Fresno Unified School District announced Monday that meals will be served at school sites during Spring Break, an about-face from the district's original plan to discontinue meals during the week leading up to Easter Sunday. Community activists had urged the district to keep serving meals so that no children —...
Questions About Fresno 0% Loans? Few Answers Available.
Exact details of Fresno's zero-interest business loan program are still being worked out, according to City Hall. The city council unanimously approved the program for small businesses on March 25, but members are working with city staff to fill in the blanks. "There are no details on the loan program...
Pastor Arrested for Violating Rules Amid Virus Outbreak
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida officials have arrested the pastor of a megachurch after detectives say he held two Sunday services with hundreds of people and violated a safer-at-home order in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus. According to jail records, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne turned himself in to authorities Monday...
What's Essential? In France: Pastry, Wine. In Us: Golf, Guns
The coronavirus pandemic is defining for the globe what's “essential” and what things we really can't do without, even though we might not need them for survival. Attempting to slow the spread of the virus, authorities in many places are determining what shops and services can remain open. They're also...
Officials Say 'Stay at Home' as Coronavirus Cases, Deaths Rise in Valley
Valley public health officials joined national medical experts and President Trump on Monday saying that the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic may be weeks away and reminding people to stick with social distancing and good hygiene. The Fresno County Health Department, for example, stated on its website that "more cases...
The Coronavirus Isn’t Just A Blue State Problem
[aggregation-styles] FiveThirtyEight Washington state was the initial epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. And New York is now the hardest-hit part of the country so far, with hospitalizations increasing at rapid rates — more than 37,000 people had been diagnosed with the coronavirus in New York as...
MIT-Based Team Works on Rapid Deployment of Open-Source, Low-Cost Ventilator
[aggregation-styles] MIT News One of the most pressing shortages facing hospitals during the Covid-19 emergency is a lack of ventilators. These machines can keep patients breathing when they no longer can on their own, and they can cost around $30,000 each. Now, a rapidly assembled volunteer team of engineers, physicians,...
James Dyson Designed a New Ventilator in 10 Days. He's Making 15,000 for the Pandemic Fight
[aggregation-styles] CNN Dyson has received an order from the UK government for 10,000 ventilators to support efforts by the country's National Health Service to treat coronavirus patients. James Dyson, the company's billionaire founder, confirmed the order in a letter to employees shared with CNN on Wednesday. "A ventilator supports a...
Here’s What Happens if We 'Reopen America'
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription We created this interactive model with epidemiologists to show why quickly returning to normal could be a historic mistake that would lead to an explosion of infections, hospitalizations and deaths. Instead, health experts advise giving current business closures and social distancing a month to...
Dutch Museum Says Van Gogh Painting Stolen in Overnight Raid
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, police and the museum said Monday. The Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam said that “The Parsonage Garden...