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Report: Amazon and Gates Foundation aim to team up with scientists on home test kits for coronavirus

Amazon Care is offering assistance to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a plan to deliver coronavirus test kits to Seattle homes, CNBC reports. The plan as described would be a grand convergence involving two major players on Seattle's tech scene, plus the University of Washington and the Seattle Flu Study. Amazon Care is an on-demand healthcare clinic that's open on a pilot basis to...

Previous coronavirus daily briefing updates, March 7-8

Current daily briefings on the coronavirus can be found here. Scroll below to read previous reports, listed in eastern time.Eight U.S. states have declared a state of emergency in response to confirmed coronavirus cases as of Sunday evening.Washington state, Florida and California were among the first to declare a state of emergency after confirming the the only fatalities in the U.S. There have...

Experts skeptical that warm weather will slow COVID-19 outbreak

A man wearing a mask as a precautionary measure against the spread of the new coronavirus gets his temperature taken at a small medical center that specializes in respiratory illnesses in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia) As health officials around the world continue to learn more about the ongoing spread of COVID-19, one of the most pressing questions centers on...

Thunderstorms threaten to turn heavy, severe over parts of US

Even though a widespread severe weather outbreak is not anticipated, rounds of thunderstorms are expected to turn heavy, gusty and severe at the local level in portions of the Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio valleys into Thursday night.The storms will erupt along a temperature and humidity contrast zone that extends from north to south over part of the central United States.Into Wednesday night,...

Could the new coronavirus lead to a prolonged flu season?

Reed Olson, 8, gets a flu shot at a Dekalb County health center in Decatur, Ga., in this file photo. Flu vaccines are reducing doctor's visits for flu illness by 45 percent overall, according to a CDC study. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Two peaks of increased flu activity have already occurred in the 2019-20 flu season and now it's possible a third spike could take place.The flu season...

Forecasters put center of nation on alert for potentially volatile weather pattern

Conditions that have been suppressing widespread severe weather outbreaks in the United States so far this month may soon be about to change, and forecasters warn that dangerous severe weather episodes may erupt.2020 had a volatile start in terms of severe weather, including the volume of tornadoes spawned. The number of tornadoes through early March is above the 75th percentile at 1,884,...

Coronavirus fears ripple across every corner of US as spring break gets underway

With coronavirus cases spreading abroad and at home, United States officials and universities are issuing advisories and taking precautions as thousands prepare to embark on travel for spring break, some to escape winter's cold weather.People are listening to those suggestions as the demand for flights has fallen more due to coronavirus than after 9/11, JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes reported on...

Storm closes schools, suspends football in Egypt before heading to Turkey and Iran

As coronavirus fears spread across the Middle East, a storm will be the threat to cause school closures in Egypt this week.A strong storm will develop in western Egypt Thursday, and then move northeast to affect other countries such as Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia."This storm will usher in periods of rain and thunderstorms that could be heavy in the northern half of Egypt on...