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Coronavirus patients hospitalized across Michigan are receiving treatments of a newly-authorized, but yet untested, drug touted by at least one health care system for showing signs of managing COVID-19 symptoms. Dr. Marcus Zervos, division head of infectious diseases at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, said a majority of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Henry Ford Health Systems facilities were prescribed hydroxychloroquine during the last three weeks. Zervos said the drug, an arthritis medicine also used to treat malaria, isn’t seen as a “miracle cure" but has shown some success in managing a virus that currently has no remedy. “I don’t want...

Gov. Cuomo unveiled plans Tuesday to reduce the state’s looming $6.1 billion deficit by forcing New York City and other local governments to rein in their Medicaid spending — or pay for it on their own. Cuomo’s $178.6 billion budget plan also would slash nearly $2 billion in state aid to the city --SNIP-- In addition to shifting the healthcare costs, Cuomo said the state would slash at least $2.5 billion in annual Medicaid spending --SNIP-- The governor’s budget plan also calls for cutting $1.8 billion in state aid to localities

Researchers this week planned to start testing a century-old vaccine to see if it would be useful in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Tests are to be conducted in four countries, beginning in Netherlands, to see if bacillus Calmette-Guerin, or BCG, can train the immune system to fight the virus, which has claimed more than 35,000 victims worldwide. BCG has been used to fight tuberculosis and early stage bladder cancer. Some 1,000 doctors and nurses in Netherlands are to receive either the vaccine or a placebo this week. In Australia, 4,000 healthcare workers in Melbourne have volunteered to take part in...

Today, President Donald J. Trump has kept another promise to the American people by releasing the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule that will provide safer and cleaner cars and save American families thousands of dollars in new vehicle costs.  As noted by both car companies and consumer advocates, the previous administration’s unattainable corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO2 emissions standards made new vehicles too expensive for many Americans to afford, forcing them to keep driving their older, more dangerous, and less environmentally friendly vehicles.  In addition to solving these serious problems, the SAFE Vehicles Rule will...

It’s tempting to write off resurrected Democratic front-runner Joe Biden’s latest howler as just another blooper. One of those Tucker Carlson helpfully compiled in his latest gallows humor montage. (See the bottom of this story.) As you watch it, remember that this isn’t just some guy auditioning to drive your kids on their school bus. He’s asking us for the launch codes that would let him, all on his own, launch a world-ending nuclear war. I won’t mock Biden’s scrambled statements here at The Stream. I’ll leave that to Carlson and to President Trump. I hope they treat Sen. Biden...

Last week the liberal media ran screaming headlines after 39-year-old Natasha Ott was found dead on her kitchen floor while awaiting her coronavirus test results. Rest in peace, Natasha. Of course, the left ran with the story as a way to whip up panic and attack the Trump administration...A second coronvirus test came back negative on Natasha Ott...

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICYSUBJECT:       Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby order as follows:Section 1.  (a)  I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 7426 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020...

Israel has begun testing a COVID-19 vaccine prototype on rodents at its bio-chemical defence laboratory, a source says. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), in rural Ness Ziona, to join the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on February 1, prompting an easing of its secrecy as it co-operates with civilian scientists and private firms. In a statement, Netanyahu's office said IIBR director Shmuel Shapira had informed him of "significant progress" in designing a vaccine prototype and that the institute "is now preparing a model for commencing an animal trial". A source familiar with IIBR...

Meet Toshi, a paralyzed Tuxedo kitten. He was slated to be euthanized due to his fractured spine, but was rescued. His handicap doesn't stop him from doing virtually everything and anything else a kitten does. Video, 11 minutes, 26 seconds.

US stocks declined on Tuesday as traders weighed a longer-than-expected recovery from the escalating coronavirus outbreak. The losses came as numerous economists across Wall Street further revised their quarterly gross-domestic-product estimates lower amid the pandemic. The market close saw the Dow Jones industrial complete its worst first quarter in history, having tumbled 23%. In addition, both the Dow (-14%) and S&P 500 (-12%) turned in their worst monthly returns since the depths of the financial crisis in October 2008. On a GDP basis, Goldman Sachs sees the economy shrinking by 34% next quarter, eclipsing its previous projection of 24%. The...

With courtrooms shuttered for most in-person hearings, the federal judiciary is for the first time broadly allowing certain criminal proceedings to take place by video and teleconference, a sea change for technology-resistant trial courts throughout the country. The shift in policy announced Tuesday is intended to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus by allowing judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and defendants to work and appear remotely. It is unclear whether it will lead to lasting changes in how the federal judiciary operates, and some are concerned that the video and teleconferences could cut off media and public access to what...

St. Dionysius the Great was Pope of Alexandria from 248 to 264. During that time, the Church of Alexandria suffered horrible persecution. Just as that was dying down, an epidemic broke out in the city, just as Pascha was approaching. St. Dionysius described the epidemic, and the Church’s response, in a letter to some of his flock outside of Alexandria. It is especially relevant today, as our current church leaders try to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which is also happening as we prepare for Pascha.St. Dionysius’ letter was printed by Eusebius in his seminal Church History, chapter 7. The...

* Gilead is testing efficacy of remdesivir against the COVID-19 in multiple international trials. * Remdesivir prevented severe lung damage from MERS coronovirus infection in a mouse and monkey model. * Preclinical data and an explanation for the Ebola trial failure indicate that remdesivir will be a successful treatment for COVID-19. * Inevitable remdesivir licensing deals, with exclusivity until 2034, and its forthcoming marketing of a blockbuster arthritis drug, filgotinib, will increase Gilead's revenue significantly. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) is currently testing remdesivir in multiple human trials for efficacy against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Remdesivir is an adenosine nucleotide...

Vatican City, Mar 30, 2020 / 11:16 am (CNA).- In a private letter to an Argentine judge, Pope Francis is reported to have warned that government decisions to prioritize the economy over people could result in a “viral genocide.” “The governments that face the crisis in this way show the priority of their decisions: the people first. ... It would be sad if they opted for the opposite, which would lead to the death of very many people, something like a viral genocide,” Pope Francis wrote in a letter sent March 28, according to America Magazine, which reported it had...

A planeload of desperately needed medical supplies arrived in New York from China on Sunday, the first in a series of flights over the next 30 days organized by the White House to help fight the coronavirus, a White House official said. A commercial carrier landed at John F. Kennedy airport carrying gloves, gowns and masks for distribution in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, three hard-hit states battling to care for a crush of coronavirus patients. The airlift is a product of a team led by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, which formed “Project Airbridge,” a partnership between...

Vatican News pulls article calling coronavirus ‘ally’ of the Earth because of environmental benefits Earth is healing itself,' wrote a Jesuit priest in the now-deleted article. March 31, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news service, published and then deleted an article calling the deadly coronavirus an “ally” of planet Earth, sparking outrage in readers. The article, written by the Jesuit priest Father Benedict Mayaki, was entitled “Coronavirus: Earth’s unlikely ally,” and its secondary headline read, “The changes in human behavior due to the Covid-19 virus pandemic are yielding unintended benefits to the planet.” The author made no...

Cdl. Christoph Schönborn calls for patience to heal this 'wound'VIENNA (ChurchMilitant.com) - In the midst of the global Wuhan virus pandemic that has stricken hundreds of thousands across the world, an Austrian prelate is keeping the question of women's ordination and a female diaconate on a front burner. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna said "the question of the role of women in the Church" remains "open," calling "women's invisibility in the Church" akin to a "wound" during a March 22 press hour on Austrian national television. Schönborn added he worries that men will dominate in all world religions, questioning what...

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Is Evergreen State College about to fold? Benjamin Boyce, who has become the indispensable reporter on the topic, thinks so. In a new video Boyce says current events lead him to believe “this college will be filing for bankruptcy, if not within the next week then by the end of the summer.” That’s a pretty big prediction so what is Boyce basing this on?Every year the president of Evergreen State College delivers a State of the College speech in which he spells out how things are going and where they are headed. Last year, President George Bridges put on...