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New York speeds to open restaurants for indoor dining despite scientists' concerns over COVID-19 spread

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 10:13:08 -0400

A new CDC study found that people infected with the coronavirus were twice as likely to have been at a restaurant than those who had not. Even with social distancing mandates in place, restaurants could become coronavirus hot spots.

Trump on COVID vaccine: I know better than the head of CDC

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:40:15 -0400

President Trump said CDC Director Robert Redfield "made a mistake" about when a COVID-19 vaccine would be ready.

More than 200,000 Americans have now died of the coronavirus

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:41:35 -0400

The United States on Tuesday passed another grim COVID-19 milestone.

First confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection is â??not surprising,â?? doctors say

Sat, 29 Aug 2020 12:12:55 -0400

Florida's surgeon general lost all influence after an April 13 briefing, leading to "craziness" within the health department, an official said.

Young children in daycare did not spread the coronavirus, study finds

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:52:47 -0400

President Trump gave a preview of the themes his campaign will highlight at his partyâ??s convention next week: that America is great, except for the parts of it governed by Democrats, which are â??totally out of control.â?�

Two conventions â?? one masked, the other mostly not â?? offer contrasting views on coronavirus

Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:04:45 -0400

Researchers in Hong Kong confirmed the first known case of coronavirus reinfection, but many doctors and public health officials say it isn't that surprising given what we know about waning immunity from other coronaviruses.

Is it time for colleges to drop the SAT and ACT?

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:09:04 -0400

Hundreds of colleges have made the SAT and ACT optional for applicants because of the pandemic. Should they ditch the standardized tests for good?

Did the RNC boost Trumpâ??s reelection odds?

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:21:15 -0400

Out of 1,022 people who attended or worked at several summer camps in Maine that implemented measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, only three tested positive for it, a new study says. And those three cases did not result in secondary infections because proper measures were taken.

Trump previews optimistic convention message of 'American greatness'

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:50:52 -0400

In analyzing 79 counties in 22 states that met hot spot status between June 5 and 18, the CDC found that 96.2 percent of those counties saw Black, Latino, Native American and Asian-American people infected with the coronavirus at rates above their proportion of the population.

CDC chief says masks better at stopping coronavirus than a vaccine

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:35:26 -0400

â??This face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine,â?� Dr. Robert Redfield said. â??If I don't get an immune response, the vaccine's not going to protect me. This face mask will."

A new COVID-19 forecast predicts more than 400,000 deaths by the end of 2020. Will the fall wave really be that big?

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:54:02 -0400

Experts have long feared that colder weather and other factors could create a fall wave of the coronavirus with the potential to dwarf previous peaks â?? and Americaâ??s most prominent COVID-19 modelers are projecting just that. So is it time to freak out about the fall? Maybe not just yet.

Biden proposes live fact checkers for debates with Trump

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:20:08 -0400

â??Itâ??s a lesser review, itâ??s a lower-quality review, and when youâ??re talking about vaccinating a large chunk of the American population, thatâ??s not acceptable,â?� said one vaccine expert.

2 Black Senate hopefuls look to make history in the South â?? and fix health care while they're at it

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:08:52 -0400

Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins from Louisiana and Jaime Harrison from South Carolina envision a â??new Southâ?� to address issues they say have been largely ignored by their longtime incumbent opponents.

Michael Caputo was brought in to streamline coronavirus messaging. He has fostered chaos instead.

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:43:13 -0400

A disciple of Nixonian â??dirty tricksterâ?� Roger Stone, Caputo has worked for Oliver North, Russian energy giant Gazprom and, most recently, Trump, joining his presidential campaign back when few were taking that campaign seriously. 

Sturgis motorcycle rally was a 'superspreader event'

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:27:36 -0400

In recent days, experts have become increasingly convinced â?? and alarmed â?? that President Trump is pushing to cut corners and rush the release of a COVID-19 vaccine before Nov. 3 to improve his chances in the election.

A thousand kids and counselors went to summer camp in Maine. Only 3 got the coronavirus.

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:59:17 -0400

A top Trump administration official defended new guidelines that say that people without symptoms do not need a coronavirus test, a development that has been widely criticized as unproductive since it was issued on Tuesday. 

Oleandrin, touted as COVID-19 cure, has no scientific support

Sat, 22 Aug 2020 06:00:27 -0400

The reopening of childcare centers in Rhode Island in June and July did not lead to a spread of the coronavirus, says a new CDC study. The results are bound to intensify the debate over how to safely reopen schools, even though childcare centers and schools are not the same.

Should colleges discount tuition when they go remote?

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:38:36 -0400

â??Donald Trump truly moved mountains to save lives,â?� said one RNC speaker, an assertion at odds with what many have called President Trumpâ??s inattentive and even self-sabotaging response to the pandemic, which has killed nearly 180,000 people in the U.S.

Post-COVID heart damage alarms researchers: 'There was a black hole' in infected cells

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:20:15 -0400

While more studies are needed, researchers and doctors throughout the country are warning of a likely connection between COVID-19 and a serious heart condition.

Why Trump should wait until after the election to announce a COVID-19 vaccine

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:32:54 -0400

In recent days, Dr. Scott Atlas has eclipsed Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx as Trumpâ??s most visible, and presumably trusted, coronavirus adviser.

Latinos hit hardest by coronavirus, CDC finds

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:16:33 -0400

After months of insisting the coronavirus would disappear to no success, the White House has continued that strategy in the lead-up to next week's Republican National Convention.

Americans complied with coronavirus lockdowns, helping to curb pandemic, new CDC study finds

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:30:32 -0400

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has embraced a false online conspiracy theory that seeks to minimize the danger of COVID-19 by claiming only a few thousand Americans have died from the virus â?? not the 185,000 reported by health agencies and hospitals.

Vaccination effort will not be complete until July, CDC director says

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:18:27 -0400

Dr. Robert Redfield of the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention cautioned on Wednesday that mass vaccination of the American public is still many months away. 

Exclusive: White House orders end to COVID-19 airport screenings for international travelers

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:27:13 -0400

The screening operations have been held at select airports since January.

Colleges navigate the uncertain world of a pandemic, as students and faculty fear for their safety

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:03:15 -0400

Police called to home of boy with toy gun in virtual class: 'I could have been burying my son today,' mom says

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:47:13 -0400

A Black seventh grader from Colorado had the police called to his house because he was playing with a toy gun during virtual art class. His mom, Dani Elliott, believes that if anyone did anything wrong, it was the school.

After declining for months, U.S. coronavirus cases are rising again. Has the 'fall wave' begun?

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:22:22 -0400

Though it might be too soon to say whether a fall wave has begun, itâ??s not too soon to see the recent rise in U.S. cases for what it is: a warning. 

Children transmit the coronavirus, Utah study suggests, but don't get sick themselves

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:27:19 -0400

The new findings could help shape the debate about how to reopen schools safely as the coronavirus continues to sicken thousands and kill hundreds daily.

'You don't want people to vote,' Democrat Marcia Fudge tells Republicans

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:25:48 -0400

President Trump closed out the Republican National Convention with a speech filled with fierce attacks against Joe Biden. Did the controversial event help him gain ground with voters?

Trump administration defends 'inexplicable' changes to coronavirus testing guidelines

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:55:14 -0400

Students at colleges across the country are demanding tuition be reduced because classes are being held online. Schools say any discount would cripple them financially.

Trump appointees not influencing coronavirus science, CDC chief promises

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:14:00 -0400

Testifying before Congress on Wednesday, Dr. Robert Redfield strongly disputed that the CDCâ??s scientific research has been influenced by political appointees attempting to bring those findings in line with President Trumpâ??s views.

Fallout from Trump's coronavirus admissions

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 17:20:22 -0400

President Trump told journalist Bob Woodward that he was deliberately downplaying the risks of the coronavirus in the early months of the pandemic. What impact will these statements have?

The conspiracy theorists are wrong: Doctors are not inflating America's COVID-19 death toll for cash

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 10:27:09 -0400

Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he would like his three upcoming debates with Donald Trump to include a real-time fact-check of both candidatesâ?? statements, although he admitted it wasnâ??t likely to happen.

White House ignored warnings as it pushed for reopenings, newly released coronavirus task force reports show

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:36:34 -0400

The two conventions offered very divergent views for a nation still struggling with a pandemic.

35+ Thanksgiving Appetizers to Tide Your Over Till Dinner

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:53:00 -0400

A month after 460,000 motorcycle enthusiasts converged on Sturgis, S.D., researchers have found that thousands have been sickened across the nation, leading them to brand the rally a â??superspreaderâ?� event that will involve more than $12 billion in health care costs.

White House dismisses criticism of persistent coronavirus supply chain problems as work of 'useful idiot'

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:01:04 -0400

The White House is objecting to a new report that concludes that the U.S. continues to struggle with supply chain logistics that have led to shortages of PPE and diagnostic tests.

5 takeaways from day 1 of the RNC

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:51:44 -0400

When a big storm or other natural disaster knocks out the power or makes it hard to leave your house for a few days, what to feed your family becomes a major concern. The food experts at Consumer...

Doctors alarmed as FDA floats 'emergency use' of COVID-19 vaccine, bypassing trials

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:31:53 -0400

Even as President Trump spurred states to lift lockdown measures and resume normal economic activity in the early summer, reports from his White House coronavirus task force were presenting evidence that infections were rising in many parts of the country.

Biden campaign jumps on Woodward interview to pin COVID deaths on Trump's 'playing it down'

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:48:38 -0400

As the revelations by journalist Bob Woodward of how President Trump misled the American people about the severity of the coronavirus reverberated this week, the Biden campaign did its best to keep the story alive with scathing digital advertising.

Coronavirus an afterthought as RNC opens

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:00:16 -0400

The theme of the first night of the Republican National Convention was â??America, Land of Promise,â?� a hopeful message belied by speeches that warned of impending national collapse if Donald Trump isnâ??t reelected in November.

Trump strategy on COVID-19 continues to rely on miracles

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:11:41 -0400

Universities have suffered staggering losses in revenue due to the pandemic, and they know that bringing students back would at least help alleviate the financial pressure. But many are struggling with how to safely bring students, faculty and staff back to campus. 

Poll: Number of Americans willing to get COVID-19 vaccine falls to new low amid fears Trump is putting politics before safety

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:37:27 -0400

The latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll reveals that less than a third of Americans (32 percent) say they plan to get vaccinated, a stunning 23-point decline that reflects rising concern about the politicization of the vaccine process.

Ron DeSantis sidelined his health department. Florida paid the price.

Sat, 29 Aug 2020 05:00:31 -0400

Comments by Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge summed up many Democratsâ?? concerns about Republican resistance to mail-in voting.

A second COVID-19 wave in Spain holds a warning for U.S.

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:43:12 -0400

Most people throughout the country followed lockdown orders to avoid contracting â?? or spreading â?? the coronavirus, a new CDC study found.

As death toll climbs, Biden warns against becoming 'numb' to COVID-19

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:48:03 -0400

â??Due to Donald Trumpâ??s lies and incompetence over the last six months we have seen one of the greatest losses in American history,â?� Joe Biden said in Wisconsin on Monday.

Measures to control coronavirus have brought flu infections to 'historic lows.' Scientists want to keep it that way.

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:22:16 -0400

Lockdowns and protective measures like the widespread wearing of face masks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have driven influenza infections to record lows, according to a new CDC study.

What to Feed Your Family When the Power Goes Out

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 06:00:10 -0400

The extract from a highly toxic plant is being promoted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, despite no scientific evidence that it is effective in treating or preventing COVID-19. Yahoo News Medical Contributor Dr. Dara Kass explains why that's dangerous. 

Can coronavirus vaccine mistrust be overcome?

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:12:01 -0400

A large number of Americans say they won't feel safe taking a vaccine for coronavirus once one is available. Can their lack of trust be fixed or will vaccine skepticism make herd immunity impossible?

Trump's new coronavirus adviser uses made-up statistics and false claims to praise White House pandemic response

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:05:28 -0400

Public officials shy away from using the term â??second wave,â?� but with new cases surging toward 9,000 a day, the highest numbers in Europe, Spain is becoming a cautionary tale for the rest of the world.

Odds of coronavirus infection greatly increase with poverty, CDC says

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:43:56 -0400

The findings confirm a growing body of research that suggests the coronavirus is more likely to afflict people of color and low-income communities than it is wealthier white people.