Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York coronavirus deaths, hospitalizations lowest in more than one week
(Reuters) - The number of people hospitalized for the novel coronavirus and related deaths fell to their lowest levels in more than a week, evidence that the hardest-hit state was controlling its spre...
Apr 16, 2020
Exclusive: Bayer’s chloroquine donation to U.S. raises concern about FDA standards in pandemic
By Katherine Eban (Reuters) - On March 21, two days after President Donald Trump first touted chloroquine drugs as a "gamechanger" in the fight against COVID-19, administration officials privately des...
Apr 16, 2020
Michigan residents sue Governor Whitmer over coronavirus pandemic orders
(Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer faces at least two federal lawsuits challenging her April 9 executive order to combat the coronavirus outbreak, including requirements that residents sta...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. telling lenders small business fund to run dry imminently: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Administration is telling lenders a $350 billion emergency loan program for small businesses designed to help them keep workers on their payrolls is expe...
Apr 16, 2020
Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier are symptom-free
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sweeping testing of the entire crew of the coronavirus-stricken U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt may have revealed a clue about the pandem...
Apr 16, 2020
As the U.S. shut down, Trump’s legal fight to build wall ramped up
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Even as the Trump administration was struggling to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, it was ramping up efforts to seize land along U.S. southern border to build a wall...
Apr 16, 2020
From home to hospital: Giving birth during the U.S. coronavirus outbreak
By Callaghan O'Hare FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - As a first-time mother with no idea what to expect, Nancy Pedroza was convinced the hospital was the safest place to have her baby. That conviction tu...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. coronavirus deaths march higher to over 31,000: Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus deaths rose above 31,000 on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as President Donald Trump prepares to announce guidelines for reopening the economy. T...
Apr 16, 2020
North Dakota governor issues guidelines to reopen state May 1: statement
NEW YORK (Reuters) - North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum issued guidelines for reopening the state as soon as May 1 in a statement issued late Wednesday, according to a statement from his office. The st...
Apr 16, 2020
COVID-19 crisis strains needy and groups that help them
By Jaimi Dowdell and Benjamin Lesser LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sacred Heart Community Service thought it was prepared for the pain the growing COVID-19 pandemic would cause in San Jose, California. The ...
Apr 16, 2020
