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.
World Mar 11 WATCH: WHO declares that COVID-19 crisis is now a pandemic Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who heads the U.N. agency, said the WHO is “deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity” of the outbreak. He also expressed concern about “the alarming levels of inaction.”…
Health Mar 09 Prisoners in Italy riot amid virus containment, 6 die in overdose There are riots in at least two-dozen lock-ups and officials confirmed six prisoners died after they broke into an infirmary and overdosed on methadone.