White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday said he was qualified to engage and disagree with Dr. Anthony Fauci on the use of an anti-malarial drug as a coronavirus treatment — which is not yet proven as effective — saying, “I’m a social scientist.” “Doctors disagree about things all the time. My qualifications in…… MORE
The inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services describes a dire situation for front-line doctors and medical staff as coronavirus cases mount in hospitals. Read the full report here: cnn.com/2020/04/06/politics/hospital-coronavirus-report/index.html… MORE
The nation’s hospitals are dealing with “severe” and “widespread” shortages of needed medical supplies, hampering the ability to test and respond to the coronavirus pandemic adequately and protect medical staff, according to a new report from a government inspector general. The findings by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services describe…… MORE
The United States is heading into one of the darkest chapters of its modern history so far deprived of the unifying and clear-sighted leadership that helped it prevail in earlier times of crisis. President Donald Trump was late to accept the nature of the threat from the coronavirus pandemic and, even while now admitting its…… MORE
There was a heated disagreement in the Situation Room this weekend over the efficacy of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine — but multiple sources say it was mostly one-sided, as President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser Peter Navarro feuded with other officials over the drug’s unproven effectiveness to treat coronavirus. The debate is not a new…… MORE
The former intelligence community inspector general, who informed Congress of the whistleblower complaint that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment, said Sunday that he believes Trump fired him for doing his job. Michael Atkinson said in a statement that he was “disappointed and saddened” by Trump’s decision to oust him on Friday, with the President…… MORE
President Donald Trump on Sunday again doubled down on an unproven therapy for the novel coronavirus: hydroxychloroquine. Without citing evidence, he said it’s a “great” and “powerful” anti-malaria drug “and there are signs that it works on this, some very strong signs.” For people without heart problems, Trump recommended combining hydroxychloroquine with azithromycin, a common…… MORE
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said he tested negative for coronavirus Saturday when asked why he wasn’t wearing a face mask as the pandemic spreads across the nation. “There are a couple of reasons. One of them is part of the, in fact the major reason to wear a face mask is to protect…… MORE
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee decried the surgeon general’s comments on Sunday comparing the anticipated swell in the coronavirus crisis to Pearl Harbor in light of the President’s prior comments on qualifying federal support to states struggling to fight the outbreak. “Can you imagine if Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, ‘I’ll be right behind you, Connecticut,…… MORE
President Donald Trump said Sunday night that the USNS Comfort, docked in New York, could be used for coronavirus patients if needed. “That was not supposed to be for the virus at all and under circumstances. It looks like more and more we’ll be using it for that,” Trump told reporters at a coronavirus task…… MORE
