Jun 11 Coronavirus survivor in U.S. receives double lung transplant By Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press She is in her 20s and was on a ventilator and heart-lung machine for almost two months before her operation last Friday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. It took her body almost that long to clear the virus and be ready… Continue reading
Jun 09 U.S. challenges planned expedition to retrieve Titanic’s radio By Ben Finley, Associated Press The U.S. government will try to stop a company's planned salvage mission to retrieve the Titanic's wireless telegraph machine. Federal attorneys are arguing the expedition would break federal law and a pact with Britain to leave the iconic shipwreck undisturbed. Continue reading
Jun 09 This chart can help you weigh coronavirus risks this summer By Courtney Vinopal As state and local governments reopen their economies from pandemic closures, public health experts say there are ways to get out of the house while limiting your chance of contracting and spreading the coronavirus. Continue reading
May 31 Many states scrambling to update hurricane plans for virus By Seth Borenstein, Julie Pace, Associated Press Officials across the U.S. South are still scrambling to adjust their hurricane plans to the coronavirus. The big unknown: Where will people fleeing storms go?… Continue reading
May 31 SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon arrives at space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The docking occurred just 19 hours after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Saturday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, the nation’s first astronaut launch to orbit from home soil in nearly a decade. Continue reading
May 30 SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel and putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil… Continue reading
May 29 WATCH: NASA’s Jim Bridenstine talks ahead of SpaceX launch By Laura Santhanam The launch was first attempted at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Wednesday but scrubbed due to inclement weather. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 9:22 Dr. Fauci on the ‘terrible hit’ of 100,000 deaths and being realistic about the fall The American death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic passed the 100,000 milestone on Wednesday. Dr. Anthony Fauci is one of the country's leading public health officials and a key member of President Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force. He joins Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
May 27 States, cities challenge Trump mileage standards rollback By Associated Press Nearly two dozen states and several cities are challenging the Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era mileage standards. They say science backed up the old regulations developed with the help of the nation's car makers. Continue reading
May 27 Bad weather postpones SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts from Florida By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with 16 minutes to go in the countdown Wednesday because of thunderclouds and the danger of lightning. Continue reading