The Navy has removed 126 medical staff members from its hospital ship docked off Los Angeles after seven of them tested positive for COVID-19
Carol Semple
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Virus sours business for already-reeling dairy industry
Farmers from Florida to Maine are dumping milk because no plants will take it and the price paid to farmers has collapsed again.
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Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World
Trump says he, not governors, will decide on easing guidelines
Under the Constitution, public health and safety is primarily the domain of state and local officials. It was not clear what, if any, authority Trump could use to overrule their decisions.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sanders endorses Biden as ex-rivals join forces to beat Trump
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his own campaign last week.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Nation & World
Bunnies to the rescue as virus undercuts Belgian chocolatiers
Easter Sunday is normally the most important date on Belgian chocolate makers’ calendar, so some producers offer eggs or bunnies in medical masks.
Posted inNation & World
World virus deaths exceed 100,000; New York region hit hard
As of Friday, the three-state metropolitan area accounted for more than half the nation’s roughly 18,000 deaths, with other hot spots in places such as Detroit, Louisiana and Washington, D.C.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
British Prime Minister Johnson out of intensive care as his condition improves
Boris Johnson remains in a hospital and is receiving close monitoring as he tries to recover from COVID-19.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Gov. Cuomo says virus killed a ‘breathtaking’ 799 New Yorkers in a single day
But even as the death toll grows to more than 7,000, New York hospitals hope the fever is breaking.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Democrats stall Trump’s $250 billion aid package over protection for some businesses, state governments
Democrats are demanding protections for minority-owned businesses and money for health care providers and state and local governments.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World
Second U.S. study for COVID-19 vaccine uses skin-deep shots
These early-stage studies are a first step to see if a vaccine appears safe enough for larger tests needed to prove whether it will protect against the new coronavirus.