Health & Safety

In Paris, French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (left) speaks on the phone with his German counterpart as his advisor Juliette Oury (center) and cabinet deputy director Thomas Revial (second right) and French Treasury director Odile Renaud-Ba

Amid Divisions, European Finance Ministers Fail To Reach Coronavirus Support Deal

4:30pm April 08, 2020

by H.J. Mai

European finance ministers spent the overnight hours arguing over the best way to offer financial support to southern members badly hit by the coronavirus. The row highlights a north-south divide.

"No need to use COVID to score political points," World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says. "You have many other ways to prove yourselves."

'Please Don't Politicize This Virus,' WHO Head Says After Trump Threatens Funding

4:23pm April 08, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Using the COVID-19 pandemic to score political points is dangerous and will result in "many more body bags," the WHO's leader said less than a day after President Trump criticized the organization.

Carolina Curious: (Your) Unemployment Benefits Questions Answered

2:56pm April 08, 2020

by Eddie Garcia

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Medical staff move a patient into the emergency room of a Brooklyn hospital on Tuesday. Preliminary data released Wednesday by New York City's health authorities revealed a disproportionately high impact on some of the city's communities of color.

New York City's Latinx Residents Hit Hardest By Coronavirus Deaths

2:27pm April 08, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Preliminary data released Wednesday showed that Latinos represent 33% of the deaths in the country's coronavirus epicenter. The virus' impact has also been disproportionately high on black residents.

Valentina Constanza Cerda Aravena of Santiago, Chile, and Simone Di Benedetto of Italy have had to adapt to a new social life with the isolation measures required to suppress the spread of COVID-19.

Gen Z Under Lockdown: How They're Coping, From TikTok To Virtual Drinks

1:21pm April 08, 2020

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Gen Z has been criticized for not taking social distancing seriously. We talk to teens and people in their early 20s around the world about why they're staying home — and how they're staying sane.

Despite Coronavirus Worries, Poll Workers Greet Voters In Wisconsin

12:58pm April 08, 2020

Katherine Wilson says many voters at her polling place requested absentee ballots that never came. National guardsmen made voters stand at a proper distance and poll workers got some protective gear.

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Acting Navy Secretary Resigns, USNS Comfort's Mission Is Changed

12:58pm April 08, 2020

by Tom Bowman

Defense officials say that the hospital ship USNS Comfort will now accept patients with Covid-19. And, the acting Navy secretary has resigned over his handling of a virus-stricken aircraft carrier.

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General Motors and Ventec Life Systems are partnering to produce ventilators at the GM manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Ind.

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GM Will Build 30,000 Ventilators For U.S. Government

12:50pm April 08, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

The ventilators will be delivered to the national stockpile by August. The contract, worth nearly $500 million, is the first ventilator order placed using the Defense Production Act.

Health workers from Wuhan's Tongji Hospital share an emotional embrace with their peers from a hospital in Jilin province at the Tianhe Airport. Colleagues who worked on the front lines together for the past two months bid farewell as Wuhan lifts the lock

As China's Wuhan Ends Its Long Quarantine, Residents Feel A Mix Of Joy And Fear

12:34pm April 08, 2020

The end of the city's 76-day lockdown is a milestone in China's efforts to contain the outbreak of the coronavirus that sickened more than 80,000 across the country and overwhelmed health systems.

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A Roma family rides a horse-drawn cart carrying scrap metal out of Romania's Pata-Rât city dump.

'Where Is This Going To Lead?': Roma People In Europe Face Coronavirus Disaster

11:57am April 08, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

Many in Europe's largest ethnic minority group live in poor, marginalized communities where conditions could lead to a swift outbreak, say researchers and activists.