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FDA eases blood donation guidelines amid urgent need during coronavirus pandemic

A nurse checks the temperature of a potential donor during a blood drive at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda on March 30, 2020. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

White House moves toward promoting broader use of face masks

President Donald Trump listens during the White House's daily briefing on the novel coronavirus on April 1, 2020. (Credit: MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)

Confirmed COVID-19 cases hit 1 million worldwide

People wearing protective masks are seen walking in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on April 2, 2020 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Coronavirus infections, deaths in nursing homes surge despite safety measures

A member of the Kirkland Fire Department is pictured at Life Care Center nursing home in Kirkland, Washington on March 5, 2020. (JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Healthy passengers will be allowed off Zaandam, Rotterdam cruise ships docking in Florida

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Some Americans could wait 20 weeks to receive their stimulus checks, IRS tells House Democrats

Economic stimulus checks are prepared for printing at the Philadelphia Financial Center May 8, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One hundred and thirty million households are eligible to receive a tax rebate check under the $168 billion economic stimulus plan. (Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

Democrats delay nominating convention until week of Aug. 17 due to coronavirus pandemic

Balloons come down on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine at the end of the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 28, 2016, in Philadelphia, Penn. (Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Over 40 spring breakers from Texas who ignored public health advice test positive for COVID-19

People walk on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on March 23, 2020. (Shutterstock)

Shenzhen becomes 1st Chinese city to ban consumption of cats and dogs

Coronavirus can spread through talking and possibly even breathing, experts tell White House

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask and protective gloves walks across an empty Dekalb Avenue, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Brooklyn borough of 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/John Minchillo)

New England Patriots team plane flying over 1 million N95 masks from China to U.S.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker tweeted a photo of the plane being loaded with the personal protective equipment that he said would go to the state's healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis.

FDA authorizes 1st coronavirus test that looks for antibodies in blood to identify past infections

A medical volunteer in a protective suit holds vials of blood samples taken from patients being tested for the coronavirus on March 27, 2020, in Berlin, Germany.(Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

2,000 ventilators in federal stockpile don’t work because of a maintenance lapse: NYT

Governor Newsom, Mayor Liccardo and Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar visit a ventilator refurbishing site in Sunnyvale on March 28, 2020. Newsom said the state had received 170 broken ventilators from the federal government that are being refurbished by Bloom Energy.(The Office of the Governor)

Leonardo DiCaprio, others launch $12M food fund amid coronavirus job disruptions

Leonardo DiCaprio arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on Feb. 9, 2020. (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment last week — another record high

A pedestrian walks by a closed sign on the door of a restaurant in San Francisco on March 17, 2020. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)