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Month: April 2020

Coronavirus updates: 1 million in NYC possibly exposed to virus, health official says

Coronavirus updates: 1 million in NYC possibly exposed to virus, health official says

vchal/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and ELLA TORRES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 185,000 people worldwide. Over 2.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by […]

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Coronavirus updates: American Red Cross will soon use antibody tests to ID plasma donors

Coronavirus updates: American Red Cross will soon use antibody tests to ID plasma donors

vchal/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 183,000 people worldwide. Over 2.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center […]

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Deadly tornado outbreak ongoing in the South

Deadly tornado outbreak ongoing in the South

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO (NEW YORK) — At least 26 reported tornadoes have now been reported in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi with at least six people killed by the severe weather since Wednesday. Some of the worst damage from tornadoes was reported from southern Oklahoma into eastern Texas and […]

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At least five dead as tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma, Texas

At least five dead as tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma, Texas

Courtesy Serena Wesley NewboldBy MARK OSBORNE and WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — An outbreak of reported tornadoes across Oklahoma and Texas on Wednesday night has killed at least five people. An official with Marshall County Emergency Management confirms that at least two people were killed and several others […]

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Eight big cats test positive for COVID-19 after zookeeper accidentally infects them

Eight big cats test positive for COVID-19 after zookeeper accidentally infects them

Lya_Cattel/iStockBy JON HAWORTH (NEW YORK) — Eight big cats at the Bronx Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19 after a zookeeper accidentally infected them. Staff at the Bronx Zoo, which has been closed since March 16, first reported that a four-year-old female Malayan tiger named Nadia had tested positive for […]

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Coronavirus misinformation is an ‘infodemic,’ says news report

Coronavirus misinformation is an ‘infodemic,’ says news report

CasPhotography/iStockBy FERGAL GALLAGHER and BENJAMIN BELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A new report from network analysis firm Graphika concludes that Twitter is awash with novel coronavirus-related misinformation, some of which is being promoted by far right, anti-vaccination and pro-Kremlin online communities. “You have this kind of convergence of health […]

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Search warrant issued in 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart

Search warrant issued in 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart

FBIBy LAUREN BOTCHAN, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — A new search warrant was issued Wednesday morning at the Los Angeles County home of Paul Flores in the ongoing cold case investigation into the disappearance of Kristin Smart. It’s been almost 24 years since Smart, a 19-year-old freshman at California Polytechnic […]

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EMTs in Boston detail life on the COVID-19 front lines: ‘We’re drained’

EMTs in Boston detail life on the COVID-19 front lines: ‘We’re drained’

ABC NewsBy ENJOLI FRANCIS and WILL REEVE, ABC News (BOSTON) — With Boston in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, first responders there, working around the clock and fanning out through the city to aid residents, said that everyone appeared to be “at a higher stress level.” EMTs Marianne Muniz […]

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Trump signs proclamation suspending immigration amid coronavirus pandemic

Trump signs proclamation suspending immigration amid coronavirus pandemic

narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ELLA TORRES and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 183,000 people worldwide. Over 2.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to […]

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Trump Addresses Media Wednesday

Trump Addresses Media Wednesday

WASHINGTON-Wednesday, United States president Donald Trump addressed the media as part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force’s daily briefing. Trump started out his comments by denouncing the media for their fake news concerning comments made by American virologist and Centers for Disease Control director Dr. Robert R. Redfield to […]

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