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Congress on brink of $2 trillion rescue for virus-hit US economy

by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US lawmakers worked deep into Tuesday night trying to seal a deal…

California warns youths on virus after teen tests positive, dies

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- California officials on Tuesday pleaded for young people to heed safety warnings over the…

American playwright Terrence McNally dies of coronavirus complications

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Terrence McNally, a revered American playwright, librettist and screenwriter whose long career earned him…

US coronavirus deaths now 600, almost 50,000 confirmed cases: tracker

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Six hundred people have died from the new coronavirus in the United States, while the…

First known US child virus death was teen ‘in good health’

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The first known death of a child due to the novel coronavirus in the…

US could overtake Europe as coronavirus epicenter: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States has the potential to exceed that in Europe, the…

French lab gets US approval for quick Covid-19 test

LYON, France (AFP) -- French diagnostics firm Biomerieux said Tuesday it had secured emergency approval from US regulators for a…

Loss of smell could reveal hidden virus cases: experts

by Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, France (AFP) -- From a mother unable to smell her baby's nappy to a lawmaker who…

Fear in New York, but Trump says coronavirus restrictions could ease soon

by Peter HUTCHISON / Sebastian Smith NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Anxiety ratcheted up Monday across an eerily deserted…

Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus: report

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, US media…

US Senator Rand Paul tests positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Rand Paul, a critic of emergency coronavirus spending, has become the first US senator to…

Trump orders emergency medical stations for coronavirus hotspots

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump on Sunday said he had ordered the deployment of emergency medical stations…

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