Health & Safety

Japan Considers Declaring National Lockdown Over Coronavirus

7:10am April 01, 2020

by Anthony Kuhn

Hopes that Japan had managed to avoid an explosion in COVID-19 cases fade, as the numbers rise and the country teeters on the brink of declaring a national emergency and lockdown.

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Australian Astrophysicist's Experiment Sends Him To The Hospital

6:59am April 01, 2020

He started experimenting with magnets to try to build a device that would stop people from touching their faces. The plan backfired — he ended up with several small magnets lodged up his nose.

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Why Lupus Patients Find Hydroxychloroquine In Short Supply

6:34am April 01, 2020

by Will Stone

A drug being investigated as a possible COVID-19 treatment is being snapped up, and lupus patients who depend on it to stay healthy are having trouble finding it.

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News Brief: 100,000 People Could Die In Coming Months, Task Force Says

6:31am April 01, 2020

President Trump issues sobering coronavirus warning. Models show it will get worse before it gets better. Dozens of sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt are sick after being infected with COVID-19.

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Young People Deliver Supplies To Elderly In New York City

5:04am April 01, 2020

Three 20-somethings have created the volunteer-based group Invisible Hands to deliver groceries and supplies to at-risk older people in New York City.

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FACT CHECK: Should People Cover Their Faces With Scarves Like Trump Said?

10:44pm March 31, 2020

by Barbara Sprunt

In a briefing with the coronavirus task force, President Trump answered a question about a supply shortage of masks by suggesting that the public wear scarves instead.

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn at a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak at the White House on March 19.

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Feds Warn Merchants Not Make Coronavirus Treatment Claims

10:28pm March 31, 2020

by Marisa Peñaloza

The FDA has sent warning letters to seven marketers of products including essential oils, nasal sprays and herbal concoctions. No treatments or vaccines for COVID-19 have been approved.

Holland America's cruise ship Zaandam navigates through the Panama Canal on Sunday. Passengers and crew, some of whom may have COVID-19, have been stranded on the ship while looking for a country to accept them.

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Cruise Ship Struggling With COVID-19 Headed To Florida

10:25pm March 31, 2020

by Greg Allen

A cruise ship with four dead and nearly 200 people who have been sick with suspected COVID-19 may dock in Fort Lauderdale if cruise company executives and public officials can agree on a plan.

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Coronavirus Task Force Details 'Sobering' Data Behind Its Extended Guidelines

9:47pm March 31, 2020

by Philip Ewing

America must brace for 100,000 or more people to die in the coming months in the coronavirus pandemic, the White House's response team warned.