Novel coronavirus cases among veterans spike as testing expands through VA network
iStock/Kiyoshi Tanno(WASHINGTON) — The number of veterans who died after contracting the virus also rose to 27 over the weekend, according to VA records. The VA has administered more than 13,200 COVID-19 tests throughout its network of
Cuomo and New York hospitals reject Trump's claim masks 'going out the back door'
ABC News(NEW YORK) — As health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis warn about shortages of masks and other protective equipment, President Donald Trump insinuated over the weekend people might be taking masks
Volunteer and Donation Centers open in Sequim and PA
PORT ANGELES – Clallam County and the cities of Sequim and Port Angeles have opened Volunteer and Donation Centers in response to the COVID-19 threat. Port Angeles and the County are sharing one location at the Vern
Multiple agencies moving fast to open quarantine sites for homeless citizens
PORT ANGELES – Clallam County Commissioners on Tuesday are expected to approve an emergency lease with the Port of Port Angeles for a homeless population quarantine site near Fairchild Airport. A lease agreement has been drawn up
New rapid coronavirus diagnostic test can provide results in as little as 5 minutes
iStock/Eugeneonline(WASHINGTON) — A new novel coronavirustest may make diagnosing COVID-19 as easy as the flu. The new point-of-care test, having just received an emergency-use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will be able to
White House asking hospitals to email them data on coronavirus patients
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Vice President Mike Pence has taken the extraordinary step of asking the nation’s nearly 4,700 hospitals to submit via email daily updates to a federal inbox on how many patients have been tested for
'We have some form of hope': Why some Democrats are giving Trump high marks on coronavirus
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — In the middle of a crisis of unrivaled magnitude, President Trump is finding himself on new terrain in more ways than one after a new ABC News/Washington Post poll revealed a small bump of
As health officials feared, coronavirus outbreak invading nursing homes
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The coronavirus outbreak raced through four nursing homes over the weekend, infecting hundreds of residents at senior living facilities and killing at least five people. At a press conference Monday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan
DOJ probing Sen. Richard Burr's stock trades before coronavirus market dive, sources say
iStock/Toshe_O(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department is investigating the stock trading activities of Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., as novel coronavirus was beginning to spread inside the U.S., before the markets took a dramatic plunge, two sources familiar with
COVID-19 causes spike in “comfort TV” viewing of old favorites like 'Charlie's Angels'
L-R – Shelley Hack, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd — Walt Disney Television via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With the constantly scary headlines that are coming from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s no surprise people are using their