McConnell, who leads the Senate GOP, had said on a radio show that he supports allowing states to declare bankruptcy rather than get federal money to cover budget shortfalls caused by the coronavirus.
Members of the coronavirus task force are expected to hold a press briefing Thursday as additional economic relief legislation moves through the House.
Amazon backed a study at Columbia University to help determine if it's safe and effective to give plasma collected from those who have recovered from the Covid-19 virus to other severely ill patients.
Meatpacking plants responsible for 10% of all beef production and 25% of all pork production have closed, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
The number represented a decline of 810,000 from the previous week, but the five-week total has now surpassed all of the job gains since the Great Recession.
Gilead shares fell after a report said antiviral drug remdesivir did not improve Covid-19 patients' condition or reduce the virus' presence in the bloodstream in a phase 3 clinical trial.
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