Health

Hawaii telescope protesters leave camp due to virus concerns

By Associated Press

Opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Hawaii's Big Island have pulled out of their camp due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.

South Africa has first death as lockdown begins

By Mogomotsi Magome, Nqobile Ntshangase, Jerome Delay, Associated Press

Security forces screamed at people on the streets after midnight in downtown Johannesburg, and homeless people scattered. But people later gathered in crowded townships, with some drinking and children playing.

Water shutoffs in sharp focus amid coronavirus outbreak

By Kat Stafford, Associated Press

Water advocates and elected officials argue that it’s impossible for families to follow the hygienic coronavirus standards outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization when they don’t have water in their homes.

WATCH: Illinois governor gives coronavirus update

By Justin Stabley

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker gives an update on the state’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

WATCH: Florida governor orders visitors from Louisiana to self-quarantine

By Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he is expanding his quarantine order to include Louisiana after officials in the lightly hit Panhandle worried that people will flee New Orleans as the number of positive tests there climb.

WATCH: Pennsylvania governor gives coronavirus update

By Justin Stabley

Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf gives an update on the state’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

Trump signs $2.2 trillion stimulus after swift congressional votes

By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Laurie Kellman, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Acting with unity and resolve unseen since the 9/11 attacks, Washington moved urgently to stem an economic free fall caused by widespread restrictions meant to slow the spread of the virus that have shuttered schools, closed businesses and brought American…

Italy hopes virus is easing but fears new onslaught in south

By Nicole Winfield, Colleen Barry, Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

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.

In Iran, false belief a poison fights virus kills hundreds

By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Standing over the still body of an intubated 5-year-old boy wearing nothing but a plastic diaper, an Iranian health care worker in a hazmat suit and mask begged the public for just one thing: Stop drinking industrial alcohol over fears…

Price-gouging allegation leaves 750,000 face masks in limbo

By John L. Mone, Terry Wallace, Associated Press

The lawsuit alleges that a Tuesday auction by Auctions Unlimited had bidding on N95 respirator masks reaching as high as $180 for a package of 16 masks. Amazon sold a set of 100 for $4.21 in late January.