A study finds severe Covid-19 patients who take the antiviral medicine remdesivir experience rapid recoveries, with nearly all patients discharged in less than a week from a Chicago hospital. In case you missed it: TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin profiles the scientist who figured out remdesivir’s capabilities. New guidelines
This week brings the total number of people in the US who've filed for unemployment benefits to 22 million. The unemployment rate is about to appear artificially low, because the number of people who want work but have been discouraged from looking is exceptionally high—a better measure
Think your job has gotten strange in the past month? Imagine being tasked with rescuing humanity from a pandemic. See also: How Anthony Fauci became America’s doctor. The UN and Bill Gates criticize President Trump’s decision to withdraw funding for the World Health Organization. President Obama endorses Joe
After governors on the East and West coasts formed coalitions to decide when their states will reopen, Trump breaks with the Constitution, claiming his "authority is total" in ordering when to lift restrictions. In a joint livestream, Bernie Sanders endorsed Joe Biden, and asked his supporters to get
Tornadoes in Mississippi and Louisiana caused "catastrophic" damage after touching down Sunday. The US overtakes Italy with nearly 22,000 fatalities from Covid-19, the most in the world. There have been at least 3,620 deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, up from around
In the absence of federal direction, states and America’s top experts forge the path ahead. A guide to the stimulus checks being sent to a large majority of American adults. Worries about liquidity in the mortgage finance system have been building for years. As the pandemic exposes the US
New York state now has more cases of the coronavirus than any other country in the world. Boris Johnson has left intensive care, but remains under observation. The US unemployment rate is currently 13%, the highest since the Great Depression. A landlord trade organization says 69% of tenants were able
A coronavirus surge in Singapore raises fears of post-lockdown breakouts, perhaps a glimpse of what the US faces. The Chinese government has been "hugely successful" in convincing China that the US Army brought the coronavirus to Wuhan. Unlike the United States and other countries, New Zealand chose
Scientists in China say some people who've recovered from COVID-19 are showing low or no antibody levels, which could mean there's potential for reinfection. People crowded into China's parks and public spaces over the weekend after quarantine regulations were lifted. The death toll
China reports no Covid-19 deaths for the first time since January. In Italy, a feeling grows that the worst has passed. Meanwhile, a state of emergency settles in Japan. The UK’s Boris Johnson spent the night in intensive care receiving oxygen support. Ireland’s prime minister, a physician
