Broadway star Nick Cordero suffers virus setback, but wife is hopeful
Cordero, whose right leg had to be amputated because of coronavirus complications, suffered a new setback this week.
Cordero, whose right leg had to be amputated because of coronavirus complications, suffered a new setback this week.
President Trump has said that going back to school during the current academic year is something state governors "should seriously start to consider," despite concerns over the coronavirus. Former Education Secretary John King, who served under President Obama, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss what needs to be done for schools to be reopened safely.
A 13-year-old girl vanishes in 1981. Detectives believe she was murdered. Years later a woman appears and claims to be the missing girl. Is she an imposter? Correspondent Maureen Maher reports in an all-new "48 Hours" airing Saturday, May 2 at 10/9c on CBS.
"I felt like every time people got turned away, they called me," Dr. Stanford told CBS News' Jericka Duncan.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that it was investigating another piloting incident involving actor Harrison Ford.
Potential COVID-19 treatments and vaccines continue to show promise as the number of Americans put out of work amid the pandemic soars over 30 million.
A health official claims Turkey has had success using the controversial drug touted by President Trump on all hospitalized COVID-19 patients. CBS News' Pinar Sevinclidir has the story from Istanbul.
The Houston Food Bank in Texas is the largest in the U.S., and it has seen demand spike after the coronavirus pandemic put many Americans out of work. While they estimate giving out 80 million pounds of food in a normal year, CEO Brian Greene says they now average close to a million pounds per day, and are still not meeting the need. Janet Shamlian visits the food bank to see how severe demand has gotten.
ER Nurse Pamela Orlando worked to treat coronavirus patients until she became one herself, and then documented her fight with the virus until she died on April 16, 24 days after she fell ill. One of her sons, Reid, said he begged his mother not to go to work, but she continued to fight on the front lines. David Begnaud shares her story.
Potential breakthroughs in the race for treatments for the coronavirus: A clinical trial shows the antiviral drug, Remdesivir, shortens the recovery time of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. On "CBS This Morning," Dr. David Agus said, "We have something in our arsenal to treat the disease. That is exciting." And Oxford University scientists think they may have a vaccine by September. Dr. David Agus calls it, "A big step."
The president and Murphy are set to discuss coronavirus testing and financial aid to states whose budgets have been decimated by the coronavirus.
An experimental drug is showing promise in treating the coronavirus. Preliminary results from a clinical trial carried out by the National Institutes of Health found patients taking remdesivir recovered an average of four days sooner than those on a placebo. The FDA may now consider an emergency approval to allow for broad use of the drug, though the findings still need to be peer-reviewed. Dr. Tara Narula spoke to a patient in that study, and a scientist fighting to get more answers.
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Cops were called by neighbors complaining of "overwhelming" stench coming from the Brooklyn facility processing bodies of people who succumbed to COVID-19.
Broadway actor Nick Cordero suffered a setback in his battle against the coronavirus when the 41-year-old Tony nominee went into septic shock after developing a lung infection. Cordero is in a medically induced coma and has been on a ventilator for a month. Gayle King speaks to his wife, fitness instructor Amanda Kloots, who says she is optimistic about his recovery.
Stand Up America is launching a six-figure campaign to reach grassroots voters.
Here's who's helping the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee vet the candidates.
A drug that may shorten the recovery time of hospitalized coronavirus patients is being hailed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against the pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci lauded the drug remdesivir's "positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery" for patients in a clinical trial. While the drug is not yet approved, President Trump urged the FDA to get through the process as soon as possible. Ben Tracy reports from the White House, where daily task force briefings have been replaced with economy-focused events.
A horse-drawn buggy carrying an Amish family was swept away in a flooded creek while attempting to cross a low water bridge.
He said Wednesday he was asking the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City to come up with a plan to disinfect all subway trains on a daily basis.
A new drug, remdesivir, is showing positive results for treating COVID-19. Also, California Governor Gavin Newsom is closing beaches once again after he says there was another spike in coronavirus cases. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds.
In the global race to find a vaccine, Oxford University just jumped way ahead of the pack.
It's the first big city in the U.S. to do that, Mayor Eric Garcetti says
Scientists said coronavirus lockdowns and reduced air pollution "probably had nothing to do with this."
More state and city leaders plan to ease restrictions aimed at curbing COVID-19, in spite of warnings that doing so too soon could bring new waves of disease.