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Please pray for my cousin's daughter. She is is a confirmed covid19 patient. She just got the results back today. She is 19 and studying abroad in Scotland. Her roommate if ironically from Italy and has not tested positive. She has a history of asthma. I know there are many prayer warriors Freepers and ask you to lift her up. We have her on every prayer chain we know of because we believe in Jehovah Rapha, the God who heals.

The current discussion of whether it’s appropriate to associate a virus with its place of origin has prompted Wikipedia to reconsider how it refers to the Spanish flu. The story: Wikipedia editors are mulling over whether to rename the site’s Spanish flu article the “1918 influenza pandemic.” Most of them are opposed to the proposed change, saying the pandemic is most commonly known as the Spanish flu and changing the title of the article might lead to more confusion. Some even said that the move amounts to re-writing history.

Daniela De Rosa, a 43-year-old veterinarian in Italy's southwest Campania region, made a video message over the weekend as she was hospitalized with COVID-19. Her video plea has gathered much attention in Italy, which has just surpassed China in the number of reported deaths from the new coronavirus. "I've been in isolation in a hospital room for so many days I've lost count," she says. "I have no contact with anyone other than doctors twice a day." "Very few people understand what's happening. I want people to see I'm suffering," De Rosa continues. "Every single individual must stay home and...

Americans have asked unanswerable questions this week. Who will win March Madness 2020? What is it like to participate in my college graduation? Why toilet paper of all things? There are other questions that we can answer. The hard reality of history has thrown the world, unwilling, right into the deep end of the pool. Of course, none of this is new. It’s the one thing you can always count on – history never ends, and civilization is never an accident. Let’s confront some of the more answerable questions. Will the November election be canceled?No. The United States conducted a...

The International Olympic Committee held a global teleconference on Wednesday to reassure athletes, representatives, national organizing committees and anyone else about the 2020 Summer Games, which are scheduled for this July in Japan. As it tends to go with the IOC, it seems the only thing that was reassured is that the IOC wants to hold the Games … and cash the checks, of course. These are, clearly, unprecedented times. It isn’t the IOC’s fault that a global pandemic struck. As such, no one is expecting concrete answers on an Olympics that is still months away. Cancellation or postponement seem...

Christmas is more than two months past, but social media users are digging their lights and decorations back out (or plugging them back in) as a sign of hope during the coronavirus outbreak. As people across the country are working from home or are under quarantine or lock-down, many have taken to Twitter to share photos of their Christmas lights and to ask others to jump on the bandwagon. One user wrote: “Christmas lights give me hope and joy. Every year, I look forward to seeing them put up. As a sign of hope and happiness, we’ve put some up....

There are early signs that an experimental treatment for people who become very sick from the coronavirus may start working within 24 hours of the first dose. The treatment, an antiviral therapy called remdesivir, is thought to work by blocking the virus from reproducing itself in the body. Susan Kane said remdesivir appeared to work quickly for her husband, too. "On the very next day, he said: 'You know, I think it's lifting. I think I'm starting to feel better,'" she recalled. Chris Kane is now home and, although he still gets winded easily, he is improving, according to his...

Italy’s death toll from the coronavirus has overtaken China’s as authorities in Rome announced 427 new fatalities in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s total to 3,405 – more than the 3,245 recorded in China, where the outbreak began late last year. As European governments struggle to contain the rapidly spreading epidemic and China, for the first time, reported no new cases, the Civil Protection Agency said on Thursday that the total number of infections in Italy rose to 41,035 from 35,713 – a near 15% increase.... Italy has reported soaring rates of cases and deaths, including a record...

A generation well known for needing safe spaces is purposely defying the suggestion that people practice social distancing. College students are in Florida for spring break and don't...

rick scott (senator, r-fl) just advocated a moratorium on rents for small businesses on maria bartiromo foxnews business. it seems to me that republicans are joining democrats in panic to advocate socialism.

Across the world there are now 200,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 - but a herd of elephants in China found a very fun way to make the most of people putting themselves in self-isoltion Click to view Image SNIPChina was the first country to be hit by coronavirus with tens of millions placed in lockdown while authorities worked to halt its spread.And at one farm in the Yunan province, elephants took full advantage of the situation.The herd of 14 majestic beasts broke into a village in a bid to find food.However, they got a cheeky extra for their efforts when they...

Funny how he went downhill after signing the big contract. Arthritic knee? I don't think so. He's not the only one. Once the 2nd(big) contract is signed too many of these ballplayers take it and run. The smart ones keep their mouths shut. As an owner I'd never give out big bonus money unless the player was home grown drafted and worked hard for 3-4 years. Injuries, DWI's, don't help.

As screening sites open and close, supplies run short and criteria for participation change, many can’t determine if they have the virus Feeling sick on Friday, Rachael Willingham went to the doctor, who gave her an order for the new coronavirus test and sent her to a mobile clinic the Colorado health department had set up. When she arrived at 9:45 a.m., a half-dozen police officers were blocking the entrance. She returned to the clinic that afternoon, but was told testing was over for the day. Ms. Willingham called a number for the state health department and was told to...

Industry sceptical after Number 10 asks for more than 20,000 British-made devices in two weeks Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found at https://www.ft.com/tour. https://www.ft.com/content/7ebb238c-67c7-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75 The government is scrambling to piece together a design for a British-made medical ventilator “from scratch” to help treat severe coronavirus cases in...

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President Trump said in a Thursday press conference that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine had been FDA-approved to treat coronavirus patients FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn corrected him, noting that the drug has only been approved for 'compassionate use' so its effects can be studied President Donald Trump falsely claimed the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine was FDA approved to treat coronavirus before being corrected by FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn (left), who explained it will only be prescribed experimentally for 'compassionate use'

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian carmakers Ferrari and Fiat Chrysler are in talks with the nation’s biggest ventilator manufacturer to help to boost production of the life-saving machines that are urgently needed in the coronavirus crisis, company officials said on Thursday. Italy is at the epicenter of the pandemic and its government has embarked on a big expansion of the number of intensive care beds, many of which will require ventilators to keep patients alive by taking over breathing functions. Siare Engineering in northern Italy, where deaths are nearing 3,000 and climbing sharply, is in talks with Fiat Chrysler (FCA), Ferrari...

It’s absurd for a media company that traffics in liberal bias like The Atlantic to continue to bill itself as being an “[i]ndependent” news source — especially when both of its parent companies’ chief executives are liberal donors. Federal Election Commission Records reveal that Emerson Collective Founder/President and Atlantic co-owner Laurene Powell Jobs gave thousands exclusively to Democratic presidential candidates (Emerson Collective owns a majority stake in Atlantic Magazine). Jobs is the widow of late tech mogul Steve Jobs. FEC records also showed that Atlantic Media Company Owner and Chairman David G. Bradley has contributed exclusively to Democratic presidential candidates.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has called on “low-risk” inmates in federal prisons to be released from custody following reports that two prisoners in California are in quarantine after coming in contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus. Harris, a onetime Democratic presidential hopeful, sent a letter on Thursday to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal arguing that the close quarters prisoners live in – paired with the strict measures the BOP is taking distance inmates from the public – makes them particularly susceptible to the COVID-19 virus. “In the midst of this crisis, BOP should be...

In Singapore, one of the first places hit by coronavirus, detectives are tracking down potential positive cases to try to stay one step ahead of the virus. How did they do this and is it too late for the rest of the world? In mid-January, a group of 20 tourists from the Chinese city of Guangxi arrived in Singapore for Chinese New Year. They visited some of its most glamorous sights. Also on their itinerary was a non-descript traditional Chinese medicine shop, selling crocodile oil and herbal products. The shop is popular with mainland tourists. They were served by a...