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Wisconsin court rules that primary can proceed on TuesdayVideo
MADISON — Voters in Wisconsin will likely face a choice on Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from public health officials to stay away from large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday ordered the election back on, hours after Democratic...
Half the U.S. supply of Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine now cut off
Nearly half the supply of hydroxychloroquine to the U.S. comes from makers in India, a flow that has now been abruptly stanched after the Asian nation banned exports of all forms of the malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a “game changer” for treating the coronavirus. According to...
Peduto seeks extension of disaster declaration for Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has asked City Council to approve an extension of his disaster declaration until early May. Council is scheduled to introduce a resolution on Tuesday that would authorize an extension of the declaration until May 5. Peduto issued the declaration March 13. It allows the city to...
Poll: Americans increasing effort to avoid coronavirus infection
CHICAGO — Americans in overwhelming numbers are actively avoiding others as much as possible and taking additional steps to protect themselves from the coronavirus, according to a survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that shows how concerns about infection have grown sharply in the past six...
Governors seize spotlight amid states’ coronavirus response
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Across America, as families stuck in their homes anxious and isolated by the new coronavirus, a new daily ritual is taking shape: tuning into the governor’s afternoon press briefing. Residents sequestered under a stay-at-home order in Ohio seem to hang on Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s every word,...
Trump sees limits of presidency in avoiding blame for virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is confronting the most dangerous crisis a U.S. leader has faced this century as the coronavirus spreads and a once-vibrant economy falters. As the turmoil deepens, the choices he makes in the critical weeks ahead will shape his reelection prospects, legacy and the character of...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to intensive care unitVideo
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to the intensive care unit of a London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened Monday, just a day after he was admitted for what were said to be routine tests Johnson was admitted to St. Thomas’ Hospital late Sunday, 10 days...
World coronavirus roundup: Virus death toll in Spain appears to drop offVideo
Here’s the latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the world. From Spain Coronavirus-related fatalities and recorded infections continued to drop on Monday in Spain, although authorities warned of possible distortions by a slower reporting of figures over the weekend. The country’s health ministry reported 637 new deaths for the...
Pair cited for violating stay-at-home order for sitting on sidewalk, drinking alcoholVideo
Police in Lancaster County have cited two people who they say violated Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay at home order, and the pair was found sitting on the sidewalk drinking alcohol in a seemingly random spot. Bernardo Teran, 40, and Natasha Long, 32, were found in the 1100 block of Grinnell...
Trump tempers officials’ grave assessments with optimismVideo
WASHINGTON — The U.S. surgeon general said Sunday that Americans should brace for levels of tragedy reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, while the nation’s infectious disease chief warned that the new coronavirus may never be completely eradicated from the globe. Those were some...
Russian ping-pong? Belarussian soccer? In age of coronavirus, sports gamblers find wayVideo
The current pandemic is causing all of us to wrestle with some of life’s most difficult questions: What day is it? What drawer do I keep my pants in? Were there really four bottles in that box of wine? And that’s just before noon. In that sense, the last three...
Louisiana officials report 68 more coronavirus-linked deathsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana health officials reported 68 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, marking the state’s biggest jump in reported deaths since the outbreak began. The Louisiana Department of Health reported the figures on its website Sunday. The number of infections reported to the state also increased by more than 500...
S.E. Cupp: America’s lack of pandemic preparedness is unforgivable
In the movies, this all goes very differently. In Hollywood’s version of events, the federal government had been building a secret bunker in the limestone cliffs of Missouri to house a million people in the expectation of an extinction-level-event. Or the entire executive and legislative branches were relocated to an...
Western Pa. cemeteries attract more visitors during coronavirus restrictionsVideo
Cemeteries across the region have sprung to life during the coronavirus pandemic, with more people than usual flocking to them for fresh air and exercise. Some, however, aren’t as serene as they were before the pandemic. Homestead’s John English, a frequent visitor to Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood,...
Editorial: The deadly flu vs. the coronavirus pandemic
The comparisons are inevitable. Coronavirus is a contagious respiratory illness you can pick up from a doorknob or a stray sneeze. Some infected people show no symptoms. Others come down with what ranges from a bad to a monstrous cold. An alarming number of people need hospital treatment. Many die....
Doctors, nurses leave homes to protect families from virus
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Lisa Neuburger was caring for a patient with the coronavirus when the person’s ventilator tube became detached. As she worked to help the patient, she knew fluid from the person’s lungs could be spraying into the air, possibly exposing her to the virus, despite the protective...
Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the United States or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia...
Sidewalk notes bring smiles to hospital staff during outbreakVideo
NEW ORLEANS — The messenger is anonymous — but the messages are heartfelt and appreciated. In recent days, workers at New Orleans’ Ochsner Medical Center who take the familiar stroll from the parking lot to the main entrance have been greeted with expressions of gratitude from an unnamed artist, sketched...
ER doctor who died of covid-19-like symptoms was Fayette County native
Fayette County native Dr. Frank Gabrin lived his life helping others, all the way up to the end. An ER physician at East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey, Dr. Gabrin generally worked the midnight shift because that’s when sick people would come in, his younger brother, Mike Gabrin of...
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with coronavirusVideo
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to a hospital Sunday for tests, his office said, because he is still suffering symptoms, 10 days after he was diagnosed with covid-19. Johnson’s office said the admission to an undisclosed London hospital came on the advice of his doctor and...
Researchers discover anti-parasite drug kills coronavirus in labVideo
Researchers from Australia have found a drug already available around the world that can kill coronavirus in a lab setting in under 48 hours. In a study published Friday, researchers at Monash University in Melbourne said the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin was found to halt the SARS-CoV-2 virus from growing in...
Defense Secretary defends firing of Navy Capt. Brett Crozier over coronavirus warningVideo
WASHINGTON — With the military under broad pressure to step up its coronavirus response, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday defended the firing of an aircraft carrier commander who sought help for sailors during an outbreak as a matter of holding leaders “accountable.” He also said the matter was under...
Allegheny Valley Hospital explores adding 100 beds if needed to support covid-19 surge
Allegheny Valley Hospital has enough space within its own walls to support as many as 100 more beds by converting the likes of physical therapy areas and family waiting lounges into clinical units, the hospital’s president said. Should the anticipated spike in covid-19 cases overwhelm the Alle-Kiski Valley’s existing options,...
Westmoreland County groups seek coronavirus protective gear
The Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety has teamed with three nonprofit business groups in the county to assist in gathering personal protective equipment for area health care workers and first responders during the covid-19 pandemic. “Resources for this crisis are scarce worldwide, and we are focusing our efforts on...
‘Surreal’: NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge
NEW YORK — Pat Marmo walked among 20 or so deceased in the basement of his Brooklyn funeral home, his protective mask pulled down so his pleas could be heard. “Every person there, they’re not a body,” he said. “They’re a father, they’re a mother, they’re a grandmother. They’re not...
