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As virus makes goodbyes hard, fears of many more rise in US
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government's top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as family members described wrenching farewells through hospital windows with dying loved ones. Faced with that grim projection and the possibility even...
Inslee: Washington needs more coronavirus test supplies
SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday that Washington state still has a shortage of coronavirus testing kits and again suggested the shutdown of most businesses and extreme social distancing would likely have to be extended to fight the disease. Inslee appeared on CNN's “State of the...
California prepares for coronavirus surge in week ahead
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Californians endured a weekend of stepped-up restrictions aimed at keeping them home as much as possible while hospitals and health officials scrambled Sunday to ready themselves for a week that could see the feared dramatic surge in coronavirus cases. Testing among the state's 40...
10 nursing homes in Colorado have coronavirus outbreaks
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Department of Health has released the names and locations of nine of the 10 nursing homes and long-term care facilities that are facing outbreaks of COVID-19 in response to a public records request filed by The Denver Post. The facilities include two each in Weld and Larimer...
Expanded visitor order in RI; Connecticut gets federal help
A look at developments related to the coronavirus around New England. CONNECTICUT President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for Connecticut, allowing federal help for state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in parts of the state affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The declaration, which was...
Minnesota reports 4 new COVID-19 deaths; total now 9
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota reported four new deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state's death toll from the new coronavirus to nine. State Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said three of the new deaths were among people who lived in long-term care facilities in Hennepin County. The fourth...
Man dies in COVID-19 outbreak at Maryland nursing home
MOUNT AIRY, Md. (AP) — A resident of a Maryland nursing home died after contracting COVID-19 in an outbreak that has sickened dozens of the facility's residents and strained a short-handed staff, health officials said Sunday. A man in his 90s who was a resident at the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mount...
Relief package billions can't buy hospitals out of shortages
The billions of tax dollars headed for hospitals and states as part of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus response bill won't fix the problem facing doctors and nurses: a critical shortage of protective gowns, gloves and masks. The problem isn’t a lack of money, experts say. It’s that there’s not...
Tribes say persistent efforts pay off in massive stimulus
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The sweeping bill that President Donald Trump signed will help better equip health care systems that serve Native Americans, improve the emergency response time on tribal lands, provide economic relief for tribal members, and help with food deliveries to low-income families and the...
Charleston's Chinese community aids hospitals amid pandemic
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Members of the Charleston area’s Chinese community are making an effort to both aid hospital workers during a time of crisis and shed stereotypes surrounding Asian Americans amid the coronavirus spread. One of those persons includes 14-year-old Harry Ding, an eighth-grader at...
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