by Jim Heath | Jul 20, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, MLB
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the first game of Major League Baseball’s pandemic-delayed regular season. The Washington Nationals announced today that Fauci – a...
by Jim Heath | Jul 20, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
President Trump today said he will resume giving regular coronavirus briefings this week, reviving a practice that is controversial among some aides as infections surge across the United States. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he would deliver a briefing at 5...
by Jim Heath | Jul 19, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
US deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 140,000 on Saturday as cases continued to rise in 42 out of 50 states over the past two weeks, according to a Reuters tally. Since late June, the US has seen a resurgence in new cases and now, six weeks later, deaths have...
by Jim Heath | Jul 19, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Joe Biden, Trump
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has built a commanding 15-point national lead over President Trump in his bid for the White House. The new Washington Post-ABC news poll, which was released today, found that 55 percent of registered voters say...
by Jim Heath | Jul 19, 2020 | coronavirus, Fox News, Headlines, Health
An agitated President Trump offered a string of combative and often dubious assertions in an interview aired today, defending his handling of the coronavirus with misleading evidence, attacking his own health experts, disputing polls showing him trailing in his...
by Jim Heath | Jul 18, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Trump
President Trump returned to the golf course today as news broke that his administration is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing and contact tracing in the upcoming coronavirus relief bill. The administration is also trying to block...