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  ventilators 3 hours ago

  Projected Ventilator Demand ‘Outstrips the Capacity’ of National Stockpile, FEMA Tells Congress

  Federal Emergency Management Agency officials told members of Congress earlier this week that the projected demand for ventilators required for coronavirus-stricken patients “outstrips the capacity” of the Strategic National Stockpile, the House Oversight Committee said Thursday. In a March 30 meeting, FEMA officials told members of the Democr...
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  small businesses 1 hour ago

  Banks Warn of ‘Utter Chaos’ in New Small Business Lending Program

  Millions of small businesses are anxiously awaiting their slices of a $350 billion relief program that forms part of the government’s $2 trillion economic support package. However, with just hours to go before launch, it wasn’t until Thursday night that banks received their 31 pages of guidance from Treasury on how to lend the mone...
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  coronavirus 21 hours ago

  US Coronavirus Updates: NY Funeral Homes Struggle as Deaths Surge; Banks Warn of ‘Chaos’ in Loans

  President Donald Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. This is despite his administration’s projections that tens of thousands of Americans are likely to be killed by the disease.
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  kids 16 hours ago

  What Coronavirus Symptoms Do Kids Experience? Doctors Share New Information

  Last weekend an infant in Chicago died after testing positive for COVID-19. A 1-year-old in Colorado experienced seizures due to a high fever, and was presumed to have COVID-19. Newborn babies whose mothers were COVID-19-positive have also tested positive for the disease, a study reported.
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  United States 19 hours ago

  Global Virus Updates: Economic, Health Crises Grow as Cases Top 1M

  The race to protect people against unwitting coronavirus carriers intensified Thursday as the total number of cases worldwide neared 1 million and Spain topped 10,000 deaths.
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  coronavirus Mar 13

  Your Guide to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

  The new coronavirus first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 has infected more than 951,000 people and caused more than 48,000 deaths worldwide. The number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 surpassed 216,000. The U.S. has tested one million people, with more than 189,000 cases confirmed and more than 5,100 dead. Those n...
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  Essential workers 36 mins ago

  Detroit Bus Driver Dies From Coronavirus After Posting Video About Coughing Rider

  A Detroit bus driver who had expressed anger on Facebook about a coughing passenger has died from COVID-19, officials said Thursday.
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  April Fools' Day 1 hour ago

  Newspaper Apologizes After April Fools’ Prank Causes Panic

   An Oklahoma newspaper has apologized and retracted a story intended as an April Fools’ prank that claimed all students in one Tulsa-area school district must repeat their current grade level. All schools in Oklahoma have been ordered closed until the end of the school year to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. “Sapulpa Schools anno...
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  Anthony Fauci 2 hours ago

  Dr. Fauci’s Face Will Soon Be on a Bobblehead

  The United States’ top infectious disease specialist is getting his own bobblehead.
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  coronavirus 3 hours ago

  Coronavirus Task Force Warns: ‘Don’t Get a False Sense of Security’ From Face Masks

  Dr. Deborah Birx, a U.S. State Department official working as a coronavirus response coordinator for the White House, told reporters on Thursday that while the task force is considering adding personal masks to the list of recommended coronavirus guidelines, they are concerned it will give Americans a false sense of protection. Birx said social dis...
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  disney 4 hours ago

  Disney to Furlough Non-Union Park Employees in the US Starting April 19

  Without a clear idea of when its parks will be able to reopen, Disney announced plans to furlough non-union workers and stop collecting payments for its annual park passes. “Disney employees have received full pay and benefits during this time, and we’ve committed to paying them through April 18, for a total of five additional weeks of co...