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What Exactly Is Hydroxychloroquine, The Drug That Is Being Tested As The First Potential Coronavirus Treatment

This 70-year-old drug is being tested as a potential treatment against coronavirus.

CVS Health Opens First Coronavirus Parking Lot Model Testing Site

CVS Health is opening up its first testing site in a Massachusetts drugstore parking lot as drugstores across the country slowly and carefully begin a rollout of testing outside their stores for the Coronavirus strain COVID-19.

Meet The Italian Engineers 3D-Printing Respirator Parts For Free To Help Keep Coronavirus Patients Alive

Talking with the Italian engineers who 3D-printed respirator parts for hospitals with coronavirus patients for free.

Drivers Protest Outside Uber Offices, Demand COVID-19 Sick Leave And Relief For Gig Workers Under CA Law

Drivers and other gig workers are pushing platform companies to use their resources, including $110 million earmarked to fight AB5, to support and protect workers ASAP.

It’s Not Just Toilet Paper And Sanitizer: Consumers Are Also Stocking Up On Cannabis

It may be due to anxiety, or to the prospect of weedless weeks ahead: In any case, cannabis buyers out West are stocking up.

This Is The Biggest Mistake People Make When Assessing The Risk Of COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, Say Psychologists

The mental shortcut known as the “availability heuristic” can be dangerous when assessing the threat of COVID-19.

White House Calls On Millennials, Gen Z To Donate Blood Amid ‘Severe’ National Shortage

Surgeon General Jerome Adams called on young people Thursday during the White House press briefing to donate blood as the American Red Cross faces a “severe blood shortage” amid social distancing guidelines.

Healthcare Workers Fighting The Coronavirus Outbreak Are Running Out Of Vital Protective Equipment

Some healthcare workers are using single-use masks for several days and trying to disinfect what they have with household cleaning products.

Updated: Trump Says FDA Approved Anti-Malaria Drug Chloroquine To Test As Coronavirus Treatment

“We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately,” Trump said.

Poll: Nearly 90% Of Americans Increase Hand Washing To Curb Coronavirus

Nearly 90% of Americans say they are increasing hand washing following public health recommendations to curb the spread of the Coronavirus strain COVID-19, according to a new survey from NORC at the University of Chicago.