Jerome Adams, the U.S. Surgeon General, said Sunday the next two weeks will be the ‘hardest and saddest’ of most Americans’ lives as the deaths from coronavirus are expected to peak next Thursday. ‘This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives, quite frankly,’ Adams told Fox News Sunday. … Read more
Oprah Winfrey announces she is donating $10 million to assist Americans during COVID-19 pandemic By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 17:25 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 17:29 BST, 2 April 2020 Oprah Winfrey is giving back to America as the pandemic continues to adversely impact life across the country. The TV host, 66, announced … Read more
Only one percent of Americans have fevers despite experts’ predictions that twice as many would as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the US. Kinsa Health, a medical technology company based in San Francisco, has been tracking daily fever readings using data from smart thermometers connected to the Internet. On Tuesday, data showed that … Read more
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo orders Americans to return home ‘immediately’ due to COVID-19 saying he cannot guarantee charter flights once commercial planes cease to operate Pompeo says he ‘does not know how long commercial flights will operate’ and urged Americans to immediately return home The State Department has already helped to repatriate 26,000 Americans … Read more
America’s deadliest day from the coronavirus pandemic is estimated to hit in two weeks with more than 2,000 deaths, according to data analysis that predicts the crisis will stretch into June. The death toll from the coronavirus is predicted to rise to 2,271 on April 15 alone, the model analysis by the University of Washington School … Read more
Government officials across the United States are using cellphones of millions in the country to get a better understanding of how the virus is spreading. The federal government through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state and local governments have started reviewing data about the presence and movement of people from certain geographic areas using … Read more
Americans being treated for coronavirus at a hospital could be hit with medical bills topping $20,000. A Kaiser Family Foundation report says that US adults may face such astronomical bills even when figuring for insurance coverage and out-of-pocket costs. Patients who suffer complications could be looking at a nearly $20,300 tab, but someone admitted to … Read more
Vaping may be driving the rise in young people hospitalized for coronavirus, top US doctors are warning. Nearly 40 percent of Americans hospitalized for COVID-19 are between ages 20 and 54, according to recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. Smoking and vaping cause lung damage and inflammation that can make it easier … Read more
Trump is ‘prepared to order two week nationwide quarantine of all Americans and closure of all businesses except grocery stores and pharmacies in effort to halt coronavirus’ President Donald Trump has a plan in the works to quarantine all Americans for two weeks in the event they do not heed his guidelines on the coronavirus … Read more
A shortage of test kits for coronavirus has triggered fury and frustration among Americans as the infection has spread with alarming speed through the US. Now, new tests and types of tests are being produced and quickly rushed into use by local public health labs, universities, and private companies in the wake of the Trump … Read more