Posts Tagged: US health
Record Spikes in New Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations Sweep Parts of US
New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in record numbers swept through more US states, including Florida and Texas, as most push ahead with reopening and President...
US Coronavirus Deaths Top 100,000 as Country Reopens
The novel coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States, according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday, even as the slowdown in deaths encouraged...
Americans Spend Holiday at Beaches and Parks as Virus Death Toll Nears 100,000
Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, even as the US death toll from COVID-19 fast approaches 100,000. The...
US Unemployment Rate Shatters Post-World War Two Record, Hitting 14.7 Percent
The US economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet...
Researchers Double US COVID-19 Death Forecast, Citing Eased Restrictions
A newly-revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as social-distancing measures for quelling...
Israeli NGO Steps Up to Help Americans in Time of Need During Coronavirus Pandemic
Twenty-two-year-old Amir Kashfi arrives early in the morning around 6:30 a.m. outside a Los Angeles school to set up boxes of canned goods, pasta, rice...
Some US States Inch Toward Easing Coronavirus Curbs After Trump Unveils Guidelines
The governors of Michigan, Florida and other states outlined tentative steps on Friday to reopen their economies, a day after President Donald Trump unveiled guidelines for a...
Trump Unveils Three-Stage Process for States to End Coronavirus Shutdown
President Donald Trump laid out new guidelines on Thursday for US states to emerge from a coronavirus shutdown in a staggered, three-stage approach meant to...
US Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 25,000, Doubling in One Week
US deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 25,000 on Tuesday, doubling in one week, according to a Reuters tally, as officials debated how to reopen...
US Jewish Groups Issue Communal Call for ‘Kindness and Solidarity’ Amid Worsening Coronavirus Crisis
Nearly 200 US Jewish groups and institutions issued a joint statement of solidarity on Wednesday, amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic. “We join today as representatives of...
US Death Toll Spirals Amid Rush to Build Field Hospitals, Find Supplies
The US government raced on Tuesday to build hundreds of makeshift hospitals near major cities as healthcare systems were pushed to capacity, and sometimes beyond,...
US Coronavirus Death Toll Rises Past 3,000 on Deadliest Day
The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3,000 on Monday, the deadliest day yet in the country's mounting crisis, while New York...
Trump Backs Off Plan to Reopen Businesses by Mid-April Amid Coronavirus Warnings
President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stay-at-home guidelines until the end of April, dropping a hotly-criticized plan to get the economy up and running by mid-April after a...
US Has Most Coronavirus Cases in World, Next Wave Aimed at Louisiana
The number of US coronavirus infections climbed above 82,000 on Thursday, surpassing the national tallies of China and Italy, as New York, New Orleans and...
