[aggregation-styles] NBC 12 - A doctor says a man in his 30s who thought the coronavirus was a “hoax” died from the disease after attending a COVID-19 party. Dr. Jane Appleby, chief medical officer at San Antonio’s Methodist Hospital, says lately she’s been hearing about COVID-19 parties, which young people...
AP Fact Check: Trump Team's False Comfort on Schools, Virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's aides are misrepresenting the record on kids and the coronavirus as they push for schools to reopen. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday inaccurately characterized what the chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said on the matter. A day earlier, Education Secretary...
US Grapples With Pandemic as Its Origins Are Traced in China
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — The United States was grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world on Monday, as Florida shattered the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in new confirmed cases and the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic is worsening globally and that “there...
US Bets $500M on Untested Company to Inject COVID-19 Vaccine
When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, jabbing the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections. As part of its strategy to administer the vaccine as quickly as possible, the Trump administration has agreed to invest more than half a billion...
We’re Doing This COVID-19 Mask Thing All Wrong
Agoston Haraszthy didn’t hesitate to wear masks. A Hungarian immigrant, he became San Diego’s first sheriff by portraying himself as a military colonel. Then, he sold himself as a metallurgist to win a top job at the San Francisco’s first U.S. Mint office. He billed himself as royalty—Count Haraszthy—when he...
Want to Know If You’ve Had COVID-19? Fresno LVN Will Test You at Your Home
Wonder whether you've had COVID-19, but you don't want to leave the house to get blood drawn for antibody testing? Now you don't have to. Sylvia Sandoval and her husband Eddie are providing the service through their Fresno company O Labs, which they had set up earlier this year to...
California Plans Early Release of 10,000 State Prisoners
SACRAMENTO — California officials will soon release another 3,100 inmates from state prisons in response to the coronavirus pandemic and in all now plans to release a total of more than 10,000 inmates, or nearly 10 percent of prisoners, as Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to intensifying pressure from advocates, lawmakers...
Fresno Diocese Received at Least $5.1M in Taxpayer Funds, Report Shows
The Catholic Diocese of Fresno received taxpayer-funded loans exceeding $5.1 million as part of the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program, according to documents from the Small Business Administration. That's part of at least $1.4 billion in forgivable coronavirus aid obtained by the U.S. Roman Catholic Church, which used a special...
After Adopting Twin Girls, Buster Posey Will Sit Out Season
SAN FRANCISCO — Giants star catcher Buster Posey decided to opt out of the 2020 season Friday out of health concerns for his newly adopted twin baby girls during the coronavirus pandemic. The babies were born about eight weeks prematurely last Friday and Posey and his wife, Kristen, finalized the...
California Scrambles for More Firefighters Amid Pandemic
SACRAMENTO — As California enters wildfire season, the state is scrambling to find sufficient firefighters amid the coronavirus outbreak that has depleted the ranks of inmates who usually handle some of the toughest duties and caused a budget deficit that derailed plans to hire 600 new state firefighters and support...