While COVID-19 lockdowns squeeze minor-league baseball teams across the country, Major League Baseball is pressuring the game's grassroots franchises, too. And it is making for an uncertain future for franchises such as the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies down to short-season rookie-league operators. Looming in the background of the minors' tenuous situation...
Businesses Hesitant to Reopen Despite Georgia Governor’s Push
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp's call to reopen shuttered businesses in Georgia left many business owners wary and confused Tuesday as they considered how to protect themselves and their customers in a state where coronavirus deaths neared 800 and confirmed infections climbed toward 20,000. Kemp’s plan to kick-start the economy...
US OKs 1st Coronavirus Test That Allows Self-Swab at Home
WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK'd the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states. The test from LabCorp will initially only be available to health care workers and first responders...
More Deaths, No Benefit From Malaria Drug in VA Virus Study
A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were more deaths among those given hydroxychloroquine versus standard care, researchers reported. The nationwide study was not a rigorous experiment. But...
Congress, Trump in Tentative Deal on $500b Virus Relief Bill
WASHINGTON — Congress reached a tentative agreement Tuesday with President Donald Trump on a nearly $500 billion coronavirus relief bill that would replenish a small business rescue program, provide hospitals with another $75 billion, and implement a nationwide virus testing program to facilitate reopening the economy. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck...
Los Angeles Study Suggests Virus Much More Widespread
LOS ANGELES — An estimated 320,000 adults in Los Angeles County may have been infected with coronavirus, according to preliminary results of a study that suggests the illness is far more widespread than current testing shows and the death rate is much lower. The study conducted April 10-11 by the...
J&J Eyes 'Imminent' Coronavirus Vaccine Production, Aims for a Billion Doses Worldwide
[aggregation-styles] Yahoo! Finance Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said on Tuesday it plans to begin imminent production of its trial COVID-19 vaccine on an “at risk” basis, as the coronavirus pandemic infects nearly 2 million people around the world. Manufacturing “at risk” allows the world’s third largest pharmaceutical company to produce...
Doctors: Execution Drugs Could Help COVID-19 Patients
HOUSTON — Secrecy surrounding executions could hinder efforts by a group of medical professionals who are asking the nation’s death penalty states for medications used in lethal injections so that they can go to coronavirus patients who are on ventilators, according to a death penalty expert and a doctor who's...
California Protesters Push to Reopen; Newsom Urges Caution
SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of protesters lobbying to ease Gov. Gavin Newsom's tight stay-at-home orders rallied around the California Capitol on Monday, even as Newsom continued to urge restraint, saying the worst thing state leaders could do is “make a decision that's based on politics and frustration." He outlined his approval...
Countries and US States Move to Reopen Amid Health Warnings
COPENHAGEN — Spain will begin allowing children out of their homes for brief periods next Monday. Denmark announced plans to reopen Tivoli Gardens, the Copenhagen amusement park that inspired Walt Disney. And Australia said doctors can resume non-urgent surgery next week. Countries across Europe and beyond — joined in the...