Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom's belief that California schools will remain closed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson said Wednesday he's not willing to give up hope yet. Nelson's comment came in a 6-minute video update that the district posted Wednesday afternoon. Because of the truncated...
Valley PBS Readies Lesson Plans For Kids Kept From Classrooms
School districts aren't the only ones creating lesson plans for students barred from their classrooms because of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Valley PBS is partnering with public television stations in Los Angeles and the Bay Area to provide curriculum that teachers and parents can use for students, and is also...
Sick Staff Fueled Outbreak in Seattle-Area Care Centers
SEATTLE — Staff members who worked while sick at multiple long-term care facilities contributed to the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable elderly in the Seattle area, federal health officials said Wednesday. At least 30 coronavirus deaths have been linked to Life Care Center in Kirkland. A report Wednesday from the...
These Local Doctors Have Answers to Your Urgent Coronavirus Questions
GV Wire invited two Fresno-area doctors with expertise in the control of infectious disease to answer urgent questions about the spread of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. Dr. Almira Opardija is a physician with UCSF Medical Center in Fresno. She is also an assistant clinical professor specializing in infectious disease....
US Lags in Coronavirus Testing After Slow Response to Outbreak
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription Coronavirus testing data has been spotty and not easily available, especially in the United States. Based on official government sources, here’s how testing efforts in the United States compare with those in Italy and South Korea. Delays in testing in the United States have...
Power Struggle Hampers Iran’s Coronavirus Response
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription More senior government figures have caught the coronavirus in Iran than anywhere else. Field hospitals have been erected in parking lots, stadiums and wedding halls to handle the overflow of patients. A top health official implored Iranians on Tuesday to avoid spreading the contagion...
US Struggles to Fill Requests for Protective Gear
SALEM, Ore. — The U.S. government is rushing protective equipment to states, packing dozens of flights and hundreds of trucks with supplies for medical workers who will be on the front lines of the coronavirus fight. But the pandemic has exposed some of the stockpile's shortcomings: The cache isn't designed...
TV Ratings Illustrate Hunger for News on Coronavirus Threat
NEW YORK — Reflecting a hunger for information about the coronavirus outbreak, last Thursday's episode of ABC's “World News Tonight” had more viewers than anything that aired in television's prime time last week. That edition of the David Muir-anchored broadcast reached 10.8 million viewers, slightly more than an original episode...
One Urgent Care Closed. Hospitals Changing Visitor Policies.
At least one urgent medical care facility has closed down because of a shortage of protective medical gear. Other healthcare facilities are also limiting visitors in reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak. Fresno County Public Health has reported two cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel strain of the...
Trump Invokes Emergency Authority; Big 3 Automakers Shutting Down
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to invoke a federal law that allows the government to marshal the private sector to deal with the coronavirus epidemic, as the economic damage mounted with word that Detroit's Big Three automakers agreed to shut down all their factories to protect...