Tag: Health

President Donald Trump's top economist, Larry Kudlow, talks about the economy, trade, and U.S. efforts to work with China on containing the spread of the coronavirus infection, during a tv news interview at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020.

‘Close to airtight’: Larry Kudlow claims coronavirus in US ‘contained’ despite CDC warning

Tim Pearce · February 25, 2020 9:43 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a statement on Iraq, at President Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Mike Pompeo accuses China and Iran of coronavirus cover-up

Tim Pearce · February 25, 2020 7:09 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Severe ‘disruption’: CDC vaccine expert warned her family to prepare for US coronavirus outbreak

Cassidy Morrison · February 25, 2020 5:17 pm

CDC says to avoid nonessential travel to South Korea amid coronavirus outbreak

Caitlin Yilek · February 25, 2020 3:05 am

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks at a Congressional Tri-Caucus news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, on injustice and inequality in America. The Congressional Tri-Caucus is comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.

Democratic lawmaker says ‘nobody likes their private insurance plan’

Anthony Leonardi · February 25, 2020 12:39 am

Pittsburgh is sending medical supplies to sister-city Wuhan to fight coronavirus outbreak

Cassidy Morrison · February 24, 2020 6:12 pm

UN study finds 1 in 3 Venezuelans facing hunger

Madison Dibble · February 24, 2020 10:58 am

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, who he invited to play golf, at Trump International Golf Club, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

‘One of the fattest presidents ever’: Former Bush speechwriter attacks Trump’s physical fitness for office

Dominick Mastrangelo · February 23, 2020 5:52 pm

Police officers and soldiers check passengers leaving from Milan main train station, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2020.

Italy coronavirus outbreak becomes largest outside Asia after cases rose from three to 132 in days

Caitlin Yilek · February 23, 2020 2:34 pm

Tom Cotton is seen.

Republican senator: China ‘lying to the world’ about coronavirus outbreak

Spencer Neale · February 22, 2020 3:04 pm

In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 photo, workers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant against the coronavirus in front of the Shincheonji church in Daegu, South Korea. South Korea on Friday, Feb. 21, declared a âspecial management zoneâ around a southeastern city where a surging viral outbreak, largely linked to a church in Daegu, threatens to overwhelm the region's health system.

Spike in South Korean coronavirus cases linked to doomsday sect

Zach Halaschak · February 21, 2020 7:51 pm

A group of medical personnel meet people, carried by a Russian military plane at an airport outside Tyumen, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Russia has evacuated 144 people, Russians and nationals of Belarus, Ukraine and Armenia, from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, on Wednesday. All evacuees will be quarantined for two weeks in a sanatorium in the Tyumen region in western Siberia, government officials said.

Protesters attack buses carrying coronavirus evacuees in Ukraine

Zach Halaschak · February 21, 2020 3:38 pm