Washington strains for virus response as institutions close

March 12, 2020 Leave a comment

President Donald Trump speaks in an address to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus Wednesday, March, 11, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Washington is straining for an ample response to the coronavirus outbreak that is testing the nation's political and health care systems after President Donald Trump restricted air travel from Europe, Congress ran into trouble approving an aid package and the centers of power — the domed Capitol and stately White House — are being shuttered to visitors.

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US ban on European visitors escalates travel industry pain

March 12, 2020 Leave a comment

Women wear face masks at the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Thursday, March 12, 2020. The European Union on Thursday will evaluate President Donald Trump's decision to restrict travel from Europe to the United States amid deep concern over the economic impact of the move with markets already heavily hit by coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

President Donald Trump's 30-day ban on most Europeans entering the United States is the latest calamity for a global travel industry already reeling from falling bookings and canceled reservations as people try to avoid contracting and spreading the coronavirus.

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States race to stop virus, as official warns of worse ahead

March 11, 2020 Leave a comment

Workers from a Servpro disaster recovery team wearing protective suits and respirators enter the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., to begin cleaning and disinfecting the facility, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, near Seattle. The nursing home is at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state. For most people, the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Governors and other leaders scrambling to slow the spread of the coronavirus stepped up bans on large public gatherings and a rapidly expanding list of universities moved classes online, as the U.S. government's top infectious-disease expert Wednesday warned that the worst is yet to come.

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Maryland confirms 9th case of coronavirus

March 11, 2020 Leave a comment

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image)

Maryland confirmed three more cases of coronavirus in the state for a total of nine so far, the officials said Tuesday.

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Novavax gets $4M for COVID-19 vaccine, teams with Emergent

March 10, 2020 Leave a comment

A scientist works in a Novavax lab in Gaithersburg. (Submitted photo by Elliott O’Donovan)

A Gaithersburg drug company has received $4 million in funding from a nongovernmental organization to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and is teaming with another Gaithersburg drug company for development and manufacturing.

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Airlines slash flights, freeze hiring as virus cuts travel

March 10, 2020 Leave a comment

FILE- In this May 24, 2018, file photo a Delta Air Lines passenger jet plane, a Boeing 737-900 model, approaches Logan Airport in Boston. Airlines are seeing a sharp drop in bookings and a rise in cancellations in recent days as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, and they are responding by slashing flights and freezing hiring. Normally airlines try to lure reluctant customers by discounting fares, but that won't work in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Airlines are slashing flights and freezing hiring as they experience a sharp drop in bookings and a rise in cancellations in the face of the spreading coronavirus.

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USM prepares for online classes and hospitals adopt new visitor policies

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Dr. Jay Perman speaks Oct. 21 at the Greater Baltimore Committee’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion summit. (The Daily Record / Tim Curtis)

Public universities in Maryland canceled classes and will prepare to shift to online classes following spring break and Maryland hospitals made changes to their visitor policies and schools canceled field trips Tuesday as the state’s institutions continued to respond to ...

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Trump plans payroll tax relief in response to coronavirus

March 10, 2020 Leave a comment

President Donald Trump steps from the podium to allow Vice President Mike Pence to speak in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March, 9, 2020, about the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Donald Trump says his administration will ask Congress to pass payroll tax relief and other quick measures as a public health and economic maelstrom brought on by the coronavirus drew closer to him personally.

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AP Analysis: Investors ‘guessing’ on virus, assuming worst

March 10, 2020 Leave a comment

Specialist Erica Fredrickson works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 9, 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 7.8%, its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008, as a free-fall in oil prices and worsening fears of fallout from the spreading coronavirus outbreak seize markets. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

No one knows where the coronavirus will show up next, whether authorities can contain it or how much damage it will leave behind. But professional investors aren't taking any chances.

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Citing COVID-19, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust withdraws guidance

March 9, 2020 Leave a comment

A Bethesda hotel real estate investment trust is withdrawing its guidance to investors for the first quarter of 2020 and for the entire year because of the impact of COVID-19.

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Washington strains for virus response as institutions close

US ban on European visitors escalates travel industry pain

States race to stop virus, as official warns of worse ahead

Maryland confirms 9th case of coronavirus

Novavax gets $4M for COVID-19 vaccine, teams with Emergent

Airlines slash flights, freeze hiring as virus cuts travel

USM prepares for online classes and hospitals adopt new visitor policies

Trump plans payroll tax relief in response to coronavirus

AP Analysis: Investors ‘guessing’ on virus, assuming worst

Citing COVID-19, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust withdraws guidance