Tag: Health

Let the states protect women

Katherine Beck Johnson · March 4, 2020 7:07 pm

Cost of coronavirus response could double that of Ebola, public health expert tells Congress

Anna Giaritelli · March 4, 2020 6:52 pm

Confetti covers part of the stage as a worker begins to clean up following the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Friday, July 29, 2016, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Democratic and Republican convention planners keep close eye on coronavirus developments

Kerry Picket · March 4, 2020 6:40 pm

In this Feb. 6, 2020, photo released by the California Department of Public Health, is a demonstration of the equipment and procedures that will be used at the department's Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory lab in Richmond, Calif., to conduct tests for novel coronavirus. This is not an actual test of a novel coronavirus specimen.

Los Angeles County declares emergency after six new coronavirus cases

Zach Halaschak · March 4, 2020 6:24 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.

Congress reaches $8.3B deal to fund coronavirus response

Susan Ferrechio · March 4, 2020 6:05 pm

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Italy announces nationwide school and university closures as coronavirus outbreak worsens

Mike Brest · March 4, 2020 2:35 pm

Employees walk through a lobby at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle.

‘Health is our top priority’: Amazon says Seattle employee contracted coronavirus

Zach Halaschak · March 4, 2020 3:48 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Trump scolds ‘Mini Mike’ Bloomberg for licking ‘dirty fingers’ amid coronavirus fears

Zach Halaschak · March 4, 2020 12:49 am

Commuters wearing masks stand in a packed train at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, Monday, March 2, 2020.

World Bank to release $12B in coronavirus support package

Spencer Neale · March 3, 2020 9:25 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.

Nearly two dozen Iranian lawmakers test positive for coronavirus

Tim Pearce · March 3, 2020 4:30 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.

Beltway Confidential

How to not overreact to the coronavirus

Madeline Fry Schultz · March 3, 2020 4:27 pm

Twitter tells thousands of employees to work from home over coronavirus concerns

Tim Pearce · March 3, 2020 3:39 pm