Trump says he won't extend social distancing guidelines

President Donald Trump said Wednesday the federal government will not be extending its coronavirus social distancing guidelines once they expire Thursday, and his son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, predicted that by July the country will be “really rocking again.”

Oprah to headline Facebook, Instagram graduation event

Oprah Winfrey has bee slated to be the commencement speaker for the Class of 2020 in an online graduation live streamed from Facebook and Instagram.

Prosecutors: Frontline worker stole engagement ring, credit card from patient who died of COVID-19

A temporary frontline worker stands accused of stealing an engagement ring from a patient at an assisted living facility in Denver, Colo., who died of COVID-19. Prosecutors said Elizabeth Daniels, 29, also used the woman’s credit card to purchase a vehicle the day the woman passed away.

Gilead says remdesivir proved effective against coronavirus in US study

A biotech company says its experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major U.S. government study that put it to a strict test.

Trump orders meat processing plants to remain open

The order will use the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical infrastructure to keep production plants open, according to the Associated Press.

'Infecting our dreams': Coronavirus pandemic sabotages sleep worldwide

Everyone from a college teacher in Pakistan to a mall cashier in Canada to an Episcopalian priest in Florida is confronting the same daytime demon. Each is waking up in a sweat in the dead of night.

Super Bowl champ puts medical degree to work helping in coronavirus fight

Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is stepping off the field and onto the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic just months after winning the Super Bowl.

NYC emergency room doctor takes own life, family says

The family of an emergency room doctor in upper Manhattan says she killed herself after becoming distraught over coronavirus.

Trump suggests schools should open for a 'short period of time' before academic year ends

President Trump, in his Monday coronavirus press briefing, said he thinks it would be a “good idea” if schools open up, even for a “short period of time” before the end of the academic year.

Wuhan says it has no coronavirus patients in hospitals: report

Health officials in Wuhan—the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic — said Sunday that the city’s hospitals are clear of any patients.