Americans Are Worried About The Coronavirus. They’re Even More Worried About The Economy.

Americans Are Worried About The Coronavirus. They’re Even More Worried About The Economy.

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly poll. Survey (s) of the week Earlier this week, President Trump said he was considering taking steps Rollback restrictions that companies and state governments have set up to curb the corona virus. Trump referred to the economic impact of measures such as social distancing Easter Sunday as the date on … Read more

Hidden infections challenge China’s claim coronavirus is under control

Hidden infections challenge China’s claim coronavirus is under control

China’s official figures for new cases of coronavirus suggest that transmission has virtually stopped in many regions, but local experts have warned that official figures omit important categories of cases. Hubei, the province of origin of the epidemic, did not report more than one new case per day for more than a week, which allowed … Read more

Coronavirus lockdown: Govt unveils Rs 1.7-trillion package for the poor

Nirmala Sitharaman

A few days after the three-week national lockdown came into effect, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 1.7 trillion rupee food security and income transfer program for the urban and rural poor. Package includes free food for 800 million people for three months, insurance coverage for essential service providers, front-loading PM Kisan payments and … Read more

The global hunt for a coronavirus drug

The global hunt for a coronavirus drug

It was Friday, March 13, when the doctors at New York’s largest health care provider decided to take over the search for a coronavirus drug. Many of their Covid-19 patients did not improve – and some worsened. Two of the hospital scientists each called their contacts in the US biotechnology companies Gilead Sciences and Regeneron … Read more