Yeshiva U team: Hotel cancels reservation over virus fears

March 6, 2020 Comments Off on Yeshiva U team: Hotel cancels reservation over virus fears

Yeshiva University Maccabees huddle around guard Ryan Turell (11) before a game against the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), in New York, Feb. 25, 2020. The Maccabees won the Skyline Conference quarterfinal 75-57. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

A hotel in a Baltimore suburb on Thursday canceled the reservation of the Yeshiva University men’s basketball team over fears of novel coronavirus, the coach of the Maccabees told The Associated Press. Later Thursday, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said ...

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Trump signs $8.3B bill to combat coronavirus outbreak in US

March 6, 2020 Comments Off on Trump signs $8.3B bill to combat coronavirus outbreak in US

President Donald Trump with Vice President Mike Pence, speaks during a coronavirus briefing with Airline CEOs in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak that has killed 12 people in the U.S. and infected more than 200. The legislation provides federal public health agencies with money ...

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Washington, DC, gets its first coronavirus pop-up shop

March 6, 2020 Comments Off on Washington, DC, gets its first coronavirus pop-up shop

Adilisha Patrom, owner of a co-working and event space next to Gallaudet University, organizes face masks, hand sanitizer and other supplies inside her pop up shop on Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Washington. Inside her storefront, she displays different face mask models and hand sanitizer bottles alongside information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)

The nation's capital has pop-up shops for food and drink, even marijuana. And now, coronavirus prevention supplies.

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Virus ripples through travel, energy, financial markets

March 5, 2020 Comments Off on Virus ripples through travel, energy, financial markets

Passengers wear protective masks while waiting for their plane look to a worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak, in the departure terminal at the Rafik Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 5, 2020. The novel coronavirus has infected more than 80,000 people globally, causing around 2,700 deaths, mainly in China. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A brief look at how things are changing in the economy and the workplace today as the COVID-19 outbreak widens.

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Longhorn’s technology could be used in coronavirus research

March 2, 2020 Comments Off on Longhorn’s technology could be used in coronavirus research

Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC’s molecular transport medium, called PrimeStore MTM. (Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics photo)

A Bethesda molecular tool, assay and vaccine development company has been asked by the Food and Drug Administration to collaborate with other companies that are researching the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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Colleges in Maryland, North Carolina cancel Italy programs

March 2, 2020 Comments Off on Colleges in Maryland, North Carolina cancel Italy programs

Testudo overlooks McKeldin Mall at the University of Maryland in College Park. (The Daily Record / Tim Curtis)

Flagship universities in Maryland and North Carolina have canceled study abroad programs in Italy and are working to bring students home amid the continuing spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

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Altimmune working on novel coronavirus vaccine

February 28, 2020 Comments Off on Altimmune working on novel coronavirus vaccine

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)

A Gaithersburg biopharmaceutical company is working on a vaccine to protect against COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.

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Maryland governor outlines preparations for new virus

February 28, 2020 Comments Off on Maryland governor outlines preparations for new virus

Gov. Larry Hogan gestures with four fingers to make a point that a proposed expansion of Maryland's sales tax would be four times more expensive than the increase that came under Gov. Martin O'Malley. (The Daily Record/Bryan P. Sears)

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday he is submitting a $10 million supplemental budget to the legislature as he outlined preparations the state is making for the new coronavirus disease.

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Markets down, Facebook cancels show: Virus hits businesses

February 27, 2020 Comments Off on Markets down, Facebook cancels show: Virus hits businesses

People wearing face masks sits on a bench in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. In Europe, an expanding cluster in northern Italy is eyed as a source for transmissions. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

The spread of the new coronavirus around the world is hitting companies hard as they suspend production, meetings, events and business travel. Here's a look at the latest developments: