‘We all stay home’: no work and no stimulus checks for undocumented family in U.S.
In Fresno, California, 58-year-old grandmother Maria Luisa Salazar shares a mobile home with her family of 11. Afraid that going to work would put them at risk of the coronavirus, she has stopped working and is staying at home.
FDA cautions slower drug review activity due to reallocation of staff to COVID-19
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration cautioned on Thursday that with a lot of its staff allocated to the coronavirus crisis, it may not be able to sustain its current level of timely reviews and approvals of marketing applications.
Coronavirus set to usher in big changes at U.S. offices
The novel coronavirus may do to U.S. office rentals what e-commerce did to malls, or so goes a line of thinking running through commercial real estate circles.
U.S. Midwest governors to coordinate reopening economies battered by coronavirus
Governors of seven U.S. mostly Midwestern states on Thursday said they will work in close coordination to reopen their economies battered by efforts to contain the coronavirus, echoing similar moves made by 10 governors in states on the East and West c…
U.S. CDC reports 632,548 coronavirus cases, 27,012 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 632,548 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 27,158 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 2430 to 27,012.
New York coronavirus hospitalizations fall, New Jersey launches nursing home probe
The number of people hospitalized for the novel coronavirus and related deaths in New York fell to their lowest levels in more than a week, adding to evidence the hardest-hit state was controlling its spread, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.
Senator Warren takes Treasury, Fed to task over ‘little oversight’ of stimulus programs
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren chastised the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department on Thursday over their rollout of massive stimulus programs designed to help businesses weather the global coronavirus pandemic, saying they were failing to protect wor…
‘Waiting game’ for Oregon patient needing cancer surgery amid coronavirus
Oregon resident George Polas learned in March he had an aggressive type of prostate cancer that would require surgical removal – just as the coronavirus pandemic began spreading rapidly in the United States.
U.S. lawmakers argue over coronavirus response as small business program runs out
U.S. lawmakers argued Thursday about what the next coronavirus rescue package should include as a program to help small businesses ran out of money and the economy continued to struggle from a monthlong shutdown.
Michigan governor needs to revise her coronavirus lockdown order: state chamber head
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer needs to revise the recent extension to her stay-at-home order or risk doing serious harm to the state’s economy, including potentially driving hundreds of companies out of business, the head of the Michigan Chamber o…
