Stay the course: Vigilance urged as coronavirus curve flattens in New York
Americans must persevere with social distancing now that their efforts are showing signs of slowing the spread of coronavirus, U.S. medical and state officials said on Thursday, as New York posted another spike in deaths while hospitalizations ebbed.
U.S. CDC reports 427,460 coronavirus cases, 14,696 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 427,460 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 32,449 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 1,942 to 14,696.
New York sees drop in new hospitalizations, deaths keep rising
New York state saw a sharp drop in the number of people newly admitted to a hospital in the past 24 hours to the lowest level since the coronavirus outbreak began, a sign that social distancing steps were working, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday…
Canada expects coronavirus deaths to soar; job losses hit 1 million
Canada’s coronavirus death toll is set to soar from more than 500 currently to as high as 22,000 by the end of the pandemic, health officials said on Thursday, while the economy lost a record 1 million jobs last month.
U.S. urged to go slow on easing coronavirus lockdown, even as jobless claims surge
The top U.S. infectious disease expert on Thursday warned against reopening the economy too soon in the face of improving data on the coronavirus outbreak but a third week of massive jobless claims underscored the huge economic cost to social distancin…
Trump family loses bid to move marketing scam lawsuit to arbitration
A federal judge in Manhattan rejected an effort by U.S. President Donald Trump and his adult children to send a lawsuit accusing them of exploiting their family name to promote a marketing scam into arbitration.
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 15,000: Reuters tally
U.S. deaths due to coronavirus topped 15,700 on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs the pandemic might be nearing a peak.
Neutral weather pattern likely to prevail through autumn: U.S. forecaster
El Niño-Southern Oscillation-neutral (ENSO) weather pattern is most likely to continue through this autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday.
Need to plan for possibility of more Theodore Roosevelt-level coronavirus infections: Pentagon
The U.S. military needs to plan for the possibility of more coronavirus infections on the level of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, a top general said on Thursday.
U.S. sailor from coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier taken to ICU
A sailor from the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in Guam after testing positive for the coronavirus last month, the U.S. Navy said on Thursday, as the number of coronavirus cases on the ship jumped to …
