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An empty polling place in Milwaukee last month, during a state and local primary election. Wisconsin is pushing forward with its April 7 election despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Wisconsin Pushes Forward With April 7 Primary Despite Coronavirus

Many other states have delayed elections but Wisconsin leaders are sticking with the date. In part, it's because local and state offices are also on the ballot.

President Trump turns away from Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, as she says she had a low-grade fever over the weekend and was tested for coronavirus.

Coronavirus Task Force Doctor Did Not Meet Guidelines For Test, But Got One Anyway

Dr. Deborah Birx said she had a "low-grade fever" Saturday and tested negative for coronavirus. But her symptoms don't line up with what the government is advising for who should get a test.

Two New COVID-19 Cases Announced in Cape County, Totalling Three

Updated // 9:21 a.m. Thursday, Mar. 26 The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center has confirmed the third presumptive positive case of COVID-19 across…

Jacques Enoch with his bike in the Alps in 1941. Danièle Enoch-Maillard's father, who was Jewish, survived World War II in an Alpine village with the help of a deputy mayor and a postal worker who sent smoke signals every time the Nazis headed up the mountain road to the hamlet.

Waiting Out Coronavirus In The French Alps, 'Cooped Up In The Great Outdoors'

A 73-year-old French woman in confinement in Chamonix recalls her Jewish father, who survived World War II hiding out in a nearby village. Others sent him smoke signals to warn when Nazis were near.

Wuhan's Hubei province will begin to emerge from a two-month quarantine this week, as health officials say the region has seen a sharp drop in new coronavirus cases.

China's Wuhan Prepares To Emerge From Lockdown As New Cases Dwindle

"Apart from Wuhan, the other places in Hubei have registered 19 consecutive days with no confirmed cases," provincial officials said on Tuesday.

India Under Lockdown To Fight Coronavirus

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces Tuesday, in a nationwide address, that he's putting the entire country on a 21-day lockdown in response to the coronavirus.

A reporter wearing a latex glove raises his hand to ask President Trump a question during a coronavirus briefing at the White House on March 16.

'All Of This Panic Could Have Been Prevented': Author Max Brooks On COVID-19

The World War Z novelist has done extensive research into real disaster preparedness. "There is no excuse not to mobilize the full forces of the federal government right now," he says.

The Postal Service says gloves and surgical masks are made available to all employees who request them, but many postal workers say they don't have what they need.

Postal Workers Say They Lack Supplies, Training To Protect Themselves From Virus

The USPS says that employee safety is its highest priority. But some workers still fear becoming carriers of another kind — catching and spreading the virus themselves.

Economists say helping the health care sector, including through emergency financing to states and cities, is one of the steps urgently needed to weather the coronavirus crisis.

How To Avert Economic Catastrophe: Ideas From 5 Top Economists

Avoid layoffs at any cost. Set up emergency financing for states and cities to help health systems. Cut regulations to speed medical response. Those are some recommendations from leading economists.

Spanish army troops disinfecting nursing homes in Madrid found some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of people who authorities suspect died from the coronavirus.

Spanish Military Finds Dead Bodies And Seniors 'Completely Abandoned' In Care Homes

The Spanish military found residents of some care homes "completely abandoned" and "dead in their beds," Spain's defense minister announced Monday. Spain has more than 39,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

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