Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies on Capitol Hill on Sept. 23. Getty Images “ “We’re in for a whole lot of hurt. It’s not a good situation.” ” That’s Dr. Anthony Fauci, giving a stark warning that the coronavirus pandemic could get much worse in the coming months, in an interview …
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Will the cinema-going experience survive the coronavirus pandemic? Almost certainly, according to experts. Fans — and that’s most of us — have an emotional and sentimental attachment to the cinema that started in childhood and will flood back to the movies as soon as it’s deemed safe to do so. …
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President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Robeson County Fairgrounds, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, in Lumberton, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) AP President Donald Trump on Saturday mocked Democrat Joe Biden as “an inspiring guy” for raising alarm about the pandemic even as the president attracted sizable campaign crowds …
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The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus illness COVID-19 rose above 221,000 on Wednesday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, as the nation’s leading public health agency said almost 300,000 Americans have died during the pandemic, including fatalities that would not have happened without the virus. In a …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Global COVID-19 cases top 38.9 million as trial of promising therapy finds it does not stop patients dying
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 world-wide climbed above 38.9 million on Friday, as a clinical trial found one therapy believed to be promising as a treatment to have no effect on mortality in hospitalized patients. The trial, conducted by the World Health Organization, found that …
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Read More »Trump discharged from hospital after three nights — how the length of his hospitalization compares to other coronavirus patients
President Donald Trump was discharged from Walter Reed medical center on Monday evening, three nights after he was admitted Friday to the military hospital for coronavirus treatment. “Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life,” he wrote on TWTR, +2.58% Monday afternoon, telling …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Global case tally tops 35 million and doctors are alarmed that Trump’s Sunday jaunt put his security detail at risk
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed above 35 million on Monday, as doctors expressed alarm at President Donald Trump’s decision to leave his hospital bed to wave to supporters from a motorcade on Sunday, saying he has put all of the people in the …
Read More »Market Snapshot: Dow futures up 150 points as investors monitor Trump response to coronavirus treatment
White House physician Sean Conley (second right, with medical staff, arrives to give an update on the condition of President Donald Trump on Sunday. Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Stock-index futures rose modestly Sunday evening as investors tracked President Donald Trump’s response treatment for COVID-19 after he was hospitalized for the …
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