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Coronavirus Cases Continue To Rise; New York Could See Peak At April's End

"This model projects you're going to have a high death rate through July. If this model is correct, this could go through the summer."

A funeral director and a Wycoff Heights Medical Center, employee transport a body into a hearse, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

As COVID-19 Spreads, Funeral Homes Live Stream Services

"In times of loss, people naturally, instinctively, gather to comfort each other and share the pain of loss and the reality of loss."

Volunteers sewing masks for frontline health care providers. (Celia Clarke/WSKG Public Radio)

Tompkins County Volunteers Sew Medical Masks To Protect Healthcare Workers

"The measurement of density on our masks being produced here cannot be matched with cloth"

Child Welfare Services Worry About Kids Who Went Off The Grid During Coronavirus Pandemic

“We will see a rise in the cases of child abuse and neglect when this is over."

While more affluent parts of Nashville have had testing sites for weeks, this drive-through testing site at Meharry Medical College, in a historically African American neighborhood, experienced weeks of delays because staff couldn't acquire the needed testing supplies and gear like masks and gloves. It finally opened April 30.

The Coronavirus Doesn't Discriminate, But U.S. Health Care Showing Familiar Biases

Most available coronavirus data doesn't include ethnic or racial demographics, but public health experts say they fear the response to the pandemic will lead to predictable health care disparities.

President Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force press briefing on March 29.

FACT CHECK: Trump Pushes Tax Break To Boost Restaurants, But Would It Actually Help?

The coronavirus has hit restaurants hard, but President Trump's proposal to let businesses write off meals is not the answer, critics say. Plus, Trump's own tax law eliminated the tax break.

FEMA's request for cadaver pouches follows warnings at the White House of coronavirus death tolls surpassing 100,000.

Pentagon Says FEMA Wants It To Find 100,000 Body Bags For Pandemic Fatalities

The request from FEMA to the Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency for cadaver pouches follows warnings at the White House of coronavirus death tolls surpassing 100,000.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., picked South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn to head a bipartisan committee on the coronavirus.

Pelosi To Create Bipartisan Committee To Oversee Coronavirus Response

The House speaker said the new select committee, chaired by Rep. James Clyburn, will focus on accountability and transparency in the new spending and programs to address the pandemic.

New York's State Budget Nearly Complete

“The budget that we are passing is not the budget that any of us had hoped to pass at the beginning of this session."

Maestro's Men, Show One

The award winning Dennis Polisky and The Maestro's Men take the Let's Polka stage for another half hour of toe-tapping fun!The Maestro's Men have been…

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