Health

Panic buying leaves retailers scrambling to restock

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

Grocers big and small are hiring more workers, paying overtime and limiting purchases on certain high demand items as they scramble to restock shelves that have been wiped out by panic shopping in response to the global viral pandemic.

WATCH: Florida governor gives coronavirus update

By Justin Stabley

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis provides an update on how the state is responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

EU to ban most foreign travelers for 30 days to curb pandemic

By Lorne Cook, Associated Press

The leaders of European Union nations have agreed to institute a travel ban that prohibits most foreigners from entering the bloc for 30 days to discourage the spread of the new coronavirus.

St. Patrick’s Day subdued across the world amid virus crisis

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

St. Patrick's Day revelers across the world tried to salvage the holiday with makeshift celebrations after parades and parties were scrapped and residents were urged to hunker down at home to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

‘How are we going to eat?’ Novel coronavirus tests Europe’s social nets

By Aritz Parra, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

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.

WATCH: Confronting Coronavirus — A PBS NewsHour Special

To offer context around these uncertain times, the PBS NewsHour will shed light on what health precautions everyone should take, as well as the pandemic’s economic impact. Watch live here on Thursday, March 19, starting at 8 p.m. ET.

WATCH: Pentagon to provide 5 million respirators to health authorities

By Associated Press

Secretary of Defense, Dr. Mark T. Esper, provided an update on how the Pentagon is responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Why don’t viruses make their original hosts sick? 5 questions answered

By Marcos E. García-Ojeda, The Conversation

Many new diseases evolve to jump from wild animals to people.

State and local officials take harder line on novel coronavirus

By Tim Sullivan, Chris Rugaber, Associated Press

Nearly 7 million people in the San Francisco area were all but confined to their homes Tuesday while Florida put a damper on spring break by ordering the closing of all bars, as state and local officials took an increasingly…

White House seeks $850 billion economic stimulus amid virus crisis

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The White House is proposing a roughly $850 billion economic rescue package Tuesday amid the coronavirus outbreak, a sweeping stimulus for businesses and taxpayers amid unseen since the Great Recession of 2008.