Coronavirus category, Page 198
Trump says U.S. must reopen even if more get sick, die
President Trump declared Tuesday the U.S. must begin to reopen its economy immediately, even if it leads to more Americans falling sick and dying from the coronavirus. “Will some people be affected? Yes. Will some people be affected badly? Yes. But we have to get our country open, and we...
Naomi Campbell’s self-shot photo will grace cover of ESSENCE’s 50th anniversary editionVideo
ESSENCE magazine will have the honor of having the cover of its 50th Anniversary issue feature an icon who is gracefully hitting the half-century mark herself. Supermodel Naomi Campbell made history for the publication’s Special Collector’s Edition by producing her own portraits for the edition while she is in isolation...
Pittsburgh Public Schools staff member tests negative for covid-19
A staff member who works out of Pittsburgh Public School’s Service Center has tested negative for covid-19, the district announced Tuesday. The district closed the Service Center over the weekend for a deep cleaning, as a precaution. The building reopened Tuesday and families in the district were notified in a...
PennDOT says $800M in federal aid needed to keep non-critical projects rolling
Facing a drop in gas tax revenue from fewer motorists driving at a time when the Pennsylvania Turnpike won’t turn over more than $100 million due in July, PennDOT might delay noncritical bridge and highway projects if the state does not get $700 million to $800 million in covid-19 federal...
Nancy Pelosi pushes new virus package as Mitch McConnell hits ‘pause’
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead Tuesday with the next coronavirus aid, a sweeping package that is expected to be unveiled soon even as the House stays closed while the Senate reopens in the pandemic. Key to any plan to reopen the economy, Democrats say, is robust testing....
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott eases more rules, defends speed of reopeningVideo
AUSTIN — Texas kept charging ahead with reopening Tuesday as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott gave hair salons permission to return to business alongside restaurants and retailers, and defended the pace of rebooting one of the nation’s biggest states as experts warn that going too fast could result in new outbreaks....
West Virginia eases reopening plan to observe caseload
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has scaled back its plan to lift coronavirus restrictions to gauge how current reopenings will effect the state’s caseload, officials said Tuesday. Republican Gov. Jim Justice has announced that the third week of his plan will begin next Monday with the opening of physical therapy...
Workers want virus protections before casinos reopen
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Casino workers across the country want their employers to provide them with protective equipment and adopt tough new cleaning and social distancing policies before the gambling halls reopen during the coronavirus outbreak. Union leaders and workers from casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Orleans and...
Nearly 1,400 Tyson workers at 3 Iowa plants get coronavirusVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Nearly 1,400 workers at three Tyson Foods pork processing plants in Iowa have tested positive for the coronavirus, the state reported Tuesday, as deaths surged to a new daily high and a testing backlog persisted. The Iowa Department of Public Health revealed for the first time...
President Donald Trump visits mask factory in Arizona as coronavirus spreads
PHOENIX — Making himself Exhibit A, President Donald Trump visted an Arizona face mask factory Tuesday, using the trip to demonstrate his determination to see the country reopen even as the coronavirus remains a dire threat. At the same time, the White House said it hopes to wind down its...
Allegheny Health Network resumes elective surgeries, increases in-person appointments
Allegheny Health Network this week resumed elective surgeries and appointments at all of its medical facilities in response to the region’s decline in new coronavirus cases. The health care provider said it is “returning to a more normalized schedule and protocols for medical appointments and non-emergent surgical procedures after six...
Pittsburgh International Airport to use UV-beaming robots for disinfecting
Robots beaming out ultraviolet lights soon will be disinfecting floors and handrails at Pittsburgh International Airport to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. The airport has been working with Lawrenceville-based Carnegie Robotics to mount ultraviolet lights on robotic floor scrubbers to clean the terminal for more than a year,...
Trump pick to oversee rescue spending pledges impartiality
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s choice to oversee a significant chunk of the $2 trillion economic rescue law is pledging to conduct audits and investigations “with fairness and impartiality.” Brian Miller, a lawyer in the White House counsel’s office, told the Senate Banking Committee during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleads for debate on reopening America as coronavirus model doubles deaths
NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made an emotional plea for America to debate the rush to reopen states as the daily New York state coronavirus death toll stayed steady at 230. Pointing to a shocking new model that projects a doubling of the death toll, Cuomo said...
Trump officials ignored coronavirus warnings, ousted scientist says in complaint
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist alleged in a whistleblower complaint Tuesday. Dr. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development...
Kane’s Glen Hazel facility up to 12 coronavirus deaths as state weighs releasing nursing home data
State officials on Tuesday said coronavirus case numbers in care facilities and prisons will continue to be a part of a county’s total case count despite some calls for those numbers to excluded. Both Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said those cases are an important...
States with few coronavirus cases get large share of relief aid
Alaska, Hawaii, Montana and Wyoming are not epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic. Yet these four states scored big this spring when Congress pumped out direct federal aid, while the two hardest-hit states, New York and New Jersey, got comparatively little given the vast numbers of cases and deaths they have...
Excela employees donate $80K to Westmoreland food bank
The Westmoreland County Food Bank has seen an “overwhelming” increase in need with no end in sight, CEO Jennifer Miller said. “Our biggest obstacle right now is the unknown,” she said. But the organization knows for sure it can count on an $80,000 donation from Excela Health employees. “This $80,000...
Pennsylvania Sens. Casey, Toomey tackle coronavirus from different angles
Pennsylvania Sens. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, and Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, are tackling the coronavirus from distinctly different angles as Congress struggles to respond to the pandemic that has claimed more than 70,000 lives in the United States. Casey said he will introduce a bill this week creating a GI Bill-type benefit...
Dr. Cornelius Clancy: To combat coronavirus, we may need more antibiotics
Cornelius Clancy, M.D., is an associate professor of medicine and director of the XDR Pathogen Lab at the University of Pittsburgh. The coronavirus infects and kills more Americans each day. The number of confirmed cases just eclipsed 1.2 million and the death toll now exceeds 70,000. While the standard advice...
Pitt and CMU researchers developing low-cost ‘Roboventilator’ for pandemic
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are teaming up to address the ventilator shortage in the U.S. brought on by the covid-19 pandemic. Ventilators, mechanical devices used to move breathable air into and out of the lungs, are in huge global demand as the coronavirus attacks...
Racial equity task force proposed for coronavirus response in Pittsburgh
Two Pittsburgh city councilmen on Tuesday proposed a task force that would ensure the city’s minority communities receive equal treatment in government initiatives aimed at helping people during the coronavirus pandemic. Councilmen R. Daniel Lavelle and Ricky Burgess, council’s only black members, introduced a resolution that would create the Greater...
Gov. Wolf offers little detail on when next areas of Pennsylvania could move to yellow phase
Gov. Tom Wolf on a call with reporters Tuesday remained tight-lipped as to when he might announce which Pennsylvania counties will be next to see pandemic-related restrictions eased. “There is no schedule,” Wolf said of when he will announce more counties. “That would be arbitrary.” The governor reiterated what has...
Pennsylvania birth control case part of historic livestream of U.S. Supreme Court arguments
Lawyers from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office will be on deck Wednesday as the U.S. Supreme Court continues streaming oral arguments live for the first time in history. The case, Trump v. Pennsylvania, centers on the Trump administration and the Little Sisters of the Poor seeking to uphold a rule...
Barack Obama will headline televised prime-time commencement
NEW YORK — Former President Barack Obama will deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the high school Class of 2020 during an hour-long event that will also feature LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai and Ben Platt, among others. ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will simultaneously air the special May 16...
