Jul 01 Watch 8:10 How doctors are innovating to treat COVID-19 By Miles O'Brien One of the reasons COVID-19 presents such a significant global medical challenge is that there are few effective therapies for it so far. As cases fill hospital beds across many parts of the country, doctors and scientists are coming up… Continue watching
Jul 01 WATCH: Gov. Cuomo delays indoor dining in New York City to avoid virus spike By Karen Matthews, Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the ban on indoor dining would be confined to New York City, where he complained that compliance with social-distancing guidelines is dropping. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 7:00 Scuba gear, coffee makers inspire inventors in design challenge for a cheaper ventilator By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin The ventilator has been a vital piece of medical machinery in treating some of the most severe COVID-19 patients. But the devices were hard to come by and expensive at the beginning of the pandemic, prompting a group of residents… Continue watching
Jun 30 Europe restricts visitors from the U.S. amid virus resurgence By Lorne Cook, Tamara Lush, Associated Press The European Continent on Tuesday reopened to visitors from 14 countries, but not the U.S., where some of the states that pushed hardest and earliest to reopen their economies are now in retreat because of an alarming surge in confirmed… Continue reading
Jun 30 WATCH: Fauci says U.S. could reach 100,000 new cases a day By Associated Press Asked to forecast the outcome of recent surges in some states, Fauci said he can’t make an accurate prediction but believes it will be “very disturbing.”… Continue reading
Jun 29 WATCH: WHO chief says COVID-19 pandemic is 'not even close to being over' By Associated Press The head of the World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic is "not even close to being over" and that the outbreak is accelerating globally. Continue reading
Jun 29 EU finalizing virus 'safe list,' U.S. unlikely to make the cut By Lorne Cook, Associated Press The European Union is edging toward finalizing a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter Europe again in coming days, with Americans almost certain to be excluded in the short term due to the number of U.S. Continue reading
Jun 29 Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs By Issa Mohammed, Associated Press The U.N. children's agency warned about last week that millions of children in war-torn Yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the coronavirus sweeps across the Arab world's poorest country. Continue reading
Jun 28 Africa up to 371,000 confirmed virus cases By Associated Press Africa’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 have climbed to a new high of more than 371,000, including includes 9,484 deaths. Continue reading
Jun 28 U.S. health secretary warns 'window is closing' to curb the coronavirus By Associated Press Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is stressing that “the window is closing” for the U.S. to take action to effectively curb the coronavirus. Continue reading