Health May 04 WATCH: Louisiana governor gives coronavirus update In Louisiana, Republican legislators irritated by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ decision to extend the state's stay-at-home order through May 15 were eager to return to work.
Health Apr 26 Many failures combined to unleash death on Italy’s Lombardy As Italy prepares to emerge from the West’s first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in Europe’s hardest-hit country.
World Apr 12 Pope urges solidarity on an Easter of both joy, virus sorrow Pope Francis called for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic, as Christians celebrated a solitary Easter Sunday, blending the joyful feast day with sorrow over the toll the virus has already taken.
Health Mar 30 Hospitals dread the prospect of deciding whom to treat first U.S. hospitals are bracing for a surge in coronavirus patients who need ventilators and other resources that could soon be in critically short supply.
World Mar 27 Italy hopes virus is easing but fears new onslaught in south Doctors and nurses in Italy's overwhelmed northern hospitals have welcomed a slight stabilizing in the number of coronavirus infections but fear the virus is still silently spreading in the south two weeks into the West's most extreme nationwide shutdown.
Health Mar 23 Europe eyes smartphone location data to slow virus spread European governments are evaluating invasive human-tracking tools to pinpoint carriers of the novel coronavirus and determine who they might be infecting, worrying privacy advocates…
Health Mar 20 WATCH: New York Gov. Cuomo orders work from home Cuomo said is he directing all workers in nonessential businesses to stay home and banning gatherings statewide.
World Mar 19 Italian death toll overtakes China’s as virus spreads The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus overtook China’s on Thursday, and infections in the United States climbed past 10,000, in a stark illustration of how the crisis has pivoted toward the West.
Economy Mar 17 ‘How are we going to eat?’ Novel coronavirus tests Europe’s social nets Governments across Europe are deferring tax payments, approving short-term unemployment schemes and paid sick leave to try to cushion the economic blow to businesses and blue collar workers alike from virus-containment measures.
Health Mar 13 ‘Not a wave, a tsunami.’ Italy hospitals at virus limit Every day is a scramble to find more intensive care beds than the critically ill who need them. There still aren't enough protective masks to go around.