Apr 06 Desperate hunt for food by Peru's poor amid virus quarantine By Franklin Briceno, Associated Press Pushing a shopping cart with two children, César Alegre emerges from the large, deteriorated house near Peru's presidential palace that is shared by 45 families to search for food. The 52-year-old says his families eats only once or twice a… Continue reading
Apr 06 Stocks rise sharply on signs of progress in battling virus By Stan Choe, Associated Press Stocks jumped in markets around the world Monday after some of the hardest-hit areas offered sparks of hope that the worst of the coronavirus outbreak may be on the horizon. Continue reading
Apr 06 Governors plead for food stamp flexibility amid pandemic By Astrid Galvan, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press State governments and food security activists across the country are imploring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make the food stamp program more flexible and easier to access at a time when so many people are losing their jobs and… Continue reading
Apr 06 Chaos and scrambling in the U.S. oil patch as prices plummet By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press The global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has devastated the oil industry in the U.S., which pumps more crude than any other country. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 7:43 Pandemic brings telehealth to the forefront The University of Mississippi and other medical groups have been pioneering the use of telemedicine to connect people living in the state's rural areas to health care. But while telemedicine has been slow to take off nationwide, the spread of… Continue watching
Apr 05 No COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options coming By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Home testing for the new coronavirus may sound like a good idea, but U.S. regulators say it’s still too risky. They’ve stopped companies that quickly launched home-testing kits until they can show their products can accurately detect the virus. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 5:57 The potential consequences of the auto emissions rollback By PBS NewsHour Earlier this week, in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration relaxed automobile fuel efficiency standards that were put in place under the Obama administration to combat climate change. Coral Davenport, energy and environment policy reporter for… Continue watching
Apr 03 For workers affected by coronavirus job cuts, insurance marketplaces may offer help By Tom Murphy, Associated Press The health insurance markets are a backbone of the Obama-era law that President Donald Trump has tried to demolish. They are now seen as a key option to help protect people from devastating medical bills while they search for another… Continue reading
Apr 03 3M fires back at Trump over order to produce more face masks, stop exports By David Koenig, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The company said the administration asked it to stop exporting medical-grade masks to Canada and Latin America, which the company said raises “significant humanitarian implications” and will backfire by causing other countries to retaliate against the U.S. Continue reading
Apr 03 White House convenes oil CEOs as bust threatens U.S. boom By Ellen Knickmeyer, Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press Executives of Chevron, Exxon and other large and medium-size petroleum companies and industry trade groups, as well as Republican lawmakers convened at Friday's White House gathering with President Donald Trump. Continue reading