Michael R. Sisak
The Associated Press
New York, NY, United States
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Hospitals overflowing with bodies in US epicenter of virus
It has become a grim ritual outside New York City’s hospitals: workers in protective gear loading the bodies of coronavirus victims into refrigerated trailers. → Read More
Hospitals overflowing with bodies in US epicenter of virus
NEW YORK (AP) — It has become a grim ritual outside New York City's hospitals: workers in protective gear loading the bodies of coronavirus victims into refrigerated trailers. A surge in deaths in the epicenter of the crisis in the U. S. has overwhelmed the city's permanent morgues and filled storage spaces in many hospitals to capacity. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending 85… → Read More
As virus makes goodbyes hard, fears of many more rise in US
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as family members described wrench… → Read More
Over 1,000 virus deaths in New York state in 19 days
NEW YORK (AP) - New York state's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak surged Sunday above 1,000, less than a month after the first case was detected in the state. New York City reported in the evening that its toll had risen to 776. The total number of statewide deaths isn't expected to be released until Monday, but with at least 250 additional deaths recorded outside the city as of Sunday… → Read More
Up to 200K US deaths foreseen as more cities stricken
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as smoldering hotspots in nursing … → Read More
New York state surpasses 1,000 coronavirus deaths
New York surpassed a grim milestone as its death toll from the coronavirus outbreak climbed above 1,000 on Sunday, less than a month after the disease was first detected in the state. → Read More
Up to 200,000 US deaths foreseen as more cities stricken
NEW YORK — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as smoldering hotspots in nursing homes and a growing list of stricken cities heightened the sense of... → Read More
Up to 200K US deaths foreseen as more cities stricken
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government's top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as smoldering hotspots in nursing homes and a... → Read More
Federal prisons struggle to combat growing COVID-19 fears
When a federal correction officer geared up for duty recently at a Florida prison complex, he added an N95 mask amid coronavirus fears. At other federal prisons, though, he would have been told to wear one. Together, these accounts detail a scattershot policy on COVID-19 safety at the federal Bureau → Read More
Federal prisons struggle to combat growing COVID-19 fears
Inmates say there is little guidance on what to do if they experience flu-like symptoms and very little social distancing. Some who have symptoms are not tested. → Read More
Federal prisons struggle to combat growing COVID-19 fears
WASHINGTON (AP) — When a federal correction officer geared up for duty recently at a Florida prison complex, he added an N95 mask amid coronavirus fears. He has a sister who had an organ transplant and an elderly mother at home. But a supervisor ordered him to take it off and threatened disciplinary action if he refused. At other federal prisons, though, he would have been told to wear one.… → Read More
‘Cacophony of coughing’: Inside NYC’s virus-besieged ERs
Patients initially showed up with fairly mild symptoms, ranging from a runny nose to a mild fever, concerned they contracted coronavirus. That shifted over the past week, McGreevy said, and now hospitals are receiving far sicker patients in need of life-saving intervention. → Read More
'Cacophony of coughing': Inside NYC's virus-besieged ERs
NEW YORK — A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by worry about a dwindling number of ventilators. Such is the reality inside New York City’s hospitals, which have become the war-zone-like epicenter … → Read More
'Cacophony of coughing': Inside NYC's virus-besieged ERs
NEW YORK (AP) — A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and... → Read More
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus in prison
The 68-year-old former film producer, who was hospitalized with heart issues in recent weeks, was diagnosed just days after being transferred to the state’s maximum security Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo. → Read More
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus in prison
Weinstein was diagnosed and quarantined just days after being transferred to Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo. → Read More
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus in prison
The head of New York state's correctional officers union says Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for coronavirus → Read More
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus in prison
NEW YORK (AP) —Harvey Weinstein tested positive for the coronavirus at a state prison in New York while serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault, the head of the state correctional officers union said Monday. → Read More
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus in prison
The 68-year-old former film producer, who was hospitalized with heart issues in recent weeks, was diagnosed just days after being transferred to the state’s maximum security Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo. → Read More
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus in prison
The 68-year-old former film producer, who was hospitalized with heart issues in recent weeks, was diagnosed just days after being transferred to the state’s maximum security Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo. → Read More