A body is removed from the Centre d’hebergement de Sainte-Dorothee in Laval, Quebec, Canada April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi April 13, 2020 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s nursing homes, which already have seen almost half the country’s total coronavirus deaths, will continue to see fatalities even as the […]
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WHO chief says confident U.S. funding will continue in COVID fight
FILE PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo April 13, 2020 By Stephanie Nebehay and Silke Koltrowitz GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – The head of the World […]
Dow falls 300 points, but Netflix leads Nasdaq into the green
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 fell for the first time in three sessions on Monday as investors continued to weigh the coronavirus outlook while bracing for the start of the corporate earnings season. The 30-stock Dow closed 328.60 points lower, or 1.4%, at 23,390.77. The S&P 500 dipped 1% to […]
George Stephanopoulos reveals COVID-19 diagnosis
Stephanopoulos has been working from home for the past several weeks. via April 13, 2020, 11:13 AM 7 min read 7 min read Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email this article “Good Morning America” anchor George Stephanopoulos has tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. […]
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12-year-old geography fan stuck indoors on birthday fills world map thanks to Twitter
In two days, the sixth grader received over 100,000 replies. via April 13, 2020, 7:09 PM 7 min read 7 min read Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email this article With help from his dad, a boy who loves geography found a creative way to celebrate his birthday in […]
Russia’s coronavirus cases expected to soar
Russia’s coronavirus pandemic appears to be becoming increasingly severe, as the number of cases in the country jumped significantly over the weekend and Moscow’s hospitals have started to be flooded with patients infected with the virus. Russia’s recorded coronavirus cases have been growing by over a thousand a day for […]
Woman loses husband and son to coronavirus within 3 days
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has left one Flint-area woman devastated after the deaths of both her husband and son from COVID-19. Sandy Brown of Grand Blanc lost her 59-year-old husband, Freddie Lee Brown Jr., and her 20-year-old son, Freddie Lee Brown III, within days of each other in late March, […]
Hospital employees’ choir creates uplifting virtual performance
Watch CBSN Live The employee choir from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center wanted to lift spirits during the coronavirus pandemic, so they put together a virtual performance, singing Bruno Mars’ “Count on Me,” together, yet apart. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. View CBS News […]
No, Trump can’t order states to reopen: Constitutional scholars
After weeks of touting states’ rights to decide whether to issue stay-at-home and other mitigation orders, President Trump now says the decision to “open up the states” rests with him, not governors, amid the coronavirus pandemic. But constitutional scholars disagree. As he forms a council to restart the nation’s economy, […]