By Tim Carpenter and Sherman Smith Tribune News Service TOPEKA — Three employees at Lansing Correctional Facility became the first Kansas prison staff to test…
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Category: Coronavirus — COVID 19
Trump forecasts painful weeks ahead with a ‘minimum’ of 100,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths
By Chris Megerian and Sarah D. Wire Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave his most dire assessment to date of…
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A quick rebound from virus? Economists have reason to doubt it
By Ben Holland Tribune News Service The coronavirus is guaranteed to throw the world into recession, but economists are becoming less convinced about the potential…
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28 test positive for coronavirus after returning from spring break trip to Mexico, Austin health officials say
By Mark D. Wilson and Lara Korte Tribune News Service AUSTIN, Texas — Twenty-eight University of Texas students who returned to Austin from a spring…
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Gov. Kelly suspends barriers to jobless benefits after 55K file claims; state’s death toll may climb to 700
By Tim Carpenter and Sherman Smith Tribune News Service TOPEKA — The volume of coronavirus-infected patients in Kansas is expected to peak in the final…
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Spain struggles to contain virus with deadliest day of outbreak
By Rodrigo Orihuela Tribune News Service Spain reported its deadliest day since the coronavirus crisis started, leaving hospitals overflowing with sick patients and the government…
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Hospitalizations for novel coronavirus-like illness declined last week in Washington state, offering a glimmer of hope
By Hal Bernton Tribune News Service SEATTLE — Hospitalizations for patients with symptoms of COVID-19-like illnesses in Washington declined last week by more than 20%,…
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Trump’s Easter restart undone by his experts’ dire virus models
By Justin Sink, Jennifer Jacobs and Jordan Fabian Tribune News Service WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump’s coronavirus response team gathered at the White House…
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Next 100 days: Ford, GE Healthcare will team up to produce 50,000 ventilators in Michigan
By Phoebe Wall Howard Tribune News Service Ford Motor Co. and GE Healthcare announced on Monday plans to produce 50,000 ventilators in the next 100…
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Officials deal with confusion over activities allowed by statewide stay-at-home order
By Tim Hrenchir Tribune News Service TOPEKA — After closing temporarily last week because of a countywide safer-at-home order, Topeka Country Club reopened Monday afternoon…
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