by Jim Heath | Jul 15, 2020 | coronavirus, GOP, Headlines, Health
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that he’s the first governor in the United States to test positive for the coronavirus and that he is isolating at home. Stitt, 48, said he mostly feels fine, although he started feeling “a little achy” on Tuesday and...
by Jim Heath | Jul 15, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
One of the nation’s top health officials is warning that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) could worsen in coming months. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke at a webinar for Journal of the American Medical...
by Jim Heath | Jul 15, 2020 | Business, coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Walmart will require customers at all of its US stores to wear masks beginning next week, becoming the largest retailer to mandate facial coverings as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Other national chains have made similar moves. Starbucks said last week that it...
by Jim Heath | Jul 14, 2020 | coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Health
Nonessential travel between the US and its two closest neighbors — Canada and Mexico — is expected remain blocked until at least late August amid spikes in confirmed coronavirus cases in large swaths of the US. The Mexican Foreign Ministry announced today...
by Jim Heath | Jul 14, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines
Rep. Morgan Griffith announced today that he tested positive for COVID-19, joining the growing list of members of Congress to contract the disease. The Virginia Republican announced he had tested positive on Twitter, where he wrote that he has been self-isolating...
