Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a set of thresholds Friday. But Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a short time later that it will be up to the state to make those decisions.
Amna Nawaz: Angela, so many people relying on those deliveries now. What do we know about transmission through the boxes and also through the food? Angela Rasmussen: That's an excellent question. This has actually been studied for SARS-Coronavirus-2. And the virus can persist on cardboard for up ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a news conference May 21 on the 100th anniversary of the House of Representatives' passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Watch the news conference in the player above. Pelosi also discussed the vote-by-mail and election security provisions included in "The Heroes Act," which passed the...
For months, scientists and public officials have relied upon computer-based models to try to predict the trajectory or the coronavirus outbreak. But models are not crystal balls, and all of them involve human assumptions. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on how the efforts that go into making these models -- and their ultimate purpose --...
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a news briefing on the novel coronavirus on May 20. Watch the briefing in the player above. Speaking from the White House briefing room, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirmed that Trump "really wants to see the G-7 happen here in Washington as ...
President Trump joined a Republican Senate luncheon Tuesday, where he defended his reported use of controversial antimalarial medication hydroxychloroquine. He also said he would temporarily waive regulations that could complicate business openings or slow economic growth. Meanwhile, senators from the two parties diverged on when and how to provide more pandemic relief. Yamiche Alcindor reports.
She has some advice for families dependent on nursing home care. Nicole Catatao: Ask the nursing facility about, you know, what is your staff numbers? What is your staff ratio? How has it changed with coronavirus? Don't assume that, because the care was there beforehand, that they're able ...
If you've been paying attention to the news lately, you've probably heard some wild claims about the coronavirus. We talk to two fact checkers who walk us through what they're seeing during this pandemic -- including one specific claim about the virus' origins -- and a scientist explains why ...
Musician Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen has long met adversity with music. She lost her New Orleans home to Hurricane Katrina and relocated to North Carolina with assistance from the Music Maker Relief Foundation, a group that supports blues musicians. But now, the coronavirus pandemic has hit very close to home. Jeffrey Brown reports for our...
... as never before. And geopolitical divisions have been thrown into sharp relief." China, meanwhile, sought to divert attention to its renewed efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic, with Xi announcing the $2 billion outlay over two years to fight it. Last year, China donated about $86 million to WHO. Xi ...
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