“My actions were an error in judgment for which there are no excuses and I will learn from this episode,” State Senator Dale Zorn said of his homemade face mask. View original article Contributor:
Companies caught short by the pandemic are hiring from a pool that was already prepared to handle a surge in phone traffic away from offices. View original article Contributor:
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain will return to work on Monday after being treated for the coronavirus. Hong Kong has its first sizable antigovernment protest amid the pandemic. View original article Contributor:
States move to reopen as the U.S. nears a sobering 50,000 deaths from the virus. U.S. scientists join the World Health Organization in calling for better antibody tests. View original article Contributor:
The governor of Colorado says that if policymakers fail to adjust social distancing carefully to keep the virus at bay while reopening the economy, then “the stay-at-home was for nothing.” View original article Contributor:
A for-profit company bought three struggling hospitals in West Virginia and Ohio. Doctors were fired, supplies ran low and many in need of care had to journey elsewhere. Then the doors shut for good. View original article Contributor:
The virus is transforming the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, clearing out mosques and forcing families to replace physical gatherings with virtual meet-ups. View original article Contributor:
(DUMFRIES, Va.) — After two weeks alone in a hotel room in the Virginia suburbs, 40 minutes outside Washington, Kelsea Mensh was ready to go home. A few weeks earlier, the 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer had completed a year of service in the Dominican Republic. She loved being in her “pueblo” surrounded by families and … Read more
(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world’s pandemic hot spots. Medical officials in Rio de Janeiro and at least four other major cities have warned that their hospital systems are on the … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Catching COVID-19 once may not protect you from getting it again, according to the World Health Organization, a finding that could jeopardize efforts to allow people to return to work after recovering from the virus. “There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from … Read more