Americans braced for what the nation’s top doctor warned Sunday would be “the hardest and saddest week” of their lives while Britain assumed the unwelcome mantle of deadliest coronavirus hotspot in Europe.
The U.S. surgeon general offered some of the starkest warnings yet Sunday as he braced Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus, warning “this is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives, quite frankly.”
President Donald Trump is pitching an unapproved medicine for COVID-19 sufferers that science has not concluded is effective or safe. “Take it,” he said of the drug.
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HOPE YEN, CALVIN WOODWARD and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and equipment.
Experts and health officials who are trying to plan a response to the coronavirus outbreak are missing a critical piece of information – the number of health care workers who have tested positive for the disease.
The Virginia Coronavirus Fraud Task Force and the IRS are warning tax payers about potential scams related to the coronavirus economic relief payments.
In a rare address to the nation, Queen Elizabeth II plans to exhort Britons to rise to the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing on wisdom from her decades as Britain’s head of state to urge discipline and resolve in a time of crisis.
Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday Mass without the public because of the coronavirus pandemic, which he said should focus people’s attention on what’s most important, despite heavy hearts — using one’s life to serve others.
President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the county could be headed into its “toughest” weeks yet as the coronavirus death toll mounts, but at the same time he expressed growing impatience with social distancing guidelines and said he’s eager to get the country reopened and its stalled economy ba
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MICHELLE R. SMITH, MARINA VILLENUEVE and REBECCA SANTANA
The Shenandoah National Park is further modifying its operations in an effort to follow social distancing guidelines outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As of Saturday morning, UVA Health is now asking all employees to wear masks in its facilities at all times, even if they are not treating infected patients.
Farmers and other vendors across Central Virginia are finding new ways to feed the masses, even with a global pandemic affecting the nation. Saturday, IX Art Park hosted a spread out spring farmers market.
Patricia Bosworth, an actress who once starred alongside Audrey Hepburn and later wrote biographies on several stars including Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, has died due to the coronavirus. She was 86.
"I'm corona-free and I had been given the all clear,” Geneva Woods said. “Do what you're supposed to do and don't take chances and keep, keep fighting."
In an effort to encourage people to support local businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, we’re providing a list of restaurants that are open for take-out and delivery.
In a pair of tweets, she said she and her three-year-old son were displaying symptoms two weeks ago, and she tested positive after accessing tests through a primary care physician.
President Donald Trump said Friday his administration will try to stop “profiteers” from exporting medical protective gear, shortly after picking a fight with manufacturing giant 3M, a major producer and exporter of face masks used to protect health care workers from the coronavirus.
About 300 students are still living on grounds at the University of Virginia. Now, many of them are being moved to different residence halls to help make room for health care workers who need a place to stay.
In a shift, the top leaders in Congress made it clear Friday there will be another coronavirus rescue package amid the stark need for federal resources to fight the pandemic and economic crisis.
It seems redundant to have a day titled “National Love Our Children Day” each year. However during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s probably important to take a moment and reflect on how and why we show love for our kids.
Retail giant Walmart is the latest to announce new restrictions inside its stores to help promote social distancing and limit the spread of the coronavirus.
The University of Virginia Women’s Center and the Shelter for Help in Emergency say quarantining at home is physically locking victims in with their abuser, as well as keeping them isolated from resources and people that could help them.
The federal government's relief program for small businesses is off to a slow start Friday, with only some businesses able to apply and several banks either not accepting applications or seeing long waits to do approvals.
Robocalls have turned from the usual social security fraud scams to coronavirus-related messages. The FTC says some are peddling fake products, and others are looking to cash in on stimulus checks.
High school and college students between ages 17 and 24 will not receive money if they are claimed as a dependent on someone’s tax returns, even if they normally work and file taxes themselves.
A Charlottesville music school and venue is giving performers a chance to share their music with the community despite restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Virginia Institute of Autism (VIA) is working with parents who are now facing new and unique challenges as schools remain closed for the remainder of the year.
Governor Ralph Northam says he has approved final recommendations for alternative care sites to help coronavirus patients in Virginia. He adds that teams are moving fast on opening the sites, and that they could be ready in about six weeks.
Virginia’s governor say an initial $2.5 million in emergency funding will be used to shelter the commonwealth’s homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic.
America's Food Fund said Thursday that the monies will be aimed to help low-income families, the elderly, individuals facing job disruptions and children who rely on school lunch programs.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is instituting a hiring freeze of state employees and is telling agency heads to look for ways to cut budgets in response to the coronavirus.
Doctors want to use blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat the sick, giving them a dose of the immune system antibodies that fight the virus.
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LAURAN NEERGAARD and MARSHALL RITZEL Associated Press
The National Health Service hospital at ExCel London will within days be able to provide intensive care treatment for 4,000 people suffering from the COVID-19 disease.
The bleak news Thursday — 6.6 million new unemployment claims on top of 3.3 million last week — came as the competition for scarce ventilators, masks and other protective gear seemed to grow more desperate and deaths mounted.
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MICHAEL R. SISAK, LORI HINNANT and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus was fired Thursday by Navy leaders who said he created a panic by sending his memo pleading for help to too many people.
Cruise ships carrying dozens of passengers and crew displaying symptoms of the coronavirus awaited final word Thursday on when they would be able to dock at a Florida port after officials gave their tentative approval and the state’s governor dropped his previously firm opposition.
Thousands of protective masks that are in short supply due to the coronavirus pandemic are now available to first responders and hospice caregivers thanks to a donation from the Charlottesville-based CFA Institute.
The University of Virginia has a four-part approach to dealing with the coronavirus impact, but if life continues like this, UVA's Jim Ryan says things will get direr.
The senior studying Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at Eastern Kentucky University said she saw a chance to help the community with masks that uniquely address their needs.
Fifth district Congressman Denver Riggleman is hosting a series of telephone town halls to answer questions from constituents about the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The DJJ claims the employees were asymptomatic when they were last at the facility and had limited contact with any youth, per guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Stocks are closing solidly higher after another whipsaw day, giving the market its first gain in three days. Major U.S. indexes rose more than 2% Thursday.
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STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers
The federal government expects to begin making payments to millions of Americans under the new stimulus law in mid-April, but some people without direct deposit information may not get checks until mid-August or later, according to a memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
A Henrico County long-term care facility that tested all of its residents because of the scope of its COVID-19 outbreak announced more deaths Thursday, bringing the total to 16, but said many residents who tested positive showed no signs of being ill.
The Democratic National Committee is delaying its presidential nominating convention until the week of Aug. 17 after prospective nominee Joe Biden said he didn’t think it would be possible to hold a normal convention in mid-July because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Food and Drug Administration's new policy aims to allow tens of thousands more Americans to give blood, including gay and bisexual men and people with recent tattoos and piercings.
Veterinarians around Charlottesville are taking extra steps to keep people, pets, and their staff safe by having them stay in the car and doing checkups outside.
About half of all working Americans say they or a member of their household have lost some kind of income due to the coronavirus pandemic, with low-income Americans and those without college degrees especially likely to have lost a job.
A wave of deadly outbreaks nearly every day since suggests that the measures including a ban on visits and daily health screenings of staffers either came too late or were not rigorous enough.
