The US has recorded more than 4,880,000 cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began, according to the latest tally from John Hopkins University The country often records more than 40,000 new cases daily — and sometimes more than 60,000. That means the US is on track to soon surpass 5 million total cases. Here’s a …
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https://cbsloc.al/2XDakml https://w3.cdn.anvato.net/player/prod/v3/anvload.html MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s human nature to want to gather and grieve together when someone you lose someone close to you, but the COVID-19 pandemic is making that more difficult. Kathleen Keen and her husband learned that first hand. They were at a funeral for a friend’s father in northern Minnesota in Mid-July. …
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President Trump announced that he planned to sign executive actions that the White House is drafting to address expired unemployment insurance and to suspend payroll taxes, as congressional negotiations for coronavirus aid continue to drag on. Speaking to reporters Thursday, Trump said the orders could be signed Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. He said a …
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White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci that the chances of scientists creating a highly effective vaccine — one that provides 98% or more guaranteed protection — for the virus are slim. Scientists are hoping for a coronavirus vaccine that is at least 75% effective, but 50% or 60% effective would be acceptable, too, he said. The …
Politics Breaking the News / JR 44 minutes ago 1 min read EPA-EFE/KEVIN DIETSCH United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday he will recommend President Donald Trump to proceed with signing executive orders on the matters of unemployment insurance, evictions, student loans, and a payroll tax, aimed at combating the economic crisis caused …
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The number of job cuts in the United States in July was 54% higher than in June, according to a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. published on Thursday. There were 262,649 dismissals in July, representing a 576% surge on an annual basis. The year-to-date figure reached 1,847,696, rising by 212% from the …
Osterholm’s viewpoint is sobering. The 67-year-old expects the novel coronavirus to be present for the rest of his life. He doesn’t believe the wave theory (a first wave, a lull, followed by other waves) will apply to this pandemic. “That’s not what’s happening here,” he told MarketWatch in an interview. MarketWatch: One of …
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New York City’s top public health official resigned Tuesday, accusing Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) of sidelining medical experts in the midst of a pandemic that has hit America’s largest city especially hard. In an emailed resignation letter, Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot said she quit with “deep disappointment that during the most critical public health …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employment growth slowed considerably in July amid a resurgence in new COVID-19 infections, offering the clearest evidence yet that the economy’s recovery from the recession caused by the pandemic was faltering. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 1.763 million jobs last month after a record 4.791 million in June, the Labor Department …
https://youtu.be/O3b3LtPt4N8 The United States has recorded more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the highest number of daily fatalities in three months, Johns Hopkins University’s real-time tally showed Thursday. The country, which has seen a major resurgence in coronavirus since the end of June, added 2,060 deaths in one day as well as more …
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