Job-loss projections range up to 4.6 million. People wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday. | John Locher/AP Photo Employers are slashing jobs at a furious pace across the … Read More
The History of Pandemics Pan·dem·ic /panˈdemik/ (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every … Read More
Two men sleep at a homeless camp on March 20, 2020 in a street of Lyon, southeastern France, as a strict lockdown is in effect to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 caused by the novel Coronavirus. The number of … Read More
Magnitude 5.3 quake wrecks buildings and causes fires as officials urge people in the streets to keep social distancing. A destroyed car in Zagreb, Croatia is seen following the earthquake [Darko Bandic/AP Photo] A strong earthquake in Croatia on Sunday … Read More
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia never sought a sharp oil price fall or an end to cooperation with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and the Gulf nations are to blame for the crisis on the global oil markets, a … Read More
Russia, which has reported few confirmed cases of the disease compared to European countries, is readying its healthcare system for a possible spike in patient numbers. Kirill Zykov / Moskva News Agency Russia plans to build new isolation units for patients … Read More
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York at a news conference regarding the novel coronavirus on March 2. Reuters/Andrew Kelly Forty-eight US states so far have declared states of emergency in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Washington was the first state … Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his nation’s army to deliver medical aid to Italy – the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic – after offering help during a Saturday phone call with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Preparations for the aid mission were underway Sunday at … Read More
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran issued its most dire warning yet Tuesday about the new coronavirus ravaging the country, suggesting “millions” could die in the Islamic Republic if people keep traveling and ignore health guidance. A state TV journalist who … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Did you hear about the elderly man in Italy who was in isolation with his wife for fourteen days? He died. She strangled him. (That’s a joke, maybe a bad one.) Or is laughing outlawed too? Never … Read More