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MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer An experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study, shortening the time it takes for patients to recover by four days on average, U.S. government and company officials announced Wednesday. Gilead Sciences's remdesivir is the first treatment to pass such a strict test against the virus, which has killed more than 218,000 people since it emerged late last year in China. Having a treatment could have... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Acting Navy Secretary James E. McPherson said today that he has ordered a second investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak aboard the San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt, as the preliminary inquiry into the outbreak left him with "unanswered questions.'' McPherson said he's directed Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday "to conduct a follow-on command investigation,'' which he said will complement the initial inquiry "to provide a more fulsome understanding of the sequence of events, actions,... Full story
MARTIN CRUTSINGER, MIKE CORDER, ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press The coronavirus is sending the U.S. economy into the biggest and fastest collapse since the Great Depression, with output reported shrinking at an alarming rate Wednesday and the number of Americans thrown out of work estimated at nearly 30 million. Science, meanwhile, provided a glimmer of hope when a biotech company announced that an experimental drug proved effective in a government study against the virus tha... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Temperatures in the San Diego County deserts will peak today before slowly relenting through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. High pressure over the western U.S. will start moving east today, bringing a slow cooling trend through Sunday, forecasters said. Highs in the county deserts are forecast to remain in the triple digits through Friday, then drop to the mid- to high-90s this weekend. High temperatures today could reach 77 degrees near the coast and inland, 79 in the western... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve gasoline in San Diego County dropped today for the 52nd time in 55 days, decreasing a half-cent to $2.792, its lowest amount since Dec. 30, 2016. The average price is 2.9 cents less than a week ago, 31.8 cents lower than a month ago and $1.293 below what it was one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has fallen 81 cents since the start of the year, including seven-tenths of a cent on Tuesday. The average price fell 44...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer For the first time, a blood test has been shown to help detect many types of cancer in a study of thousands of people with no history or symptoms of the disease. The test is still experimental. Even its fans say it needs to be improved and that Tuesday's results are not ideal. Yet they show what benefits and drawbacks might come from using these gene-based tests, called liquid biopsies, in routine care -- in this case, with PET scans...
DAVID BILLER and MARCELO DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Brazil careens toward a full-blown public health emergency and economic meltdown, President Jair Bolsonaro has managed to add a third ingredient to the toxic mix: political crisis. Even if it doesn't speed his downfall, it will render Brazilians more vulnerable to the pandemic. Bolsonaro's decision last week to replace the federal police chief – and cross his popular justice minister, Sérgio Moro, who quit and alleged impropriety – has sparked an inv...
SEAN MURPHY, BRADY McCOMBS and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican state leaders in Oklahoma and Utah are facing scrutiny for spending millions of dollars combined to purchase malaria drugs promoted by President Trump to treat COVID-19 patients that many other states obtained for free and that doctors warned shouldn't be used without more testing. While governments in at least 20 other states obtained more than 30 million doses of the drug through donations from the federal reserve or p...
WILL WEISSERT and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Biden won Ohio's presidential primary Tuesday, clinching a contest that was less about the Democratic nomination and more about how states can conduct elections in the era of the coronavirus. The primary was the first major test of statewide elections via mail amid an outbreak. And the results were mixed. There were reports of confusion but no widespread disruption. It wasn't like Wisconsin earlier this month, when voters were forced to overlook s...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - County health officials reported 173 new cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths today, raising the county totals to 3,314 cases and 118 deaths. The 173 cases are the second-highest reported since the pandemic began, but could correspond with the significant increase in daily test results, officials said. More than 2,500 tests results were reported, the third highest since San Diego's first case of the novel coronavirus. The percentage of positive tests Tuesday was around 7%, slightly higher than the... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego police have submitted a second case against an alleged organizer of two recent protests opposing state and county stay-at-home orders issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, the San Diego Police Department contacted the City Attorney's Office requesting its review for possible charges against 27-year-old Naomi Soria, who also goes by Naomi Israel, for her role in organizing an April 18 "Freedom Rally'' in downtown San Diego. On Monday, police submitted a second case against Soria... Full story
NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press Jordan Flowers never thought he would become a labor leader. Then the coronavirus forced him to risk his life every time he clocked in. The robotics operator at Amazon's Staten Island warehouse helped lead one of the first walkouts at the site — a protest over the company's lack of protective equipment. A month later, even after Amazon scrambled to provide masks and gloves and check employees' temperatures, workers continue conducting scattered walkouts to protest what t...
LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the stark, startling reality that Congress may not be able to fully resume for a year, House leaders are desperately reaching for work-from-home options after a revolt from the ranks over the health risks of convening in the coronavirus pandemic. House Democratic leaders abruptly reversed course Tuesday, shelving plans for the chamber's 400-plus lawmakers to return for work on the next virus aid package after warnings from the Capitol physician that the p...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Regional Task Force on the Homeless found 7,619 homeless San Diegans live in the county, and those numbers are being used to best direct resources during the coronavirus pandemic, the organization announced today. The task force -- a group of government and nonprofit stakeholders committed to preventing and alleviating homelessness in San Diego -- conducted its point-in-time count over three days beginning Jan. 23 to collect the data. Nearly 1,800 volunteers including 500 county employees took part in... Full story
CARLA K. JOHNSON, ADAM GELLER and ERIC OLSON Associated Press Things were so much clearer when just about everything was locked down. Now, with states lifting their coronavirus restrictions piecemeal and according to their own, often arbitrary, timetables, Americans are facing a bewildering multitude of decisions about what they should and should not do to protect their health, their livelihoods and their fellow citizens. Is it safe now to join the crowds at the beach or eat at a restaurant? To visit the elderly parents you...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Palomar Health announced today that it is laying off 317 employees effective Wednesday, citing significant patient visit declines and loss of revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the hospital, it has seen a 45% to 50% decrease in overall patient visits since the coronavirus outbreak began, absorbing a $5.7 million operating loss in March, "with losses in April expected to be worse, yet hard to estimate given the uncertainty of the virus.'' Palomar Health, which operates multiple... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Sentencing has been delayed another month for the wife of former Rep. Duncan Hunter, who pleaded guilty along with her husband to federal conspiracy charges for misusing campaign funds to support years of personal expenditures. Margaret Hunter was slated to be sentenced next Monday, but the hearing was postponed to June 8, which will be nearly one year since she pleaded guilty to using campaign credit cards on family vacations, restaurant and bar tabs, clothes and other frivolous expenses over the course of... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A community clinic conducting COVID-19 testing at its health centers across San Diego County received $10,000 in donations for personal protective equipment, clinic officials announced today. Family Health Centers of San Diego received a $5,000 cash donation and $5,000 worth of N95 respirators, masks, protective coverall suits, goggles, hand sanitizer and more from the San Diego-based American Chinese Culture and Education Foundation. The clinic said the donation came at a much-needed time, with testing... Full story
JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will take executive action Tuesday to order meat processing plants to stay open amid concerns over growing coronavirus cases and the impact on the nation's food supply. The order will use the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical infrastructure to keep production plants open and prevent a shortage of chicken, pork, and other meat on American supermarket shelves. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which r...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A deployed Navy destroyer experiencing an outbreak of the novel coronavirus will make a stop today in San Diego, where military personnel will disinfect the ship, the Navy reported. The guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd was conducting counter-drug operations off the Pacific coast of South America last week when sailors began exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. One sailor was evacuated to the mainland United States on April 22 after experiencing shortness of breath. The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Following the first day that beaches in several cities around San Diego County were reopened for recreation activities, the county's COVID-19 totals sit at 3,141 cases and 113 deaths. County health officials reported 98 more confirmed cases on Monday and two deaths from the illness. The county and regional hospitals reported 823 test results Monday, with 12% returning positive. This represents a considerably higher rate than the rolling average -- around 6% since the pandemic began. There are 1,734 COVID-19... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Temperatures in the San Diego County deserts are expected to soar well into the triple digits today and highs in those areas will remain past the century mark until this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS issued an excessive heat warning that will last until 9 p.m. Thursday in the county deserts. High pressure will strengthen over the next two days, making today and Wednesday the hottest days of the week, forecasters said. A slow cooling trend will follow and temperatures are expecte... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve gasoline in San Diego County dropped today for the 51st time in 54 days, decreasing seven-tenths of a cent to $2.797, its lowest amount since Dec. 31, 2016. The average price is 3 cents less than a week ago, 32.2 cents lower than a month ago and $1.289 below what it was one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has fallen 80.5 cents since the start of the year, including a half-cent on Monday. The average price fell 44...
KATHLEEN RONAYNE and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) - California schoolchildren could return to their classrooms as early as July though there likely will be modifications, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. No official decisions have been made, but Newsom acknowledged there have been "learning losses" as parents have sought to teach their kids from home since most schools and classrooms closed in mid-March to slow the spread of the coronavirus. School districts and... Full story
