South Dakota governor shuns stay-at-home order as virus cases rise
The majority of South Dakota's 988 total cases - 768 - are in Minnehaha County, which includes the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant.
The majority of South Dakota's 988 total cases - 768 - are in Minnehaha County, which includes the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant.
Director of the Neumünster Zoo says lack of paying visitors and restrictions on travel and business could force her to take the drastic measure.
"The crisis today is not on supermarket shelves, it's on the farms," says trade group for nation's pork producers.
Emmy-winning comedian Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah," is out with a new paperback edition of his memoir, "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood." The book has been adapted for young readers and shares his journey growing up bi-racial under apartheid, at a time when interracial relationships were illegal in South Africa. He joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about the new release and how he is holding up amid the coronavirus pandemic.
This week alone, Biden has snagged endorsements from Bernie Sanders, former President Barack Obama and now Warren.
In Ecuador's largest city, nearly 2,000 bodies have reportedly been collected for burial, some in cardboard caskets.
Rapper Cardi B sat down with Bernie Sanders for an interview on Instagram Live Tuesday. She asked the Vermont senator about why he chose to endorse Joe Biden for president after he suspended his campaign. The duo's public appearance is a comfort to some election watchers who worried about whether Sanders' base would follow him in supporting Biden.
The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionally affected minority communities, both in terms of confirmed COVID-19 cases and in the pandemic’s economic impact. About 36% of African American households report losing a job, taking a pay cut or both. That’s compared to 29% of white households. Operation Hope is a nonprofit providing financial literacy and empowerment to under-served communities and its founder and CEO, John Hope Bryant, has advised three U.S. presidents. He joins “CBS This Morning” to talk about his organization for our series... Читать дальше...
CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the state of the coronavirus pandemic, just a day after President Trump announced he would be cutting funding to the World Health Organization. Redfield, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, credited WHO as a "long-standing partner" and said the CDC was "poised to provide assistance" to states in expanding testing and working to reopen their economies.
The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionally affected minority communities, both in terms of confirmed COVID-19 cases and in the pandemic's economic impact. About 36% of African American households report losing a job, taking a pay cut or both. That's compared to 29% of white households. Operation Hope is a non-profit providing financial literacy and empowerment to under-served communities and its founder and CEO, John Hope Bryant, has advised three U.S. presidents. He joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about his organization for our series... Читать дальше...
As millions of students across the U.S. move to online learning, many for the remainder of the school year, some are struggling to keep up without the proper tools. While some say issues with their internet connectivity has disrupted learning and made it more difficult to complete lessons, other students have no internet access at all. Meg Oliver speaks to a high school senior in Los Angeles who says she is worried about falling behind due to her poor internet connection.
Latin America is struggling to stop the coronavirus from spreading, which some worry may launch repeated outbreaks that could reach the U.S. Brazil's president has been criticized for dismissing the threat, and has been accused of underreporting the country's over 25,000 confirmed cases. In Ecuador, caskets were left in the streets as the country struggled with its mounting cases. Manuel Bojorquez looks at how the pandemic is playing out in South America.
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Sanders ended his presidential campaign last week and endorsed Biden on Monday.
Nearly 9,300 health care workers have been infected by the coronavirus as of last week, according to a new CDC study. At least 27 have died. Also hard-hit is a pork processing plant in South Dakota, where nearly 440 employees of the now-closed facility have tested positive, along with over 100 people they have come in contact with. Despite the state's rising cases, Governor Kristi Noem has not ordered people living in the hardest-hit counties to stay at home. David Begnaud provides an update on how... Читать дальше...
Health experts are working on a COVID-19 blood test that would determine if a person who had the coronavirus is now immune. Dr. Matthew Sims, who is leading a blood sample study of over 40,000 health care workers, said the test's accuracy rate is believed to be "in the high 90s." But, there are still questions about its true success rate and how long immunity would last. Dr. Tara Narula speaks to Sims about why widespread testing is important.
After over three years of near silence, former President Barack Obama unloaded on Republicans in Congress and the administration in a Tuesday video. Without naming names, Mr. Obama accused them of denying "the science of pandemics" while also formally endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. Ed O'Keefe breaks down Mr. Obama's message to American voters.
President Trump has faced criticism for his handling of the coronavirus crisis in the early days of the epidemic.
After several heated remarks this week, President Trump seemingly reversed course and conceded that governors could decide when their states reopen themselves. He promised at Tuesday's task force briefing that the White House would issue revised social distancing guidelines, and said he is singling out over 20 states to reopen first, potentially before May. Paula Reid is at the White House, where some health experts in Mr. Trump's own task force warn that the president's goal could be overly optimistic.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expects 80 million Americans to get emergency federal payments this week.
Cuomo on Tuesday reported another 778 deaths from COVID-19, up from 671 deaths in his state the day before.
President Trump announced he is cutting U.S. funding to the World Health Organization, accusing the agency of mismanaging the pandemic and covering up data. Also, former President Barack Obama endorsed his former vice president, Joe Biden, in the 2020 election. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds.
Officials say workers and family members were infected but it appears no customers were.
In this episode of "Intelligence Matters," the White House homeland security adviser for President Obama weighs in on pandemic preparedness and response.
President concedes governors will have to make tough decisions on easing shutdowns as he blames the WHO for America's devastating death toll.