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PARIS — Young German adults hold “corona parties” and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat to go for a walk to skirt confinement orders. From France to Florida to Australia, kitesurfers, college students and others crowd the beaches. Their defiance of lockdown mandates and scientific advice to fight the coronavirus pandemic […]

Congress and the White House are negotiating a nearly $1.4 trillion rescue package of healthcare and economic aid amid the coronavirus outbreak and national shutdown March 22, 2020, 9:27 PM 2 min read A snapshot of the emerging rescue package in Congress to provide healthcare and economic aid amid the coronavirus outbreak and national shutdown.

President Donald Trump is falsely claiming that automakers including GM, Ford and Tesla are pitching in to make medical ventilators “fast” to help fill an acute U.S. shortage of the medical equipment for coronavirus patients By TOM KRISHER and HOPE YEN Associated Press March 22, 2020, 7:00 PM 4 min read DETROIT — President Donald

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — California has sold itself to the world with images of endless sunshine, the splendor of its natural beauty and iconic attractions. No sales pitch, though, is a match for the coronavirus pandemic. Even before Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all the nearly 40 million residents to stay inside and shut down all

WASHINGTON — Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House teetered Sunday on a ballooning nearly $1.4 trillion-plus economic rescue package, as President Donald Trump called for a deal to steady a nation shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin indicated a deal was within reach, but congressional Democratic leaders raised concerns ahead of

The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often making it difficult to separate fact from fiction and rumor from deliberate efforts to mislead By BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press March 22, 2020, 1:31 PM 6 min read The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often

SOAVE, Italy — Italy, Iran and the United States reported soaring new death tolls as the coronavirus pandemic marched relentlessly across the globe Sunday, prompting a scramble in hard-hit regions to set up more hospital beds and replenish the dwindling medical supplies needed to keep health workers safe. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte went on TV

The volume of food and paper products passing through a warehouse just outside Los Angeles is up 30 percent from the same time a year ago. Pizza deliveries are surging as people around the country hunker down. Medical product manufacturers are racing to help hospitals around the country lacking critical equipment needed to diagnose and

To offset the costs of trying to stem a global epidemic, the World Bank and partners created “pandemic bonds” several years ago, hoping to leverage private capital from Wall Street to help countries during outbreaks By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer March 22, 2020, 9:23 AM 5 min read LONDON — To offset the crushing

Got a worrisome rash? You can still see a doctor if you can’t leave home during the coronavirus outbreak. U.S. public health officials, hospitals and insurance companies are pushing people to try telemedicine for their allergies, earaches and other minor problems and skip the doctor’s office or clinic. It’s also a way to check in