As the US health care system has scrambled to track the spread of coronavirus, one of the nation’s largest commercial labs has faced a backlog of tests that ballooned in the last two weeks, and has delayed results in some cases up to 10 days. New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics had about 160,000 coronavirus test orders
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. government is preparing to send out direct payments to help individuals amid the coronavirus pandemic, but those who need the money most may be waiting the longest to see it. The first payments could go out within three weeks, and will likely go to those for whom the Internal Revenue
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Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Wednesday dismissed the President’s proposal of a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to counteract the coronavirus’ economic effects, characterizing the effort as premature compared to the health care crisis triggered by the virus. When asked by CNN’s Erin Burnett whether he gave President Donald Trump credit for his willingness to
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Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Wednesday dismissed the President’s proposal of a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to counteract the coronavirus’ economic effects, characterizing the effort as premature compared to the health care crisis triggered by the virus. When asked by CNN’s Erin Burnett whether he gave President Donald Trump credit for his willingness to
Continue Reading A phone call between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the leading Democratic contender for his position, is in the works to discuss the coronavirus pandemic. “Our teams will be in touch and we will arrange a call,” said Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, in a statement Wednesday evening. The potential
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On a day when more than 800 Americans died of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump used his daily briefing on the pandemic to unveil seemingly unrelated counternarcotics operations that senior officials said would hurt embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. “Today the United States is launching enhanced counternarcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to protect the
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Shin-Soo Choo, an outfielder and designated hitter for the Texas Rangers, is giving every player in the Rangers’ minor league system $1,000 to help alleviate the financial hit they may take amid the coronavirus pandemic. That’s 191 players, meaning the 37-year-old from South Korea is pledging $191,000. “I can help other people,” Choo, who is
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LOS ANGELES, California — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has recommended that the city’s 4 million people wear masks when going outside amid the spreading coronavirus. Garcetti on Wednesday said people in the nation’s second-largest city who are performing essential tasks such as food shopping should wear homemade, non-medical face coverings, or even bandannas, as
Continue Reading California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a pointed question Wednesday for state leaders who haven’t yet issued stay-at-home orders amid the novel coronavirus pandemic: “What are you waiting for?” Newsom, a Democrat, issued the first statewide mandatory restrictions in the United States last month, ordering California’s nearly 40 million residents to stay home to help combat
Continue Reading In the coming weeks, if they have not already, your government is likely to begin advising you to wear a face mask to protect against coronavirus. For those living in Asia, such announcements will be a vindication of a tactic that has been adopted across much of the region since the beginning of the crisis
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Winds will gust to around 35 mph tonight. Winds will pick up again tomorrow with gusts around 30-35 mph out of the SW. Friday looks nice with sunshine and the weekend looks good to with some breezes. Temps will be in the upper 70’s and low 80’s. For the latest forecast and Doppler radar: http://www.kvia.com/weather
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Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, AR (KFSM) — The Rockin’ Baker is a local bakery in Fayetteville that has always had a mission to help people with intellectual disabilities transition into the working world, but now they’re also helping give back to the community. In just over a week, a few employees
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, OR (KPTV) — Gov. Kate Brown has issued an executive order banning commercial evictions in Oregon. Wednesday’s order places a 90-day moratorium on commercial evictions for nonpayment, “in light of the impacts on business owners caused by the COVID-19 crisis,” according to the governor. Brown said the
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In Covid-19’s upheaval of the American economy, supply-and-demand patterns were swiftly knocked out of whack. Almost overnight, entire industries were crippled, sidelining workers and putting millions of people on the unemployment rolls. Seeking to ease the pain and balance out volatility in the labor market, corporations now are forging unlikely alliances and striking cross-industry agreements
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Bay City, MI (WNEM) — A Michigan restaurant is giving the community a reason to smile. The Taste of Bay City is taking on a challenge, cooking nachos and sending them out for delivery every two hours. The deliveries are for essential workers providing necessary services at high
Continue Reading Despite White House claims that President Donald Trump and the administration did everything right in response to the coronavirus, a source close to the task force said tougher social distancing measures implemented earlier in the pandemic could have blunted the severity of the current crisis. It all depends, the source said, whether there were coronavirus
Continue Reading The White House Correspondents Association on Wednesday voted to remove One America News, a small right-wing media organization, from the rotation for a seat in the briefing room, an extraordinary rebuke of the network for violating social distancing guidelines put into place to protect the health of its members. “We do not take this action
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The White House Correspondents Association on Wednesday voted to remove One America News, a small right-wing media organization, from the rotation for a seat in the briefing room, an extraordinary rebuke of the network for violating social distancing guidelines put into place to protect the health of its members. “We do not take this action
Continue Reading There is a glaring messaging gap between President Donald Trump and top public health officials regarding medicines being used to treat coronavirus. While Trump touts them as miracle drugs that are on the brink of saving lives, experts are cautiously waiting for scientific evidence. This dynamic has played out over the past few weeks, and
Continue Reading Sen. Bernie Sanders has called on Wisconsin to postpone its primary next Tuesday amid concerns that voters and poll workers could be exposed to coronavirus. According to CNN Health, the state has recorded more than 1,300 Covid-19 cases and seen nearly two dozen deaths. “People should not be forced to put their lives on the
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence said something truly unbelievable in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday. “I don’t believe the President has ever belittled the threat of the coronavirus,” the vice president told Wolf. Which, even by Pence standards — the VP is an unstinting, 100% supporter of President Donald Trump — is pretty
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A March 28 email from the NYU Langone Health Department of Emergency Medicine Chair told physicians to “think more critically about who we intubate,” according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. “In Emergency Medicine, we do not have the luxury of time, data, or committees to help with our critical triage decisions. Senior
Continue Reading The struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic has opened a new front in the long-running conflict between blue cities and red states. Across a wide array of states with Republican governors, many of the largest cities and counties — most of them led by Democrats — moved aggressively to limit economic and social activity. State
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The struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic has opened a new front in the long-running conflict between blue cities and red states. Across a wide array of states with Republican governors, many of the largest cities and counties — most of them led by Democrats — moved aggressively to limit economic and social activity. State
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EL PASO, Texas — A confirmed coronavirus case tied to an east El Paso nursing home will result in residents there undergoing testing. The nursing director at the Regent Care Nursing Home at 10880 Edgemere Boulevard confirmed to ABC-7 that a former resident has tested positive for the virus and is now hospitalized. “Regent Care
Continue Reading It’s a scenario all too many of us are facing — or will soon face. You or a loved one has a mild fever, body aches, the start of a nagging, dry cough. Food doesn’t taste good nor smell as it once did. Maybe you have shortness of breath or struggle to breath deeply. You’ve
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It’s a scenario all too many of us are facing — or will soon face. You or a loved one has a mild fever, body aches, the start of a nagging, dry cough. Food doesn’t taste good nor smell as it once did. Maybe you have shortness of breath or struggle to breath deeply. You’ve
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — Among the 85 people in the state who have died from coronavirus as of Wednesday afternoon is a 6-week-old baby from Hartford. The newborn is the youngest person this virus has claimed in the state, as many who have died are elderly. Leaders said
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LOS ANGELES, California — A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there amid the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The locomotive crashed through a series of barriers and fences before coming
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