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International

A woman wears protective masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus at the airport in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Q&A: New travel ban shakes up airlines, passengers

The ban will affect 7,300 flights — and more than 2 million airline seats — scheduled from 26 European nations to the U.S.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks in an address to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus Wednesday, March, 11, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Trump suspends travel between U.S. and Europe for 30 days

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is suspending all travel between the U.S. and Europe for 30 days beginning Friday as he seeks to combat a viral pandemic.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services)
Health

Pennsylvania says it is speeding up coronavirus testing

The lab can now handle about 25 samples a day and that rate should increase in the coming days after it gets a piece of equipment that boosts its testing capacity.

7 years ago

A woman wears protective masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus at the airport in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)
Health

Two more Delaware patients test negative for coronavirus

Both had recently traveled to a country where the virus is active. To date, five Delaware residents have tested negative.

7 years ago

Woman, wearing face masks, travel on a public bus in a street in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
Money

Virus’ effect on world economy grows more alarming

Concerns about the coronavirus outbreak's threat to the world economy grew Saturday.

7 years ago

Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Wall Street stocks opened sharply lower amid fears the coronavirus will grow into a significant international health crisis. (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Dow falls nearly 1,200 points; stocks now in correction territory

Stocks continued their downward slide on Thursday. Major indexes fell into correction territory, a drop of more than 10% below their recent peaks.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump
Health

Trump says U.S. ‘very ready’ for virus; Pence to lead response

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the new coronavirus threat brings.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. is preparing for coronavirus as CDC warns spread in U.S. may be ‘inevitable’

No one has tested positive for the new coronavirus in Pennsylvania, but the state’s health secretary said Wednesday preparations are underway to deal with the serious illness.

7 years ago

Cherry and white Temple University flag hangs outside of old stone buildings
Health

Temple’s Italy and Japan campuses on alert over coronavirus

Temple is taking precautions at its Rome and Tokyo campuses as the number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus grows in Italy and Japan.

7 years ago

A woman, who declined to give her name, wears a mask in New York out of concern for the coronavirus. Experts say the masks do not necessarily help prevent the spread of the virus. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
NPR
Health

Health officials warn Americans to start planning for spread of coronavirus in U.S.

The CDC is urging Americans to start to prepare for the possibility of more aggressive measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus in the United States.

7 years ago

The Metropole Hotel in Hong Kong was ground zero for a super-spreading event during the 2003 SARS outbreak. (K.Y. Cheng/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

What’s a ‘super-spreading event’? And has it happened with COVID-19?

At least 11 cases of the viral disease are linked to a British man's ski trip to the Alps after attending a conference in Singapore.

7 years ago

 U.S. Marines stand guard during the change of command ceremony at Shorab military camp in Afghanistan's Helmand province in January 2018. (Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. reaches ‘reduction in violence’ deal with Taliban in Afghanistan

The step is meant to serve as an initial confidence-building measure and would last for seven days. A peace deal could be signed in the coming weeks.

7 years ago

Passengers in a subway station in Hong Kong wear masks amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Kin Cheung/AP Photo)
Health

Two University of Delaware students tested for coronavirus

Twenty-eight countries, including the U.S., have confirmed cases of the virus that started in Wuhan, China.

7 years ago

FILE - This July 21, 2012, file photo shows signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. The deadline to seek cash payments and claim free services as part of Equifax's $700 million settlement over a massive data breach is Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
Money

U.S. charges 4 Chinese military members in Equifax breach

The four — members of the People's Liberation Army, an arm of the Chinese military — are also accused of stealing the company's trade secrets, law enforcement officials said.

7 years ago

Local business owners at Gran Caffe L'Aquila (Laura Benshoff)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Pa. Italian food purveyors say more tariffs could be ‘devastating’

A potential round of new tariffs on European products is sparking fears of “fake parmesan” among Italian food purveyors in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

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