by Jim Heath | Mar 24, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Los Angeles County reported the death of a child due to the novel coronavirus today, marking the first time a person under the age of 18 has succumbed to COVID-19 in the US. The number of coronavirus cases in the state of California has skyrocketed to more than 2,200...
by Jim Heath | Mar 24, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Analysts at Morgan Stanley have issued a warning that if President Trump tries to relax containment measures against coronavirus too quickly, the economic damage could be even worse. Trump said today that his goal was a nationwide return to normalcy by Easter Sunday...
by Jim Heath | Mar 23, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Trump
U.S. states today reported more than 100 deaths from the novel coronavirus, pushing the country’s total death toll past 500 and marking the first time single-day fatalities have risen into the triple-digits since the pandemic reached U.S. soil. The virus has claimed...
by Jim Heath | Mar 23, 2020 | coronavirus, Economy, Entertainment, Headlines, Health
Hollywood’s theater owners, film distribution executives, analysts and writers who pore over the numbers each week are reckoning with a full stop. As of last Friday — and for the first time in the 100-plus year history of the motion picture business — virtually...
by Jim Heath | Mar 22, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) today became the first known senator to test positive for COVID-19. “Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19,” Paul’s account tweeted. “He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was tested...