Apr 28 Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer By Collin Binkley, Associated Press President Donald Trump says states should "seriously consider" reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens already have said it would be unsafe for students to return until the summer or fall. Continue reading
Apr 27 Masks, temperature checks mark 'new normal' at reopening restaurants By Kate Brumback, Russ Bynum, Associated Press Some of the nation's restaurants reopened for dine-in service, but it was a different experience than before the coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 8:26 How this bipartisan plan proposes scaling up contact tracing As the U.S. grapples with the novel coronavirus, a bipartisan group is putting together an ambitious plan to scale capacity to track and contain the virus. Andy Slavitt, former director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, joins Judy… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 5:50 Health care in rural America was already fragile. Can it survive COVID-19? Cases of COVID-19 have been rising in some rural parts of the U.S. -- many of which were already squeezed for medical care before the pandemic. With fewer resources available in these places, a spike in patients requiring hospitalization and… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 7:42 Why losing a loved one amid COVID-19 means a different kind of goodbye By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz, Rachel Wellford The spread of COVID-19 has dramatically altered the way Americans both live and die. We asked our viewers to share their stories about losing loved ones during the pandemic, whether to COVID-19 or to something else. Amna Nawaz reports on… Continue watching
Apr 27 In shift, Bloomberg offers ex-campaign staff health coverage By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Bloomberg had initially enticed staffers to join his long-shot presidential campaign by offering generous benefits and pay and promising them employment through November, even if he didn't win the Democratic nomination. But after a poor showing on Super Tuesday, Bloomberg… Continue reading
Apr 27 WATCH: Trump, White House coronavirus task force hold news briefing By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The White House is preparing new guidelines on coronavirus testing and reopening businesses as it seeks to regain its footing after weeks of criticism and detours created in part by presidential sideshows. Continue reading
Apr 27 Riots, escapes and fear as coronavirus hits juvenile centers By Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Associated Press As of Sunday, 150 juveniles and 283 staff had tested positive for COVID-19 at facilities nationwide, according to an unofficial log being kept by Josh Rovner at the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit The Sentencing Project. Continue reading
Apr 27 Brazil may be the next big hot spot as other nations ease up By David Biller, Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Adam Geller, Associated Press Brazil is emerging as potentially the next big hot spot for the coronavirus amid President Jair Bolsonaro's insistence that it is just "a little flu" and that there is no need for the sharp restrictions that have slowed the infection's… Continue reading
Apr 27 Why ventilators are increasingly seen as a 'final measure' with COVID-19 By Grace Birnstengel, Next Avenue Health care providers are concerned that anxious Americans don't understand what it means to go on and then come off a mechanical ventilator, how the machines are being deployed in U.S. hospitals and the necessity of using this information to… Continue reading