Новости за 15.04.2020

President Donald Trump’s push to reopen the American economy amid the coronavirus pandemic is inherently risky, as it could lead to a sudden spike in new infections from the disease. Dr. Dave Campbell, who is MSNBC’s chief medical correspondent, told host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday that he fears what will happen to many older Americans […]

US President Donald Trump has announced the US is cutting its funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – a decision that will have major implications for the global health response to the coronavirus pandemic. The US contributes more than US$400 million to the WHO per year, though it is already US$200 million in arrears. […]

Many Republican lawmakers are antsy to reopen the American economy — and now one is openly complaining that the media focus on people who are dying from COVID-19 is hindering their plans. In an interview with Politico, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) said that it’s time for lawmakers to get together and have frank discussions about […]

Crisis is an opportunity. This is especially true for the “global right” and its racial authoritarians, along with other white neo-fascists, during the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump is the de facto leader of that movement. This article first appeared in Salon. They are using this crisis to engage in terrorism and other acts of […]

According to a report at the Daily Beast, Attorney General William Barr pressed officials in Australia for information on Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation at the same time members of his Justice Department were assisting the Australians with hostage negotiations with Tehran. In the exclusive report from Erin Banco and Lachlan Cartwright, they reveal that the […]

Some 74 million people in the water-scarce Arab region are at greater risk of catching the novel coronavirus because they lack a sink or soap at home, the United Nations said Wednesday. This includes 31 million people in Sudan, more than 14 million in war-torn Yemen and 9.9 million in Egypt, a UN report said. […]

China urged the United States on Wednesday to fulfil its obligations to the World Health Organization (WHO) after President Donald Trump halted funding for the body, while German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned against “blaming others” for the coronavirus crisis. Trump’s decision to freeze WHO funding over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic has drawn […]

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he was freezing funding to the World Health Organization because of its purported deference to the Chinese government during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, CNN’s John Berman demonstrated on Wednesday that Trump was attacking the WHO for saying the same things about China’s efforts to contain the virus that […]

Donald Trump ordered a freeze on funding for the World Health Organization for “mismanaging” the coronavirus crisis, as world leaders weighed easing lockdowns that threaten to tip the global economy into a second Great Depression. The death toll from the pandemic has topped 125,000, with nearly two million people infected by the disease that has […]

President Donald Trump wants to “re-open” the American economy next month, even though health officials are warning that could lead to a major spike in COVID-19 infections. Many of the president’s allies seem aware of this risk, as the Washington Post reports that they’re trying to recruit “prominent” business leaders to endorse the president’s plan […]

The stench of smouldering funeral pyres usually hangs heavy by the Ganges river in Varanasi, the mystical Indian city where Hindus believe being cremated will free them from the cycle of rebirth. But because of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the 200 to 300 bodies from all over India and beyond that are typically cremated here […]

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it has become clear that people need to understand basic facts about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to make informed health care and public policy decisions. Two basic virological concepts have gotten a lot of attention recently – the “infectious dose” and the “viral load” of SARS-CoV-2. As influenza […]

Decision by EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler denounced for being “as tone-deaf as it is reckless.” On the heels of a Harvard University study which showed the long-term effects of air pollution can make coronavirus patients more likely to die from the disease, President Donald Trump’s EPA flouted its own scientists’ guidance Tuesday when it announced it […]

“The facts, again, remain Trump’s biggest albatross.” The watchdog group Public Citizen on Tuesday challenged President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that casualties in the United States related to the coronavirus are “very low,” adding to mounting criticism from across the globe over how his administration has handled the crisis. “Trump’s habitual disregard for the facts […]

After the declaration of COVID-19, the Chinese population showed an increase in anxiety and depression and a decrease in happiness and life satisfaction. This finding comes from a report that analyzed user messages from China’s social media platform, Weibo. The report was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.Evidence from the […]

MIAMI — In a 2-1 decision, a federal appeals court has ruled against victims of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who were seeking to overturn the late multimillionaire’s secret 2008 federal plea deal in an effort to go after co-conspirators who received immunity under the agreement.Despite calling the case “a national disgrace,” two judges with the […]

SAN DIEGO — Four sailors on the San-Diego based aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt are in the hospital with COVID-19, the Navy said Tuesday. One is in intensive care.The hospital admissions come the day after a member of the crew died of complications of the virus after four days in the ICU. The Defense Department has […]

We’ve all heard it incessantly for the past month amid the coronavirus outbreak: “maintain social distancing.”But despite shutting down businesses, working from home and traveling less, people still went out in droves to go on jogs and meet friends and family, a new study from Stanford University suggests.Stanford researchers Eleni Linos and Jeff Hancock collected […]

Even as Americans debate who has the authority to restart the economy, Spain let nonessential workers return to work this week.This is a bold — some say foolhardy — move by the Spanish government, given that Spain has the third largest coronavirus death toll, a terrible figure of 18,000, lagging only behind the United States […]

All it took was one little call to spur Tom Banning into action, undertaking a giant mission across a very large state — distributing 525,000 masks to health care providers around Texas, a sprawling landmass roughly the size of France. In mid-March, amid the emerging US coronavirus outbreak, the doctor was contacted by a golf […]

Can an app contain the pandemic? Interest is growing in smartphone technology as a potential key to ending lockdowns and reopening economies around the world. Digital “contact tracing” would allow mobile systems to log instances where people have been in proximity with an infected person and send alerts where appropriate. Researchers and health agencies around […]

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a statement Tuesday praising a DeVos family company for donations of personal protection equipment in the fight against coronavirus, one day after slamming Betsy DeVos, a member of the Republican administration of President Donald Trump.“Amway has really stepped up to help keep Kent County families and health […]

Wells Fargo’s first quarter profits suffered as the bank set aside billions to gird for the effect the ongoing economic shutdown will have on the world economy.The bank posted 1 cent of earnings per share for the first quarter, down from $1.20 per share during the same quarter last year. The bank is preparing for […]

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Wednesday she will take a 20 percent pay cut in a symbolic act of solidarity with people struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic. Ardern said her personal salary, those of her fellow ministers and of top public servants would be slashed by a fifth for six months. The […]

Worried about a “coronavirus divorce”? An enterprising Japanese short-term rental firm is marketing its empty apartments as a way for stressed couples to get some time apart during the virus lockdown. “Please consult with us before thinking about ‘coronavirus divorce’,” the Tokyo-based Kasoku urges customers, offering its Airbnb-like fully-furnished units as “temporary shelters” for people […]