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President Trump speaks as Vice President Pence looks on during a coronavirus task force press briefing on Sunday.

White House Defends Testing Capacity As Governors Ask For More

Many governors say they need more coronavirus testing. President Trump said his administration would have a call with governors on Monday about increasing capacity.

Ambulances arrive at a hospital in New York City, where concerns are rising about the supply of dialysis equipment for ICU patients.

Shortage Of Dialysis Equipment Leads To Difficult Decisions In New York ICUs

Hospital workers on the front lines in the New York metro area have been sounding the alarm about an insufficient supply of dialysis machines for patients with COVID-19-related kidney damage.

Mammoth Biosciences and researchers at the University of California, San Francisco are working on a coronavirus test that could run multiple samples at once, with results in 35-40 minutes. Even better, they say, it doesn't require the sophisticated, expensive equipment used in other tests for the virus.

CRISPR And Spit Might Be Keys To Faster, Cheaper, Easier Tests For The Coronavirus

Researchers are racing to develop quick, home-based tests for the virus that could deliver test results in minutes. None do that yet, but several under development hold promise, scientists say.

Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama waves as she attends an event for Obama Foundation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in December 2019. Obama and actress Julia Roberts attended the inaugural Gathering of Rising Leaders in the Asia Pacific organized by the Obama Foundation.

Michelle Obama May Stay 'Above The Fray' As She Returns To Political Life

Her husband has now endorsed his former vice president, Joe Biden. But former first lady Michelle Obama is making a return to politics in 2020 on her own terms.

In November 2019, PJ Hahn, former director of Coastal Zone Management for Plaquemines Parish, stood in the spot where Cat Island once was. "To be standing there in three, four feet of water where the land used to be so beautiful. I remember pulling up to this island, the minute we got close the birds would fly off the island."

'Where The Land Used To Be,' Photos Show Louisiana Coast 10 Years After BP Oil Spill

Photographer Tyrone Turner documented the life and changes on Cat Island in the southeastern coastal area of the state before it disappeared.

North Coast Rises Up Against The English Ivy

It looks really pretty on exterior walls--think universities and Wrigley Field--but English ivy is a pest. It is not a plant indigenous to our region, and…

The Southern Oregon Latino View Of The Crackdown

It's no surprise that the White House is cracking down on illegal immigration; President Trump promised to do so, and many Americans expect a crackdown.…

Mythbusting The Perpetual Arms Race

No matter the state of the economy or the political party in power, the arms industry continues to hum along. New and expensive weapons systems are built…

President Trump's guidelines for "reopening" the country put the onus on governors.

Coronavirus Latest: Trump's Fight With Governors Is One He Can't Win

President Trump is passing the buck on testing and plans to "reopen" states, and many of governors don't like it.

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (pictured in January) has said he wants all nursing home residents and staff for coronavirus.

West Virginia Aims To Test All Nursing Home Residents, Workers For COVID-19

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said there have been discrepancies in data from the homes, and wants even those already checked to be retested.

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