This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by As rates of coronavirus infections ease in places such as New York and Illinois and onetime hot spots move into new phases of reopening, parts of the country that had previously avoided being hit hard by the outbreak are now tallying record-high new infections.Since the start of June, 14 states and Puerto Rico have recorded their highest-ever seven-day average of new...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by As rates of coronavirus infections ease in places such as New York and Illinois and onetime hot spots move into new phases of reopening, parts of the country that had previously avoided being hit hard by the outbreak are now tallying record-high new infections.Since the start of June, 14 states and Puerto Rico have recorded their highest-ever seven-day average of new...WW…

Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid tribute to fallen soldiers on Memorial Day by participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, which has been closed to the public for months during the coronavirus pandemic.There were no crowds at the cemetery this year, as...…Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid tribute to fallen soldiers on Memorial Day by participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, which has been closed to the public for months during the coronavirus pandemic.There were no crowds at the cemetery this year, as...WW…

Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s leading infectious-disease expert, said Monday that he’s “cautiously optimistic” about a potential coronavirus vaccine .Speaking on CNN, Fauci said he briefed President Trump on Monday on the 30,000-person Phase 3 trial just launched for the vaccine candidate being developed by biotech company in...…Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s leading infectious-disease expert, said Monday that he’s “cautiously optimistic” about a potential coronavirus vaccine .Speaking on CNN, Fauci said he briefed President Trump on Monday on the 30,000-person Phase 3 trial just launched for the vaccine candidate being developed by biotech company in...WW…

Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. The daily coronavirus death toll in the United States , as hospitals in hot-spot states were overwhelmed with new patients.The U.S. reported its highest single-day infections — more than 67,000 cases — on Thursday. The United States reported more than 4,200 deaths in the past seven days, and experts warn that the trend could continue...…Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. The daily coronavirus death toll in the United States , as hospitals in hot-spot states were overwhelmed with new patients.The U.S. reported its highest single-day infections — more than 67,000 cases — on Thursday. The United States reported more than 4,200 deaths in the past seven days, and experts warn that the trend could continue...WW…

Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. House Democrats passed on Friday. The legislation, which would boost funding for state and local governments as well as the U.S. Postal Service, faces roadblocks in the Senate, and Trump has threatened a veto. Earlier in the evening, the House approved a , allowing remote voting for the first time.As the confirmed U.S. death toll...…Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. House Democrats passed on Friday. The legislation, which would boost funding for state and local governments as well as the U.S. Postal Service, faces roadblocks in the Senate, and Trump has threatened a veto. Earlier in the evening, the House approved a , allowing remote voting for the first time.As the confirmed U.S. death toll...WW…

Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. The pandemic’s devastating economic toll came into sharp focus Friday, via : More than 20 million jobs disappeared from payrolls in April — wiping out a decade of gains in a single month as the unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent, highest since the Great Depression. Despite that, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than...…Gift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. The pandemic’s devastating economic toll came into sharp focus Friday, via : More than 20 million jobs disappeared from payrolls in April — wiping out a decade of gains in a single month as the unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent, highest since the Great Depression. Despite that, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than...WW…

Gift ShareNew York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) the state’s first case of coronavirus Sunday night, announcing that a woman in her late 30s contracted the virus after traveling to Iran. President Trump on Saturday extended a travel ban on Iran to apply to any foreign nationals who had been in that country over the past 14 days.Also on Sunday, Washington state reported its , which is also the second death in the United States.The coronavirus has probably been in Washington state, where the first U.S. death was reported this weekend, according to new research. A genetic analysis suggests that the...…Gift ShareNew York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) the state’s first case of coronavirus Sunday night, announcing that a woman in her late 30s contracted the virus after traveling to Iran. President Trump on Saturday extended a travel ban on Iran to apply to any foreign nationals who had been in that country over the past 14 days.Also on Sunday, Washington state reported its , which is also the second death in the United States.The coronavirus has probably been in Washington state, where the first U.S. death was reported this weekend, according to new research. A genetic analysis suggests that the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMutations in the novel coronavirus and the sudden appearance of the highly contagious have become a top concern of scientists and public health officials in the United States, who are vowing to improve the spotty surveillance of the pathogen as it adapts to its human host and potentially becomes a more elusive target for vaccines.Infectious-disease experts say there is no evidence the massive winter surge that is killing thousands of people a day in the United States is linked to the U.K. variant or to a homegrown strain....…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMutations in the novel coronavirus and the sudden appearance of the highly contagious have become a top concern of scientists and public health officials in the United States, who are vowing to improve the spotty surveillance of the pathogen as it adapts to its human host and potentially becomes a more elusive target for vaccines.Infectious-disease experts say there is no evidence the massive winter surge that is killing thousands of people a day in the United States is linked to the U.K. variant or to a homegrown strain....WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAt least two states as of Wednesday had confirmed cases of a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus less than two weeks after it was first detected in the United Kingdom. The mutation, which prompted countries across Europe to halt travel from Britain in mid-December, now adds to concerns mounting stateside that a more-infectious variant of the virus will crush the capacity of hospitals already on the brink.The defining characteristic of the British variant, known as B.1.1.7., appears to be its transmissibility; it...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAt least two states as of Wednesday had confirmed cases of a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus less than two weeks after it was first detected in the United Kingdom. The mutation, which prompted countries across Europe to halt travel from Britain in mid-December, now adds to concerns mounting stateside that a more-infectious variant of the virus will crush the capacity of hospitals already on the brink.The defining characteristic of the British variant, known as B.1.1.7., appears to be its transmissibility; it...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTwo years ago, Mark and Patricia McCloskey made local headlines when they raised the curtain on the decades-long renovation of their palatial and historic St. Louis home.On Sunday, the home was the backdrop of a different attention-grabbing scene: Mark brandishing a semiautomatic rifle as protesters en route to the mayor’s home approached nearby. Patricia, a few feet away, was seen pointing a pistol at the crowd, her finger directly on the trigger.Reaction to photos and videos of the incident was swift: One video had been...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTwo years ago, Mark and Patricia McCloskey made local headlines when they raised the curtain on the decades-long renovation of their palatial and historic St. Louis home.On Sunday, the home was the backdrop of a different attention-grabbing scene: Mark brandishing a semiautomatic rifle as protesters en route to the mayor’s home approached nearby. Patricia, a few feet away, was seen pointing a pistol at the crowd, her finger directly on the trigger.Reaction to photos and videos of the incident was swift: One video had been...WW…