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Ventilator Shortages Loom As States Ponder Rules For Rationing

Medical rationing is not something Americans are accustomed to, but COVID-19 may soon change that. The specter of rationing is most imminent in New York City, where the virus is spreading rapidly and overwhelming hospitals with patients. According to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state has 2,200 ventilators in its state stockpile. Current COVID-19 case projections suggest the state may not have enough of the machines, which help critically ill people breathe, as soon as next week. The...

U.S. Lost 701,000 Jobs In March; Much Worse To Come

Morning News Round Up, April 3

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Whaddaya Knead? Yeast And Baking Powder Top America's Shopping Lists

By Camila Domonoske • 23 minutes ago

Yeast, baking powder and spiral hams were big hits in America's shopping carts last week.

As the country settles in — possibly for the long haul — under stay-at-home orders, baking projects appear to be a common distraction, while panic purchasing of some products seems to be subsiding.

Sales are still up significantly compared to a normal week. And shelf-stable foods, meats, produce and snacks are all flying off shelves at unusual rates.

But for many products, the remarkable sales spikes from early March have started to subside.

Children May Miss Meals As School Food Service Workers Fall Ill

By Anya Kamenetz • 31 minutes ago

In Clark County, Nev., the nation's fifth-largest school district, a school food service worker has reportedly died of COVID-19. That death is one of around 40 recorded in the state of Nevada as of Friday afternoon.

WATCH: White House Stresses Payments Will Come Soon, As Unemployment Soars

By Barbara Sprunt • 45 minutes ago

Just days after the White House coronavirus task force warned Americans to brace for sobering death tolls, the administration is vowing to provide economic relief to Americans sooner rather than later.

Whitmer says workers exposed to COVID-19 can’t be punished for staying home

By Rick Pluta • 35 minutes ago

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has issued another COVID-19-related executive order. The order says employees who think they have the disease have a right to stay home.

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State programs to streamline volunteering, assist small businesses during outbreak

By Ben Thorp • 2 hours ago

Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist on Friday announced a program to help businesses with fewer than 500 employees retain workers during the coronavirus outbreak.

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U of M epidemiologist says the state will soon begin seeing the impact of social distancing

By Ben Thorp • 2 hours ago

Today we’re continuing our weekly snapshot of activity around coronavirus and Covid-19 cases in Michigan.

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Covid 19 cases in Michigan, April 3

By Amy Robinson • 2 hours ago

Michigan today reported nearly 2,000 new confirmed cases of Covid 19.

The state saw 1,953 new cases … and 62 new deaths. That brings Michigan’s total to 12,744 cases and 479 deaths.

This since Michigan reported its first case on March 10.

GVSU education farm donating crops to those most in need of food during pandemic

By Patrick Center • 2 hours ago

GVSU.EDU / Grand Valley State University

Low-income families are being especially hard-hit during the coronavirus pandemic. Grand Valley State University is donating all produce grown from its educational farm to those who need it most.

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Homeless During COVID-19: “I Wash My Hands, If I Can Find Water. I Don’t Want to Die.”

By Laura Herberg • 2 hours ago

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Lt. Governor on school closures: "students are going to graduate"

By Ben Thorp • 5 hours ago

Teachers and students in Michigan are adjusting to the thought of not seeing each other for the rest of the school year after the Governor announced yesterday that schools will remain closed to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

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Morning News Round Up, April 3

By Rick Westover • 7 hours ago

Governor announces Michigan schools are closed for the remainder of the school year, school districts react. The number of Covid 19 cases in Michigan prisons continues to rise. Lake levels also continue to rise.

Evening News Round Up, April 2

By Amy Robinson • 22 hours ago

Michigan confirmed Covid-19 cases tops 10,000. Governor Whitmer orders Michigan schools closed for the rest of the school year. Detroit's TCF Conference Center is tranformed into a field hosptial for Covid 19 patients. Ben Thorp speaks with Michigan's US Senator Debbie Stabenow about the federal relief package