March 30, 2020 8:02 PM ET Vendors at Wuhan, China’s so-called wet markets sell everything from peacocks to kangaroos, and even an occasional camel or cat, according to reports in February. Experts say these wet markets are where coronavirus, or COVID-19, originated in early December 2019 before hitting the United States, where it has killed…
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Here’s A List Of Some Of The Most Unusual Animals, Reptiles Available At A Typical Wuhan Wet Market
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More States Lockdown As Truckers Save The World
March 31, 2020 by
March 31, 2020 12:41 AM ET On today’s podcast we discuss how more states are issuing “stay at home” orders in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and how the actions of morons contributed to these orders. We also speak to three truck divers about the regulations and other issues that make their jobs harder…
EXCLUSIVE: ‘They Didn’t Care’: As Coronavirus Crippled Small Businesses, Some Lenders Pounced
March 31, 2020 by
At a time when American individuals and businesses are banding together, cash advance companies are aggressively going after small businesses struggling due to coronavirus. One company, Itria Ventures, filed numerous lawsuits foreclosing on small businesses amid the crisis but discontinued many of those suits after the Daily Caller News Foundation attempted to contact the businesses…
U.S. coronavirus death toll rises past 3,000 on deadliest day
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – People cheered the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort as it sailed into New York on Monday, a beacon of the national effort to stanch the coronavirus outbreak at its U.S. epicenter as the number of cases soared. Painted a gleaming white and adorned with giant red crosses, the 1,000-bed converted oil…
California COVID-19 hospitalizations double in four days: governor
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FILE PHOTO: A sailor treats a patient aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy, which was deployed to serve as a referral hospital for non-coronavirus disease (COVID-19 patients) currently admitted to shore-based hospitals, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 29, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erwin Jacob Miciano/Handout via REUTERS. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) -…
Factbox: Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
March 31, 2020 by
(Reuters) – Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic. DEATHS, INFECTIONS – More than 738,500 people have been infected across the world and about 35,000 have died, according to a Reuters tally. – For…
Coronavirus hits hundreds of U.S. police amid protective gear shortages
March 31, 2020 by
New York (Reuters) – When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday, none wore a mask or gloves to protect them from coronavirus. Members of the New York Police Department work during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S.,…
Meadows resigns from Congress, heads to White House | TheHill
March 30, 2020 by
Rep. Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsMnuchin emerges as key asset in Trump’s war against coronavirus The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Airbnb – Senators clinch deal on T stimulus package White House, Senate reach deal on trillion stimulus package MORE (R-N.C.) resigned from Congress Monday evening ahead of starting at the White House as President TrumpDonald John TrumpHealth insurers…
Trump seeks to sell public on his coronavirus response | TheHill
March 30, 2020 by
President TrumpDonald John TrumpHealth insurers Cigna, Humana waive out-of-pocket costs for coronavirus treatment Puerto Rico needs more federal help to combat COVID-19 Fauci says April 30 extension is ‘a wise and prudent decision’ MORE is aggressively seeking to sell the public on his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, a push slammed by critics for…
Ford and GE Plan to Make 50,000 Ventilators in Michigan in 100 Days
March 30, 2020 by
America’s industrial might is being marshaled to fight the coronavirus. Ford announced Monday that it is partnering with GE Healthcare to build 50,000 ventilators in Michigan in 100 days. The critical care devices will be built by United Auto Worker (UAW) union members at Ford’s Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ford said production of…
Donald Trump Rips Jim Acosta for ‘Nasty, Snarky Question’ During Briefing
March 30, 2020 by
“Let’s give it a shot,” President Donald Trump said as he called on CNN’s White House reporter Jim Acosta during a White House press briefing on Monday. Acosta, who has been absent for a while at the daily coronavirus briefing, asked Trump to address the “people who are upset with you” for downplaying the threat…
Mike Lindell at the White House: Read Bible, Spend Time with Family
March 30, 2020 by
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell spoke at the White House on Monday, explaining to the American people what his company was doing to help during the coronavirus crisis, but he also had some words of spiritual advice for the country. “I encourage you to use this time at home to get back in the word,…
Donald Trump: GPS Tracking for Coronavirus ‘A Bit Severe’
March 30, 2020 by
President Donald Trump reassured Americans on Monday at the White House that he was not seriously considering dramatic government controls over their lives as the country continues fighting the spread of the coronavirus. The president was asked about the possibility of GPS tracking during the White House press conference on Monday. “The GPS, that’s a…
USNS Comfort captain on arrival in NYC: ‘Excited to be here and excited to get started’
March 30, 2020 by
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Capt. Patrick Amersbach, the commanding officer of the hospital ship USNS Comfort, told “Bill Hemmer Reports” Monday that his crew should be ready to receive patients Tuesday.”Job one for us is to get set up and make sure we are ready to receive patients tomorrow,” said Amersbach, who added…
New coronavirus test can return results in 5 minutes
March 30, 2020 by
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A new test for COVID-19 that can be run from a doctor’s office and gives results in five minutes was approved for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday.The test developed by medical device company Abbott…
Coronavirus could be airborne, study suggests
March 30, 2020 by
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.It may be possible for the novel coronavirus to transmit through the air, a new study released over the weekend suggests.In a joint study by the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of…
Former CDC Chief Dr. Tom Frieden: Coronavirus straight talk – the letter that should be sent to every American
March 30, 2020 by
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.In May of 1988, I was working as a medical resident in New York City. AIDS was front and center for the hundreds of patients we cared for and for whom we could do so little, and for ourselves, fearing needle sticks as we drew blood dozens…
CBS News Appears To Air Footage Of Italian Hospital While Reporting On New York’s Coronavirus Crisis
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March 30, 2020 12:27 PM ET CBS News appeared to air footage of an Italian hospital while reporting on New York hospitals and the ventilator shortage on March 25. “CBS This Morning” discussed Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s allegation that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) only gave the state 400 ventilators when they…
REPORT: Bob Iger To Forgo Salary, Top Disney Executives Take Pay Cuts Amid Coronavirus Crisis
March 30, 2020 by
March 30, 2020 12:41 PM ET Former Disney CEO Bob Iger and other top executives will reportedly take a pay cut during the coronavirus crisis. Iger will forgo his entire salary while top execs, including new CEO Bob Chapek, will take a 50% pay cut, according to a report published Monday by The Hollywood Reporter.…
FDA Issues Emergency Authorization Of Anti-Malaria Drugs As Doctors Herald Results For Coronavirus Patients
March 30, 2020 by
March 30, 2020 10:40 AM ET The United States Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for donated anti-malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate as doctors say the drugs are showing positive results for coronavirus patients. The FDA issued the authorization to allow doctors to distribute and prescribe the anti-malaria drugs to…
Liberty University Accuses NYT Of Misleading Public Over Liberty Coronavirus Cases
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March 30, 2020 12:34 PM ET The president of Liberty University accused The New York Times of misleading the public over the amount of coronavirus cases at the school. Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said Sunday that The New York Times had lied about the university, adding that “there have been no cases of…
Southern Churches Draw Hundreds To Sunday Services Despite Coronavirus Restrictions
March 30, 2020 by
March 30, 2020 11:31 AM ET Hundreds of church-goers attended religious services in Louisiana and Florida over the weekend, despite government coronavirus restrictions. About 500 people attended a church service at Life Tabernacle church in Louisiana, just outside of Baton Rouge. The people gathered to worship after New Orleans police broke up a Saturday “funeral…
Spread of coronavirus accelerates in U.S. jails and prisons
March 30, 2020 by
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sean Hernandez says he covers his mouth and nose with a t-shirt or towel when he leaves his cell, the only defense he can improvise against the coronavirus outbreak now sweeping through New York’s Rikers Island jail system. FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of Rikers Island, a prison facility, where…
Deaths, intubations swamp New Orleans doctors in coronavirus surge
March 30, 2020 by
(Reuters) – Emergency room doctor Thomas Krajewski stopped at the hospital room door at 2 a.m. to glance at the chart. He knew instantly the long odds faced by the patient inside: A man in his 70s, with a fever, short of breath. “Do you mind calling my son?” the patient asked him. “My two…
On Oklahoma plains, an island of near normality in a pandemic
March 30, 2020 by
GUYMON, Okla., March 28 (Reuters) – On red cobbled Main Street in Guymon, the biggest town in Oklahoma’s panhandle, Jesus Ruiz gives “high and tight” hair cuts as a red, white and blue barber’s pole turns lazily outside. About half the customers in the barber shop work at the busy pork processing plant in Guymon,…
Indian police fire tear gas at jobless workers defying coronavirus lockdown
March 30, 2020 by
NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Police in India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers defying a three-week lockdown against the coronavirus that has left hundreds of thousands of poor without jobs and hungry, authorities said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the country’s 1.3 billion people to remain indoors…
UK Govt Knew NHS Could Not Handle a Pandemic Three Years Ago
March 30, 2020 by
The British government was made aware three years ago that the National Health Service (NHS) would be overwhelmed in the event of a severe pandemic, yet it kept the findings secret from the public and failed to implement reforms before the coronavirus outbreak. In October 2016, a cross-government test under the codenamed Exercise Cygnus was…
Police Site to Inform on People During Lockdown So Popular It Crashes
March 30, 2020 by
(AFP) — New Zealanders have become so keen to report their neighbours for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules that police on Monday said a website dedicated to addressing the issue crashed soon after going live. The South Pacific nation is in the midst of a four-week Covid-19 lockdown, with residents under orders to stay at home…
Delingpole: Dissenting Voices Question ‘Police State’ Virus Policies
March 30, 2020 by
Lockdown measures imposed by governments to tackle coronavirus may be excessive and based on false assumptions, according to some senior doctors and scientists and former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption. Lord Sumption has criticised the British government’s lockdown measures on the grounds of liberty. Writing in the Times, he raises concerns that Britain is being turned…
FDA Gives Emergency Authorization of Hydroxychloroquine Use
March 30, 2020 by
The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency authorization Sunday for hydroxychloroquine, a drug already used to treat malaria and other ailments, which has shown anecdotal efficacy against coronavirus. The use of the drug — often paired with azithromycin — has not yet been proven in clinical trials to be effective against the disease.…