a recently deceased COVID-19 patient. “We…