Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday in a conference call with staff, his campaign said in a statement. Sanders, 78, who suffered a heart attack in late 2019, had put himself in position to compete for the nomination in what had been a crowded field after…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “clinically stable” in intensive care on Wednesday and “responding to treatment” for COVID-19 complications, amid questions about how key coronavirus crisis decisions would be made in his absence. Johnson, who tested positive nearly two weeks ago, was admitted to St. Thomas’ hospital on Sunday evening with a persistent high…

A U.S. president known for smashing norms is now breaking another one by promoting an unproven treatment during a deadly pandemic.  We’ll soon find out if Donald Trump is right.  A global race is underway to test the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for its anti-viral properties. It’s a race unfolding in research labs and hospitals, including in…

New York recorded its single greatest one-day jump in deaths from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, but the state’s governor pointed to other signs that the state may be reaching a plateau in its wrenching efforts to limit the damage caused by the pandemic. The death count for April 6 of 731…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday, leaving his foreign minister to lead the government’s response to the accelerating outbreak. Johnson’s personal battle with the virus has shaken the British government just as the United Kingdom enters what scientists say is likely to be one of the…

The normally traffic-clogged streets of big cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are empty. Shopping malls are shuttered. Restaurants sit in the dark. This isn’t just the case across Canada, but across the globe.  Worldwide shutdowns over COVID-19 are having a deep economic impact, but they’re also having an unintended positive outcome: a reduction in…