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Bayer donates millions of tablets of malaria drug that could fight coronavirus to U.S. government
Pharmaceutical company Bayer has responded to the ongoing outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — by donating millions of tablets of an anti-malarial drug that could be used to combat the disease to the United States government.According to a story published Thursday at MarketWatch:U.S. listed shares of Bayer AG bayry rose → Read More
Tulsi Gabbard announces that she will suspend her presidential campaign and endorse Joe Biden
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) announced Thursday that she will suspend her presidential campaign and endorse former Vice President Joe Biden to take on President Donald Trump in November's general election.Gabbard made the announcement in a video message posted on Twitter. In the announcement, the 38-year-old House member said tha → Read More
A left-wing org says it plans to spend millions attacking Trump’s coronavirus response on the campaign trail
A liberal political group says that the coronavirus outbreak is going to play a big role in the upcoming November presidential election, and they're planning to spend millions of dollars attacking President Donald Trump for his response to the crisis. According to a Tuesday story from the Washington Post, Pacronym — which is a political action → Read More
Iran and China have increased persecution of religious minorities during their coronavirus response: report
A recent report from an independent government commission says that some of the world's governments — including the repressive regimes of China and Iran — have made matters worse for people's religious freedom as a result of their efforts to address the spread of the new coronavirus, formally known as COVID-19.The fact sheet — which the United Stat → Read More
Some people are worried about how the coronavirus fallout could hurt abortion clinics
While the United States and the world take prudential steps to confront and combat the global spread of the new coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — some people have actually raised concerns that the response efforts might negatively impact women's ability to abort their unborn children.For example, a story published Tuesday at HuffPost descr → Read More
President Trump says drive-thrus will remain open amid coronavirus response after meeting with fast-food CEOs
The administration is urging people to avoid restaurants for the time being due to the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — but President Donald Trump says that fast-food companies have agreed to keep their drive-thru and pickup options up and running in the meantime.The president made the announcement at a White House pre → Read More
PolitiFact slaps Joe Biden with ‘mostly false’ rating for claiming that the US ‘refused’ WHO coronavirus tests
Left-leaning fact-checking website PolitiFact called out Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden with a "mostly false" rating over a recent claim that the United States "refused" to accept coronavirus testing kits offered by the World Health Organization.Biden made the claim during Sunday night's Democratic presidentia → Read More
Study finds most coronavirus transmission comes from people who don’t know they have it
'Undocumented infections, which tend to be milder, are distributing the virus broadly and are contributing essentially to what they call stealth transmission of the virus' → Read More
EU leader calls for travel ban to Europe to fight coronavirus spread
In response to the global spread of the coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — a top official of the European Union has called for European leaders to impose travel restrictions to E.U. countries.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a Monday news conference that a proposed travel ban would halt unnecessary travel to the E. → Read More
Barr tells federal prosectors to prioritize cases of coronavirus scammers amid outbreak
United Sates Attorney General William Barr has told federal prosecutors to prioritize cases of "wrongdoers" looking to seize on the global spread of coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — for illicit gain."In addition to ensuring that the justice system can continue functioning during the current national crisis, it is essential that the Depart → Read More
Oregon distillery makes free hand sanitizer amid coronavirus outbreak
An Oregon distillery is helping out during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak by making and giving out free bottles of hand sanitizer to people.According to KPTV-TV, Shine Distillery and Grill in Portland makes the in-house hand sanitizer using a byproduct of the distillation process that's not meant for human consumption, rather than the stuff they → Read More
US researchers have begun the first set of coronavirus vaccine clinical tests
U.S. researchers have started the initial phases of clinical safety testing for a potential coronavirus vaccine, marking the beginning of a long, multistep process. According to the Associated Press, which first reported the story, the clinical trial of healthy adults began Monday in hard-hit Washington state: With a careful jab in a healthy v → Read More
SCOTUS postpones hearing arguments due to coronavirus spread
They'll still meet privately, but will be able to do so via conference call. → Read More
Stocks plunge dramatically at opening as coronavirus concerns fuel trading halt
Financial markets appear to be off to yet another coronavirus-driven rollercoaster week with a post-opening bell stock plummet and a short trading halt on Monday morning.According to the Associated Press:Stocks dropped 8% in the first minutes of trading Monday on Wall Street and triggered another temporary halt to trading as huge swaths of the econ → Read More
CBP agents bust alleged smuggling attempt of phony coronavirus tests at US airport
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced over the weekend that agents had seized a package filled with what authorities believe to be phony coronavirus testing kits, and stopped them from entering the United States.According to a Saturday CBP news release, agents at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday inspected a package that had been ma → Read More
When pressed on his extreme abortion comments, DNC chair questions the faith of Trump supporters
When pressed about the Democratic Party's abortion stance in a recent interview, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez responded by questioning the faith of people who "go to church on Sunday" while also supporting President Donald Trump."I think the challenge that I see among a lot of people that go to Donald Trump rallies, and then the → Read More
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announces self-quarantine after wife shows ‘flu-like symptoms’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has opted to go into self-quarantine and work from home while waiting for coronavirus test results for his wife.A statement from Trudeau's office issued Thursday says that the 48-year-old prime minister made the decision after his wife, Sophie, started showing "flu-like symptoms including a low fever" Wednesda → Read More
Congress and the White House cancel public tours amid coronavirus spread in nation's capital
Due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, visitors to Washington, D.C., for the rest of the month of March will not be able to tour the U.S. Capitol, and tours of the White House have been suspended as well.In a joint statement issued Thursday morning, the sergeants at arms for the House of Representatives and the Senate announced that the Capi → Read More
U.S. Senate staffer tests positive for coronavirus
As lawmakers and the administration work to address the ongoing global spread of the coronavirus, the first known case of the disease on Capitol Hill was reported on Wednesday night.A statement from Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) says that one of her staffers has tested positive for the virus — formally known as COVID-19. → Read More
Supreme court sides with Trump, overturns 9th Circuit block on 'remain in Mexico' policy
The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a win on Wednesday with a court order giving his administration a judicial green light to continue enforcement of its "Migrant Protection Protocols," otherwise known as the "remain in Mexico" policy for the time being.Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a lower court' → Read More