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The U.S. has more confirmed cases of the coronavirus than any country in the world, surpassing China, where the pandemic began. According to a running tally kept by Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. had 82,404 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday evening. China had 81,782 and Italy had 80,589. The news comes as the […]

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake rattled West Texas on Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake epicenter was about 27 miles west of Mentone, Texas, and was located 3 miles below the surface.  Residents of El Paso, about 175 miles west of the reported epicenter, felt the quake, which was originally rated at 4.7 […]

Health officials in New Jersey presume all 94 residents at a nursing home have coronavirus, as the United States’ death toll surpassed 800 on Wednesday. All residents at St. Joseph’s Senior Home in Woodbridge, N.J. have not been tested yet for the virus. Of those who have, 24 have tested positive and the remaining 70 […]

Senate leaders and the White House reached an agreement on Wednesday on a massive $2 trillion stimulus package hoping to help businesses and workers negatively affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The agreement followed five days of negotiations between the Democrats, the Republicans and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, among others, as the package was unable […]

On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved investigating treatment options for the outbreak by using plasma collected from recovered COVID-19 patients. Doctors in China have already tried these specific COVID-19 treatments using what the history books call “convalescent serum,” also known as donated plasma. However, there’s no guarantee it will work. Dr. Arturo Casadevall […]

Texas’ Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is saying that the U.S. should get back to work in the face of the global pandemic and that people over the age of 70, who the Centers for Disease Control says are at higher risk for the coronavirus, will “take care of ourselves.” Patrick, 69, went on Fox News […]

President Donald Trump said on Monday he will not allow the coronavirus to do long-lasting damage to the U.S. economy and that he is considering how to move forward after a 15-day shutdown ends next week.  After tweeting “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF,” Trump said at a news conference at […]

Speculation about treating the new coronavirus with malaria drugs is raising hopes, and now a shortage of these drugs is complicating access for people who need them for rheumatoid arthritis or lupus. Chloroquine and a similar drug, hydroxychloroquine have shown encouraging signs in small, early tests against the coronavirus. President Trump tweeted that hydroxychloroquine plus […]

The National Guard will be deployed to assist in the fight against the coronavirus in the hard-hit states of New York, California and Washington, President Donald Trump announced. Announced at Sunday evening’s briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, the move will include delivery of medical supplies and the establishment of medical stations in […]

Senator Rand Paul on Sunday became the first senator known to have tested positive for COVID-19.  Paul’s account tweeted, “Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events. He […]