After several weeks away from the smoldering pile of news crap these days, John Oliver returned to Last week tonight to recap our current hell. First, it aired a short segment focused on President Trump’s crazy proclamations about reopening schools amid a pandemic that has claimed more than 140,000 lives. …
Read More »Coronavirus patients flood emergency rooms in some U.S. states.
(AP) – A rising tide of new cases of coronavirus is flooding emergency rooms in parts of the United States, with some patients rushed to the halls and nurses working additional shifts to keep up with the surge. Patients struggling to breathe are being placed on ventilators in emergency rooms …
Read More »West Oakland supermarket closes after positive employee test
OAKLAND – A West Oakland grocery store will close for at least three days after a spokesperson said other employees may have been exposed to COVID-19 after an employee tested positive on Sunday. In a statement shared on social media, Community Foods Market manager Brahm Ahmadi said the store would …
Read More »San Mateo County business boom as leaders fear state watch list – NBC Bay Area
San Mateo County is the only Bay Area county not on the state watch list, and people from across the region head there for services they cannot get at home. But as the county sees more new cases of COVID-19, health leaders fear the state will put the county on …
Read More »The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca will publish the results of the COVID-19 trials today.
The coronavirus pandemic is still rapidly spreading worldwide, infecting more than 14.44 million people. With more than 188 countries and territories affected, scientists are competing to develop a vaccine against coronavirus 2 for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One of the forerunners in …
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