Why is New Orleans’ coronavirus death rate seven times New York’s? Obesity is a factor
The coronavirus has been a far deadlier threat in New Orleans than the rest of the United States, with a per-capita death rate much higher than in New York City. Doctors, public health officials and available data say the Big Easy’s high levels of obes…
Onshore quarantine of U.S. aircraft carrier sailors begins on Guam
About 1,000 sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt – roughly a fifth of its crew – were under quarantine at a U.S. naval base on Guam on Thursday as the Navy sought to control a coronavirus outbreak aboard the warship.
Guatemalan migrant in U.S. custody positive for coronavirus: foreign ministry
A Guatemalan migrant in U.S. custody has been hospitalized with coronavirus in the United States, the Guatemalan foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
U.S. weekly jobless claims seen at record high: again
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits likely shot to a record high for a second week in a row as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy i…
Trump says China’s coronavirus numbers seem ‘on the light side’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the coronavirus statistics China was reporting seemed “a little bit on the light side,” while his national security adviser said Washington had no way of knowing if Beijing’s figures were accurate.
Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spiking
Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths in the United States nearly doubled in three days.
Third inmate at Louisiana’s Oakdale prison has died from coronavirus: official
The novel coronavirus on Wednesday killed two more inmates in the U.S. federal prison system, also in the Oakdale, Louisiana, facility where the system’s first death occurred on Saturday, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.
Trump considers canceling domestic flights to coronavirus hot spots
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was considering a plan to halt domestic flights to coronavirus hot spots inside the United States as the country struggles to contain a pandemic projected to kill at least 100,000 people.
Pentagon looking to provide up to 100,000 body bags for civilians in virus outbreak
The Pentagon is looking to provide up to 100,000 body bags for use by civilian authorities as the coronavirus outbreak worsens in the United States with a high death toll expected in coming weeks.
U.S. Social Security recipients to automatically get coronavirus money
U.S. Social Security recipients will not have to file a tax return to receive a payment from the federal government to help offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday.
