New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has hit back at a series of presidential tweets accusing him of dramatizing the coronavirus pandemic and not being appreciative of the president’s efforts in providing help. Following Cuomo’s complaints about the medical shortage in the US, President Donald Trump had tweeted that Cuomo “should …
Read More »Poll: 55% of Americans say federal govt has done poor job preventing virus spread
A majority of Americans — 55% — now say the federal government has done a poor job preventing the spread of coronavirus in the United States, up to eight points in about a week, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS as the nationwide death toll from the …
Read More »Coronavirus: Trump warns ‘there will be a lot of death’ this week
Donald Trump has warned the US that “there will be a lot of death” this week as he said the country faced its toughest period during the coronavirus pandemic. He was speaking as Johns Hopkins University said the US now had more than 300,000 cases. Speaking at his daily White …
Read More »Trump says a scarf is better than a mask ‘in many cases’ — is that true?
US President Donald Trump has claimed that “in many cases” scarves are better than masks for protection against coronavirus. Speaking at his daily press briefing on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said that amid a shortage of masks, people can use scarves as an alternative when outside. “In many cases, the scarf …
Read More »Trump axed US health expert job in China before coronavirus outbreak: Report
The administration of US President Donald Trump eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing tasked with detecting disease outbreaks in China several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, a report says. The US epidemiologist, Linda Quick, was embedded in China’s disease control agency but her position was eliminated …
Read More »After first coronavirus death, California declares state of emergency
California has declared a state of emergency after the first US death from the coronavirus outside of Washington state that brought the total number of fatalities to eleven nationwide. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the emergency on Wednesday, saying “the state is working around the clock to keep our communities …
Read More »US vaping death toll rises to 11, over 500 have fallen ill
A vaping-related illness has claimed two more lives in the US, bringing the total number of fatalities to 11. More than 500 people are known to have fallen ill with mysterious lung disease after smoking e-cigarettes in the US, but officials said hundreds of additional cases had been reported in …
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