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Disability Groups File Federal Complaint About COVID-19 Care Rationing Plans

People with disabilities are asking the federal government to stop what they say are care-rationing plans from states and hospitals, which could possibly deny them treatment for COVID-19.

Let's Not Call It A Bailout; Businesses Didn't Cause The Coronavirus

Bailouts stir up images of businesses acting recklessly, enriching themselves, and then asking the government for money. That's not the case this time.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered the closure of most retail stores and banned public gatherings of more than two in a stepped-up response to slow the coronavirus.

U.K. Prime Minister Tells Brits To Stay Home, Threatens Fines

Boris Johnson has ordered that people stay in their homes, aside from four exemptions. Only essential businesses will be allowed to stay open and the police will be empowered to enforce the measures.

Journalists gather in the briefing room before an update from the White House coronavirus task force.

Suspected Coronavirus Case Will Thin White House Press At Briefings

A member of the White House press corps has a suspected case of COVID-19.

"To win, we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics," World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says of the COVID-19 respiratory disease, which is now in nearly every country in the world.

Coronavirus: WHO Head Says Nations Must Attack As 'Pandemic Is Accelerating'

Despite an alarming rush past 300,000 cases worldwide, the WHO's leader says, "We're not helpless bystanders. We can change the trajectory of this pandemic."

Her Incredible Sense Of Smell Is Helping Scientists Find New Ways To Diagnose Disease

Years before he got diagnosed with Parkinson's, Joy Milne noticed her husband's characteristic scent had changed. The discovery that she could smell his illness has opened up a new field of research.

Jacques Enoch with his bike in the Alps in 1941. Danièle Enoch-Maillard's father, who was Jewish, survived World War II in an Alpine village with the help of a deputy mayor and a postal worker who sent smoke signals every time the Nazis headed up the mountain road to the hamlet.

Waiting Out Coronavirus In The French Alps, 'Cooped Up In The Great Outdoors'

A 73-year-old French woman in confinement in Chamonix recalls her Jewish father, who survived World War II hiding out in a nearby village. Others sent him smoke signals to warn when Nazis were near.

Allen County, Fort Wayne Provide Updates To Coronavirus Response

Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters and other stakeholders in the health and law enforcement fields provided an update to…

How Climate Change Increases Our Risk For Pandemics

Climate change may be putting people at risk for more pandemics like COVID-19. Habitat loss due to climate is bringing animals that can transmit disease…

Airport security staff wearing protective gear check passengers arriving at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on March 19, the day China reported no new domestic cases of the coronavirus for the first time since it started recording them in January.

Health Checks Await Travelers Entering China, As It Tries To Block COVID-19 Rebound

The government has put in place a strict regime of health checks, monitoring and quarantine in the hope that it can catch inbound cases before infections spread. A British traveler shares her story.

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