by Jim Heath | Apr 11, 2020 | coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Headlines
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic — which is believed to have first spread to humans at a “wet market” in Wuhan, China, where live animals were sold for food — China has created new guidelines on which animals can be bred for eating. In one...
by Jim Heath | Apr 11, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The coronavirus death toll in the United States has surpassed Italy’s today, with more than 20,087 Americans dying from the virus. Italy has recorded 18,849 deaths as of this afternoon. The US also yesterday recorded the deadliest day from the coronavirus...
by Jim Heath | Apr 11, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Trump
President Trump ignored advice by the National Security Council back in January to consider shutting down cities and keep Americans home from work, memos reveals. “Any way you cut it, this is going to be bad,” a senior medical adviser at the Department of Veterans...
by Jim Heath | Apr 9, 2020 | coronavirus, Economy, Headlines, Health
President Trump today shrugged off the need to significantly expand nationwide coronavirus testing capabilities in order to be able to restart the U.S. economy and then keep it open. Trump, who has expressed optimism that parts of the country could begin easing social...
by Jim Heath | Apr 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The estimated death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has been lowered from 82,000 to 60,000 after new projections scaled back the number of fatalities over the next four months by 26 percent. The updated projections has also brought forward the...
