Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

U.S. immunologist warns of “darkest winter” if coronavirus rebounds

May 14, 2020 at 7:21 a.m.

America faces the 鈥渄arkest winter in modern history鈥� unless leaders act decisively to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus, says a government whistleblower who alleges he was ousted from his...

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins puts on his face mask after a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 7, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Coronavirus tests: U.S. faces “truly daunting” challenges on deploying needed tests

May 8, 2020 at 8:52 a.m.

Despite a massive effort, the nation faces “truly daunting” challenges to deploy millions of coronavirus tests to safely re-open the economy, the head of the National Institutes of Health told...

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Whistleblower: U.S. failed to prepare, sought quick virus fix

May 5, 2020 at 6:01 p.m.

A government scientist was ousted after the Trump administration ignored his dire warnings about COVID-19 and a malaria drug President Donald Trump was pushing for the coronavirus despite scant evidence...

Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump鈥檚 pandemic response

April 12, 2020 at 1:07 p.m.

By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late.

As coronavirus cases surge, 3 in 4 U.S. hospitals already facing COVID-19

April 6, 2020 at 7:35 a.m.

Three out of four U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with聽confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to a federal report that finds hospitals expect to be overwhelmed as cases rocket...

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Trump says “life and death” at stake in following guidelines amid coronavirus

April 1, 2020 at 7:21 a.m.

President Donald Trump warned Americans to brace for a 鈥渉ell of a bad two weeks鈥� ahead as the White House projected there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the...

White House turns to statistical models for coronavirus forecast

March 31, 2020 at 7:42 a.m.

Like forecasters tracking a megastorm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of聽the coronavirus outbreak聽and try to protect as many people as possible.

Coronavirus frauds spread, preying on Medicare recipients, feds say

March 23, 2020 at 11:28 a.m.

Scam artists are preying on older people's fears by peddling fake tests for聽the coronavirus聽to Medicare recipients, a federal law enforcement agency warned on Monday.

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Fact check: Democrats skew health care, Iraq facts in debate

February 8, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.

Democratic presidential contenders stretched beyond the facts on policy and sometimes on their own records Friday in their New Hampshire debate.

Marijuana should not be used by adolescents and pregnant women, surgeon general says

August 29, 2019 at 11:28 a.m.

Federal health officials issued a national warning Thursday against marijuana use by adolescents and pregnant women, as more states legalize the increasingly potent drug for medicinal and recreational use.

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