The Food and Drug Administration said Saturday that it will allow hundreds of academic hospital labs in the U.S. to immediately begin testing for the novel coronavirus, a move that comes after testing designed by public health officials to identify cases of COVID-19 was subjected to a botched rollout and inaccurate readings. The action creates […]
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories. What’s happening In the late 1950s, an American biologist named Gregory Pincus began researching how hormones might influence the female reproductive cycle and thus prevent pregnancy. In 1960, the first oral contraceptive was approved by the FDA. Pincus’s work led to one of the […]
Employees from a disinfection service company sanitize a traditional market in Seoul By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea urged citizens on Saturday to stay indoors as it warned of a “critical moment” in its battle on the coronavirus after recording the biggest daily jump in infections, as 813 new cases took the tally […]
Gold prices have been acting a bit strange lately, with the haven metal plunging in the face of a dive in global stock markets hit by the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on the economy in China and around the world. The precious metal usually finds support as a drop in the stock market […]
A laboratory test designed by public health officials to identify cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. has been bogged down by a botched rollout to states and inaccurate readings. The identification of the first possible case of community transmission of the novel coronavirus this week in California has put additional pressure on the Centers for […]
The U.S. stock-market rally has unraveled, with a period of historic gains coming to a screeching halt, as fear that the coronavirus epidemic may reach America rattles Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.39% fell into correction on Thursday, widely defined as a drop of at least 10%, but no more than 20%, […]
The breadth and intensity of this week’s coronavirus-fueled selloff in U.S. stocks has some analysts scratching their heads. Thomas Lee, founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, may be one of the few to acknowledge that something isn’t right with a market that was just enjoying a record close days ago. “This is not normal, and the […]
U.S. Treasury yields fell for a seventh straight session on Friday, extending a relentless slide that has taken government bond yields to record lows amid expectations that the COVID-19 epidemic will curtail global economic activity, and force the Federal Reserve into action. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, -7.57% was down […]
“When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing?” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told “60 Minutes” last week. Being born and raised in Cuba — enjoying that so-called socialist paradise until I came to the United States as a political refugee in […]
Amid growing fears of a coronavirus outbreak in the United States, Donald Trump Jr. accused Democrats on Friday of hoping that the disease kills millions of Americans to thwart his father’s chances of reelection. “Anything that they can use to try to hurt Trump, they will,” Trump Jr. said on “Fox & Friends.” “Anything he […]