coronavirus

ESPN NBA reporter Doris Burke has tested positive for the coronavirus, the reporter announced on Friday. Burke made her announcement on The Woj Pod with the network’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Doris Burke joins The Woj Pod to reveal she's tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. She details her symptoms, her hospital testing experience, recovery and goal …

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that allows the Pentagon to mobilize former U.S. troops and members of the National Guard to help supplement troops already being used to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Trump’s order allows the heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Homeland Security to recall up …

The Trump Administration is reportedly considering an executive order to restrict federal agencies from purchasing foreign medical supplies and equipment. That would be a mistake. As a general matter—and, especially during a pandemic—the White House should avoid measures that impede Americans’ access to affordable, quality medical supplies. Discriminatory government procurement laws are part of the disastrous trade policy legacy …

With the Chinese plague now affecting 199 countries, people around the world are focusing their ire on the source of the problem – Communist China. They know that, had the ChiComs come clean from the beginning, not destroyed data and lab samples, openly shared information about the virus, and implemented containment procedures just three weeks …

A 102-year-old Italian woman is the second centenarian this week to survive a battle with the coronavirus. Italica Grondona spent more than 20 days recovering from COVID-19 in a hospital located in the northern Italian city of Genoa, according to CNN. Dr. Vera Sicbaldi said the elderly patient’s story could provide hope to others in …

A 101-year-old Italian man born during the Spanish flu pandemic left the hospital on Thursday after beating the Chinese coronavirus. An Italian man – known as Mr. P. – battled the infection and won, according to a report by the local media outlet Rimini Today, which added Mr. P. has been discharged from a hospital in Rimini, …

Japanese authorities have confirmed 57 cases of the coronavirus at a center for the disabled in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK said. A total of 31 staff and 26 residents of the center have been found to be infected with the coronavirus, NHK said. The outbreak comes after a woman in her 40s, …

President Trump on Friday accused General Motors of failing to produce enough ventilators to fight the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. “As usual with ‘this’ General Motors, things just never seem to work out,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “They said they were going to give us 40,000 much needed Ventilators, ‘very quickly.’ Now they …

Our World in Data researchers announced this week that they had stopped relying on World Health Organization data for their models. Our World in Data, an online publication based at the University of Oxford, announced on Tuesday that it had stopped relying onO World Health Organization (WHO) data for its models, citing errors and other …

The Rocket Man is set for take off! Superstar Elton John will host a star-studded benefit special Sunday night on FOX, honoring the health care heroes and first responders battling the coronavirus pandemic. The “iHeart Living Room Concert for America” will feature remote performances from Alicia Keys, Backstreet Boys, Billie Eilish, Green Day’s Billie Joe …