(CNN)While President Donald Trump's May 1 deadline to reopen parts of the economy looms, state and local government officials, along with public health experts, are calling for contact tracing teams to start tracking coronavirus positive patients to both contain the virus and start reopening some businesses.But with only two weeks to go, many parts of the country don't have contact tracing teams that are up to speed enough to reopen places, according to experts.Contact tracing is a widely used method in public health that relies on identifying every person who tests positive with an...…(CNN)While President Donald Trump's May 1 deadline to reopen parts of the economy looms, state and local government officials, along with public health experts, are calling for contact tracing teams to start tracking coronavirus positive patients to both contain the virus and start reopening some businesses.But with only two weeks to go, many parts of the country don't have contact tracing teams that are up to speed enough to reopen places, according to experts.Contact tracing is a widely used method in public health that relies on identifying every person who tests positive with an...WW…

By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — When President Donald Trump for “opening up America again” last week, of businesses and institutions that could reopen were restaurants, movie theaters and places of worship – so long as they adhered to strict social distancing protocols. Tucked near the bottom of the list, right above a warning that bars should stay closed, was a curious inclusion: gyms.While an integral part of many Americans’ routines, gyms and fitness clubs would seem to present a particular risk for contact spread of a contagious virus. Filled with people sweating and...…By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — When President Donald Trump for “opening up America again” last week, of businesses and institutions that could reopen were restaurants, movie theaters and places of worship – so long as they adhered to strict social distancing protocols. Tucked near the bottom of the list, right above a warning that bars should stay closed, was a curious inclusion: gyms.While an integral part of many Americans’ routines, gyms and fitness clubs would seem to present a particular risk for contact spread of a contagious virus. Filled with people sweating and...WW…

By , , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Biden administration will deploy additional supplies and support to the White House announced on Sunday.“To help treat Covid-19 patients and protect front-line health workers in India, the United States has identified supplies of therapeutics, rapid diagnostic test kits, ventilators, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that will immediately be made available for India. The United States also is pursuing options to provide oxygen generation and related supplies on an urgent basis,” a readout of a call between the two countries’...…By , , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Biden administration will deploy additional supplies and support to the White House announced on Sunday.“To help treat Covid-19 patients and protect front-line health workers in India, the United States has identified supplies of therapeutics, rapid diagnostic test kits, ventilators, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that will immediately be made available for India. The United States also is pursuing options to provide oxygen generation and related supplies on an urgent basis,” a readout of a call between the two countries’...WW…

Washington (CNN)Vice President Kamala Harris was huddled with other White House officials in President Joe Biden's private dining room last week when the room let out a "collective exhale." A Minnesota jury had found.As the large flat-screen television mounted on the north wall flashed three "guilty" counts, the room was overcome with a "sweeping sense of relief," an aide said. moments later in the Oval Office, ."She wants to say something," Biden told the group, gathered in a hallway at the courthouse in Minneapolis, before ceding the line to his vice president. "I'm just so thankful to...…Washington (CNN)Vice President Kamala Harris was huddled with other White House officials in President Joe Biden's private dining room last week when the room let out a "collective exhale." A Minnesota jury had found.As the large flat-screen television mounted on the north wall flashed three "guilty" counts, the room was overcome with a "sweeping sense of relief," an aide said. moments later in the Oval Office, ."She wants to say something," Biden told the group, gathered in a hallway at the courthouse in Minneapolis, before ceding the line to his vice president. "I'm just so thankful to...WW…

(CNN)President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden shared well-wishes with Americans celebrating Easter on Sunday and encouraged them to get Covid-19 vaccinations as a moral obligation."We share the sentiments of Pope Francis who said that getting vaccinated is a moral obligation, one that can save your life and the lives of others," the President said in a on his Twitter account. "By getting vaccinated and encouraging your congregations and your communities to get vaccinated, we not only can beat this virus, we can also haste the day when we can celebrate the holidays together." The first...…(CNN)President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden shared well-wishes with Americans celebrating Easter on Sunday and encouraged them to get Covid-19 vaccinations as a moral obligation."We share the sentiments of Pope Francis who said that getting vaccinated is a moral obligation, one that can save your life and the lives of others," the President said in a on his Twitter account. "By getting vaccinated and encouraging your congregations and your communities to get vaccinated, we not only can beat this virus, we can also haste the day when we can celebrate the holidays together." The first...WW…

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — called on the US Senate to take “quick action” in passing his , speaking just hours after House Democrats approved his first legislative priority.“We have no time to waste. If we act now, decisively, quickly and boldly, we can finally get ahead of this virus. We can finally get our economy moving again, and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long,” Biden said Saturday morning in brief remarks from the White House. “We need to relieve that suffering.”The President spoke about the importance of passing the pandemic...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — called on the US Senate to take “quick action” in passing his , speaking just hours after House Democrats approved his first legislative priority.“We have no time to waste. If we act now, decisively, quickly and boldly, we can finally get ahead of this virus. We can finally get our economy moving again, and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long,” Biden said Saturday morning in brief remarks from the White House. “We need to relieve that suffering.”The President spoke about the importance of passing the pandemic...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Early Friday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris did something Joe Biden never did in his eight years as vice president – cast a tie-breaking vote.Her first ever – coming before sunrise in Washington at 5:13 a.m. ET Friday – pushed through an amendment during the Senate’s vote-a-rama. Twenty-one minutes later, she broke a tie a second time, flexing her new power as the president of the Senate on a budget resolution to pass a Covid-19 relief package without Republican support.“I was there voting at 5:00 this morning,” Harris said during a...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Early Friday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris did something Joe Biden never did in his eight years as vice president – cast a tie-breaking vote.Her first ever – coming before sunrise in Washington at 5:13 a.m. ET Friday – pushed through an amendment during the Senate’s vote-a-rama. Twenty-one minutes later, she broke a tie a second time, flexing her new power as the president of the Senate on a budget resolution to pass a Covid-19 relief package without Republican support.“I was there voting at 5:00 this morning,” Harris said during a...WW…

Washington (CNN)Vice President-elect Kamala Harris took part in a classified briefing of the Senate Intelligence Committee this week and emerged in a strange position -- being more informed about current threats than President-elect Joe Biden but bound by congressional rules to keep that information from him. Harris' twice-weekly committee briefings fall well short of what the incoming administration is usually getting at this point in a transition but she currently finds herself with more access to classified intelligence than the next commander-in-chief because his predecessor, President...…Washington (CNN)Vice President-elect Kamala Harris took part in a classified briefing of the Senate Intelligence Committee this week and emerged in a strange position -- being more informed about current threats than President-elect Joe Biden but bound by congressional rules to keep that information from him. Harris' twice-weekly committee briefings fall well short of what the incoming administration is usually getting at this point in a transition but she currently finds herself with more access to classified intelligence than the next commander-in-chief because his predecessor, President...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — ’ place as a Black and South Asian American woman on the Democratic ticket sends a message to young girls of color that she often projected : “I see you, I hear you.”During her primary run for the Democratic nomination, Harris continuously made time for young girls and boys of color, often bending down to meet them at their eye-level and asking them of their aspirations without breaking eye contact.“You always keep that chin up, you hear me?” she told a shy young Black girl named Maya in one such moment that went viral last June.For many of the 2...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — ’ place as a Black and South Asian American woman on the Democratic ticket sends a message to young girls of color that she often projected : “I see you, I hear you.”During her primary run for the Democratic nomination, Harris continuously made time for young girls and boys of color, often bending down to meet them at their eye-level and asking them of their aspirations without breaking eye contact.“You always keep that chin up, you hear me?” she told a shy young Black girl named Maya in one such moment that went viral last June.For many of the 2...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — It’s a position Georgia Democrats do not want to be in.The on Friday has left Georgia’s Democratic Party without a – and with a fast-approaching deadline to select his replacement on the ballot for the November general election.“We’re still grieving,” Fulton County Democratic Committee Chair LeWanna Heard-Tucker told CNN Sunday. “This is the process unfortunately.”Heard-Tucker is one of seven local Democratic leaders on a committee tasked with reviewing the applications of Georgians interested in being the party’s nominee. Those interested in...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — It’s a position Georgia Democrats do not want to be in.The on Friday has left Georgia’s Democratic Party without a – and with a fast-approaching deadline to select his replacement on the ballot for the November general election.“We’re still grieving,” Fulton County Democratic Committee Chair LeWanna Heard-Tucker told CNN Sunday. “This is the process unfortunately.”Heard-Tucker is one of seven local Democratic leaders on a committee tasked with reviewing the applications of Georgians interested in being the party’s nominee. Those interested in...WW…