by Jim Heath | Jul 11, 2020 | coronavirus, Economy, Headlines, Health
Disney World parks in Orlando, Florida are open again nearly four months after shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom reopened today, while Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios will reopen on July 15. “The...
by Jim Heath | Jul 9, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Gov. Doug Ducey did not announce significant new measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Arizona today despite pleas for aggressive action from doctors, mayors and some state lawmakers. The Republican leader acknowledged the state’s spiraling case numbers and...
by Jim Heath | Jul 9, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The surge in coronavirus cases in the United States, which has set new daily-case records five times in the past nine days, is being driven largely by states that were among the first to ease virus restrictions as they moved to reopen their economies. Florida has seen...
by Jim Heath | Jul 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
President Trump today threatened to cut off federal funding for schools if they do not resume in-person learning this fall and criticized a top government health agency for being too tough with its guidelines to aid that process. “The Dems think it would be bad...
by Jim Heath | Jul 6, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran today ordered public schools to reopen in August and offer “the full panoply of services” to students and families. As COVID-19 outbreaks spike in Florida, Corcoran’s mandate said that extending school closures can...
by Jim Heath | Jul 6, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
More than 130,000 Americans have died of coronavirus, as of today – a sobering milestone following a holiday weekend of record numbers of new daily COVID-19 cases in many states. Fourteen states have hit record-high numbers of new daily infections since the...
