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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

Challenges with the country's meat supply chain will likely linger as long as the coronavirus pandemic does causing periodic shortages.

"This is not a situation where you can go to the American people and say, 'How many lives are you willing to lose to reopen the economy?' We don't want to lose any lives," Cuomo said.

President Trump was "not happy" to learn his personal valet, who serves him meals and performs other tasks in close proximity to Trump, tested positive for the coronavirus.

The event will feature NFL stars Tom Brady and Peyton Manning and also offer $10 million for Covid-19 relief efforts.

Americans need coronavirus tests "that do not require hours or days to determine results," the head of the NIH tells Congress.

The luxury department store chain had been struggling with competition from online rivals and dwindling cash before the pandemic.

Hospitals are looking for ways to re-open their doors to patients in a way that limits their risk of exposure.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 323,900 people across the state as of Thursday.

Property and mall owner Brookfield Asset Management is targeting spending $5 billion to help struggling retailers, as the retail industry reels from the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced Thursday.

"I have felt not to get bullish on a vaccine until Fauci said, 'Get bullish,'" CNBC's Jim Cramer said, suggesting the White House advisor's positive comments on Moderna's potential coronavirus vaccine may be that bullish call.

Trade groups representing the country's biggest consumer companies, including PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble and Clorox, wrote a letter to Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday urging federal guidance on how to safely manage their factory workers as states begin to reopen for business.

The former FDA chief said there are so far "mixed studies" on the rate of infection for children.

The aspect of the technology that interests Target is its ability to pool multiple orders and route them to a similar place, NBC News reports.

Oil prices surged on Thursday as U.S. producers continue to scale back operations, and as the demand outlook begins to improve.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance were expected to increase 3.05 million last week, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

Kohl's announced Thursday morning that it plans to have 25% of its stores reopened by next week.

Fred Maxik, a former NASA scientist and the founder and chief scientific officer of Healthe, has developed what he claims is the first-ever human-safe Far-UVC technology to combat coronavirus.

The race to develop anything to fight the coronavirus is intensely competitive and investors are watching closely for signs of progress on treatments and vaccines.

Austin-based theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is bringing the big screen to your home by partnering with ScreenPlus and Vista Cinema to introduce a video-on-demand platform, Alamo On Demand.