• Africa to roll out more than 1 million coronavirus tests

    Africa to roll out more than 1 million coronavirus tests

    Apr 16, 2020 02:51 PM EDT

    The WHO's regional chief for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said that for the current biennium, or two years, the region has received almost $50 million from the U.S. Of the U.S. decision, she said the impact will be significant in fighting diseases beyond the coronavirus including malaria and ...

  • WATCH: IMFC held news conference amid coronavirus outbreak

    WATCH: IMFC held news conference amid coronavirus outbreak

    Apr 16, 2020 01:56 PM EDT

    The International Monetary and Financial Committee held a news conference April 16 with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and IMFC Chair Lesetja Kganyago amid the coronavirus outbreak. In its latest forecast the IMF said the global economy would suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Watch ...

  • Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases

    Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases

    Apr 16, 2020 11:37 AM EDT

    ... and malaria because of reduced access to health care. Rashid Ansumana, a community health expert in Sierra Leone who studied the Ebola outbreak, said the coronavirus's "impact will definitely be higher." Health providers are trying to ease the crisis by giving months of supplies to people with hepatitis C ...

  • Germany outlines first steps to reopen after coronavirus restrictions

    Germany outlines first steps to reopen after coronavirus restrictions

    Apr 15, 2020 07:11 PM EDT

    ... case figures and Germany's health system hasn't been overwhelmed. The coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness. Map: Watch the real-time spread of coronavirus in the U.S.

  • WATCH: Massachusetts governor gives coronavirus update

    WATCH: Massachusetts governor gives coronavirus update

    Apr 15, 2020 05:01 PM EDT

    Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said his state is "in the surge" of the coronavirus outbreak. In an April 15 update, Baker talked about how the state is handling the outbreak, including its communication with hospitals. In total, Massachusetts has now seen more than 28,000 confirmed cases and more than ...

  • WATCH: Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon gives coronavirus update

    WATCH: Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon gives coronavirus update

    Apr 15, 2020 03:32 PM EDT

    Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon held a news conference to give an update on the state’s efforts to fight novel coronavirus. Watch the governor’s remarks in the video player above.

  • WATCH: Trump announces he'll direct WHO funding to be frozen during coronavirus briefing

    WATCH: Trump announces he'll direct WHO funding to be frozen during coronavirus briefing

    Apr 14, 2020 07:42 PM EDT

    ... people expect.” Trump on Tuesday also directed his administration to freeze funding to the World Health Organization, pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus and China, claiming the international body didn’t deliver adequate early reports on the virus and cost the U.S. valuable response time. “The ...

  • Health care workers are 10 to 20 percent of U.S. coronavirus cases

    Health care workers are 10 to 20 percent of U.S. coronavirus cases

    Apr 14, 2020 07:33 PM EDT

    NEW YORK (AP) — Between 10 percent and 20 percent of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower rates than other patients, officials reported Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first national data on how the pandemic is ...

  • WATCH: Trump, Pence meet with recovered coronavirus patients

    WATCH: Trump, Pence meet with recovered coronavirus patients

    Apr 14, 2020 07:12 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday met with patients who have recovered from the coronavirus. Among the former COVID-19 patients meeting with Trump at the White House was Michigan state lawmaker Karen Whitsett. Whitsett has publicly credited Trump for publicizing the use of an anti-malaria drug — which she ...

  • Ask us your questions about the coronavirus pandemic

    Ask us your questions about the coronavirus pandemic

    Apr 14, 2020 06:58 PM EDT

    Do you have a question about the coronavirus pandemic? Now is your chance to ask the experts. For the next several weeks, our staff at the PBS NewsHour is collecting your questions about everything related to the pandemic — anything from health, finances, to the U.S. response. We'll then ...