Advocates decry ICE efforts to deport migrant kids amid pandemic
ICE was prepared to deport a teenage girl to Guatemala alone, despite pleas from advocates. The only reason it couldn't was because the flight was postponed over coronavirus.
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ICE was prepared to deport a teenage girl to Guatemala alone, despite pleas from advocates. The only reason it couldn't was because the flight was postponed over coronavirus.
Frontline health care workers have worked tirelessly to save the lives of those infected with COVID-19. CBS News is premiering a special tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT titled, "Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line." It takes a look inside one major New York City hospital during the height of the pandemic. Executive producer Guy Campanile joined CBSN with a preview.
With a spike in the number of coronavirus cases, the CDC warns the deadly outbreak could continue into next year. There are at least 15 cases in the U.S. Carter Evans has the latest.
A Cal State University Northridge student is still in China on Thursday night, near the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak -- his semester studying abroad turning into a nightmare. Samson Adame, 24, has been stuck in the Shandong Province of China since the epidemic broke out nearly a month ago. CBS Los Angeles' Lesley Marin reports.
The CDC announced the U.S.' 15th coronavirus case found in Texas as Chinese officials confirm 64,000 sick with 1,400 dead from the virus. Japan also recently confirmed its first coronavirus death, as President Shinzo Abe vowed to ensure the safety of summer 2020's Tokyo Olympics. Carter Evans is tracking the global response to the worsening outbreak.
"I clearly made a mistake," the Senate majority leader said.
There are new cases of coronavirus being reported. The CDC is ramping up its response to the epidemic by setting up five labs around the country. Carter Evans has the latest.
Experts worry that the endangered pangolin might suffer an even greater threat after Chinese scientists suggested that the scaly mammal could have been responsible for the coronavirus being transmitted to humans. Almost 500,000 pangolins are poached yearly for their prized meat and scales, earning it the label of “most trafficked mammals on the planet.” Tom Hanson is in Brookfield, Illinois to follow one zoo’s conservation efforts.
The U.S. is expected to send a plane to Japan to bring back citizens that had been quarantined on the cruise ship “Diamond Princess” due to the coronavirus. So far, the outbreak has led to over 1,500 deaths in China alone. However to some passengers, boredom is a far bigger battle than the illness is. Debora Patta is in Hong Kong where infections are also on the rise.
Aircraft will be used to evacuate Americans quarantined by the coronavirus on a cruise ship in Japan. The voluntary evacuations begin Sunday, even as the virus continues to spread on board. Worldwide, tens of thousands of cases have been confirmed and more than 1,500 have died. Deborah Patta reports.
The pangolin has spent most of its existence in obscurity, but after a group of Chinese scientists recently labeled the mammal as a potential transmitter of the novel coronavirus, they are facing a threat of extinction. Tom Hanson reports.
Moncef Slaoui and General Gustave Perna will lead the federal government's effort to develop and distribute a vaccine as quickly as possible.
Today on "Face the Nation," Senator Amy Klobuchar on her surprise finish in New Hampshire, and the latest on U.S. efforts to evacuate Americans from a quarantined cruise ship amid global fears of coronavirus.
The National Institutes of Health's Dr. Anthony Fauci talks about the impact of coronavirus on the United States and the evacuation of Americans from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan.
CBS News foreign correspondent Deborah Patta provides the latest on the deadly impacts of coronavirus overseas.
Dozens of Americans quarantined on a cruise ship in Japan who have not tested positive for the coronavirus are on their way home Sunday. They boarded two planes headed to Air Force bases in California and Florida. However, the situation on board the Diamond Princess is severe as a surge of infections remain. Deborah Patta reports.
Grocery prices in the U.S. have spiked by their highest rate in nearly 50 years. Laura Reiley, who reports on the business of food for The Washington Post, joined CBSN to explain.
Hundreds of Americans exposed to the coronavirus are back in the U.S., evacuated by the State Department from a cruise ship in Japan. Fourteen of those Americans tested positive for coronavirus. Carter Evans reports.
About 200 children are suspected of having the deadly inflammatory disease that is linked to the coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control is asking doctors to report any cases of the disease. Jericka Duncan reports.
After a choir practice in Washington state in March, 52 out of 61 attendees became ill with coronavirus symptoms.
All registered Democratic and Republican voters will receive a postage-paid vote-by-mail ballot
"My heart still hurts. I can't sleep at night because I'm desperate," said the sister of an ICE detainee who died of coronavirus complications.
Hundreds of American evacuees from China boarded buses on military bases in both Northern and Southern California after an exhausting two weeks in federal quarantine. Meanwhile, more cases were reported today as the infection count tops 73,000 worldwide with more than 2,000 deaths. Carter Evans reports.
"This ER bill is pretty huge," said one patient, while treatment costs for some people could top $20,000.
With meatpacking plants closed nationwide, hog farmers in the U.S. now face a tragic reality — they need to euthanize millions of pigs with nowhere to go.