IBM is partnering with the White House to make a vast amount of supercomputing power available to help researchers stop the spreading coronavirus pandemic, according to the Trump administration.
The state governors will retain command of the National Guard, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover all costs of the missions to respond to the virus outbreak, President Trump said during a White House press briefing.
President Donald Trump on Sunday announced he is deploying the National Guard to California, New York and Washington state - the current epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo also said the Army Corps of Engineers will build temporary hospitals, including at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
Cepheid has received emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to use its rapid molecular test for point-of-care patients that can detect coronavirus in 45 minutes. This is the first coronavirus that can be conducted entirely at the point of care for patients and deliver results in less than an hour. Tests are typically sent to central reference labs that can take several days to deliver results.
Many in the U.S. live with some form of paralysis. Now wearable robots, or exoskeletons, are giving hope to people with spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders and strokes.
State governors say their demands for more masks and other medical equipment are not being met, forcing them to compete with each other for critical supplies in the coronavirus pandemic.
The number of cases in the U.S. has surged to at least 26,747, making it one of the worst hit countries in the world. Only China, Italy and Spain are harder hit than the U.S.
Part of a bipartisan stimulus effort will include joint efforts between the Treasury and Federal Reserve to get liquidity to businesses that need it, Mnuchin told Fox News Sunday.
The stimulus package under negotiation in the Senate to combat the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic will likely total more than $2 trillion, White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow said on Saturday.
Scientists argue that the long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on climate change will depend on how countries and corporations respond to an economic crisis.