NEW YORK (AP) — Take the stairs, not the elevator, down from your hotel room. Encourage people to bring their own food and drinks to your cookout. Use hand sanitizer after banking at an ATM. Call ahead to restaurants and nail salons to make sure staff are wearing face coverings. And no high-fives — or […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Michael Conley felt especially isolated these past few months: A deaf man, he was prevented from reading lips by the masks people wore to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But then he met Ingrid Helton, a costume designer who sewed him a solution – masks with plastic windows for hearing people […]

ABU DHABI (VINnews) — A senior member of the United Arab Emirates government published an article in the Israeli press in Hebrew stating that an annexation by Israel of territories in Judea and Samaria could hinder the development of relations with the Arab world. Yoseph Al Otaiba, a minister in the UAE and ambassador to […]

BALTIMORE (AP) – Survivors of COVID-19 are donating their blood plasma in droves in hopes it helps other patients recover from the coronavirus. And while the jury’s still out, now scientists are testing if the donations might also prevent infection in the first place. Thousands of coronavirus patients in hospitals around the world have been […]

COLORADO (AP) – Emily Brown was stretched thin. As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with only five full-time employees for more than 11,000 residents. Case counts were rising. She was already at odds with […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is floating a theory that travel from Mexico may be contributing to a new wave of coronavirus infections, rather than states’ efforts to reopen their economies. The notion was discussed at some length during a meeting of the administration’s coronavirus task force in the White House Situation Room Thursday […]

PHOENIX (AP) — As Arizona sees more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases per day, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego has criticized Arizona’s governor for failing to highlight the “seriousness of the growing public health emergency our state is facing.” In a letter sent to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday, Gallego asked what the governor plans […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – A Republican lawmaker questioned on the Senate floor if “the colored population” is contracting coronavirus at disproportionate rates because they do not wash their hands “as well as other groups.” The American Civil Liberties Union called for GOP Sen. Steve Huffman to step down from office Thursday following his comments that were […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Four New York City ambulance workers who gave media interviews about their work on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic sued the city on Thursday, saying they were punished for speaking out. The plaintiffs include paramedic Elizabeth Bonilla, who said she was barred from patient care, overtime work and even […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two more Florida theme parks, SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, opened Thursday after being closed since mid-March because of the coronavirus. Both reopened their gates with new restrictions to safeguard against the spread of the virus. Reservations are now required to enter the parks in order to limit capacity […]