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President Donald Trump said Monday he is taking the anti-malaria drug despite warnings about its effectiveness.<\/p>\n
USA TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n President Donald Trump told reporters he is taking the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as part of his personal fight<\/a> against the coronavirus, for which he has tested negative, despite warnings<\/a> from his own government that it should only be administered for COVID-19 in a hospital or research setting due to potentially fatal side effects.<\/p>\n The president also issued a fiery letter\u00a0to the World Health Organization<\/a>,\u00a0threatening to permanently withhold U.S. funding from the United Nations health agency. Later Tuesday,\u00a0Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will likely come under tough questioning from senators about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a small business lending program included in the government\u2019s $2 trillion relief package.<\/p>\n The U.S. has the largest coronavirus outbreak in the world with more than 90,300 deaths and 1.5 million confirmed cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University data dashboard<\/a>. Worldwide, the virus has killed nearly 320,000 people and infected more than 4.8 million.<\/p>\n Our live blog is being updated throughout the day. Refresh for the latest news, and get updates in your inbox with The Daily Briefing<\/a>. Scroll down for more details.<\/em><\/p>\n Here are some highlights to know Tuesday:<\/strong><\/p>\n What we’re talking about:\u00a0<\/strong>Tingling in the hands or feet can be associated with COVID-19<\/a>, but not the way you may think. It’s\u00a0a symptom of the\u00a0rare disorder\u00a0Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome.\u00a0An April study\u00a0published in the\u00a0New England Journal of Medicine found five out of 1,200 coronavirus patients developed it.<\/p>\n Some good news: <\/strong>This Maryland restaurant’s inner tube social distancing tables<\/a>\u00a0are the actual best.<\/p>\n Staying Apart, Together<\/strong>: USA TODAY brings a\u00a0newsletter about how to cope with these trying times\u00a0straight to your inbox<\/a>.\u00a0📥<\/p>\n Fox News host Neil\u00a0Cavuto had strong words for his viewers following President Donald Trump’s comments that he was taking\u00a0hydroxychloroquine despite a lack of evidence of its effectiveness in fighting the coronavirus and warnings of adverse effects.<\/p>\n “This will kill you,” Cavuto said of patients taking the drug who are in a vulnerable population.<\/p>\n The Food and Drug Administration last month warned against the use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine<\/a> for COVID-19 treatment outside of hospitals or clinical trials due to the risk of heart rhythm problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n Trump has touted the drug for weeks, citing unproven evidence of benefits\u00a0in treating or preventing the virus.\u00a0Cavuto said Monday he wasn’t trying to make a political point but one to protect his viewers.<\/p>\n “This is a leap that should not be taken casually by those watching at home who are assuming, well, ‘the president of the United States says it’s OK.'”<\/p>\n House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also criticized to Trump’s<\/a> comment, saying she “would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists.” Pelosi also took a jab at Trump’s weight, implying that he could be at an increased risk for complications because he is “morbidly obese<\/p>\n Carmelle Harris saw the man standing at the open front door of her house.\u00a0\u201cAre you here for the haircut?\u2019\u2019 she asked.<\/p>\n He was, and so Harris, wearing an N95 face mask, handed sanitary wipes to the man, and led him to the makeshift barber’s chair in the living room. \u201cYou\u2019ve got a great set up here,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s also illegal \u2014 and during the coronavirus pandemic, the hair industry is drawing legal scrutiny across the country<\/a> as\u00a0hairstylists like Harris have put their cosmetology licenses at risk citing\u00a0financial pressure<\/p>\n The number of hairstylists setting up shop at home or coloring and cutting hair at customers\u2019 homes is on the rise as stay-at-home orders in states like California have stretched beyond eight weeks, more than a dozen hair stylists and industry experts told USA TODAY.<\/p>\n \u2013 Josh Peter<\/em><\/p>\n President Donald Trump has threatened to stop U.S. funding for the World Health Organization<\/a> and withdraw the country’s membership pending “major substantive improvements within the next 30 days.”<\/p>\n In a scathing letter that he described on Twitter as “self-explanatory,” Trump alleged “missteps” in the agency’s response to the coronavirus outbreak and accused the WHO of an “alarming lack of independence” from China, the origin of the virus.<\/p>\n Trump concludes his letter to\u00a0WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “I cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to finance an organization that, in its present state, is so clearly not serving America’s\u00a0interests.”<\/p>\n In April, Trump said the WHO “got it wrong”<\/a> and halted U.S. funding to conduct a review of the global\u00a0organization’s handling of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n Chinese\u00a0foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said\u00a0Trump’s letter was “smearing and slandering China\u2019s efforts in epidemic prevention and to shift responsibility in its own incompetence in handling the epidemic,” per Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2013 Kim Hjelmgaard<\/em><\/p>\n Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will likely come under tough questioning from senators Tuesday about a small business lending program included in the government\u2019s $2 trillion relief package.<\/p>\n Lawmakers from both parties have criticized the Payroll Protection Program, which initially provided $349 billion in forgivable loans to small companies but has been plagued by a host of problems. Many businesses were unable to get loans before the initial funding was exhausted. A second round of loans faced computer processing delays and a number of publicly traded companies ended up receiving money that Mnuchin demanded be paid back to the government.<\/p>\n Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify Tuesday at 10 a.m. before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. The hearing is the first oversight review of the huge relief legislation approved in early March.<\/p>\n A Missouri death row inmate is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday for the 1991 killing of an 81-year-old woman. It would\u00a0the first execution in the U.S. since March 5 and is scheduled despite coronavirus concerns\u00a0that prompted other states to postpone lethal injections.<\/p>\n A federal appeals court on Sunday\u00a0cleared the way for the execution of Walter Barton, 64. Barton has maintained his innocence in the killing of\u00a0Gladys Kuehler, a trailer park operator who was\u00a0beaten, sexually assaulted and stabbed more than 50 times in Ozark, near Springfield.<\/p>\n A prominent yet volatile coronavirus model that’s often been cited by the White House has again revised its death projection.<\/p>\n On the day the U.S. death toll topped 90,000, the University of Washington’s\u00a0Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Monday lowered its prediction to 143,360 deaths by Aug. 4, down slightly from its projection of 147,000 a week earlier. The IHME model, at one point, had forecast 72,433 fatalities by early August, with\u00a0a maximum range up to 114,228.<\/p>\n “We were pretty surprised,” Chris Murray, an IHME researcher said Monday night on CNN.\u00a0“We were expecting to probably go up because of the big surge in mobility.”<\/p>\n Instead, Murray said, IHME researchers believe the use of masks and social distancing have helped lower death projections.<\/p>\n Monday brought significant change across the U.S. \u2014\u00a0including Arkansas, where movie theaters, casinos and bowling alleys reopened for business, and South Carolina, where gyms, barbershops and hair salons opened again.<\/p>\n Other states will take similar steps toward normalcy later this week: Kentucky will allow in-person worship services and horse racing without fans starting Wednesday and Ohio will allow dine-in restaurants and campgrounds to reopen on Thursday.\u00a0Find the latest news in your state.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Some coronavirus survivors, however, are concerned that states are rushing to rescind stay-at-home orders, potentially setting the stage for a new wave of infections. Here’s what they have to say.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Autoplay<\/span><\/p>\n Show Thumbnails<\/span><\/p>\n Show Captions<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Last Slide<\/a>Next Slide<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n There is positive news from two COVID-19 vaccine candidates<\/a> considered frontrunners, from Moderna in the U.S.\u00a0and Oxford in the United Kingdom. But experts cautioned that both represent only early, though useful, steps on a long road rather than definitive proof these vaccines will work.<\/p>\n On Monday, Moderna announced its candidate vaccine appeared to be safe when given to eight humans and that it stimulated an immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.<\/p>\n More preliminary but positive news came out last week about a vaccine candidate from the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford in England.\u00a0However, the data released last week was only in monkeys and is very preliminary. It showed the candidate vaccine induced a protective immune response in six rhesus macaque monkeys. When we get a vaccine, who gets it first? Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n \u2013 Elizabeth Weise<\/em><\/p>\n CLOSE \n As families struggle in the new pandemic economy, here’s what you need to know about loans, providers and how to get the best deal.<\/p>\n USA TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association are scheduled to resume negotiations this week, with perhaps the biggest hurdle being economic as owners ask the players to assume part of the financial risk of playing with no fans. The hope still is that at least 82 regular-season games can be played beginning by the\u00a0July 4th weekend.<\/p>\n If there is baseball in 2020, it may feel more like a boot camp<\/a>. Players are being advised to shower only at home or in their hotel rooms. No more buffets at the ballpark. No saunas. And lots of deep cleaning.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t change having guys holding runners on first base. How about the catcher and the umpire and the batter all together at the plate? You can\u2019t high-five?”\u00a0said St. Louis Cardinals All-Star shortstop Paul DeJong on a 67-page draft proposal from the MLB that’s full of exhaustive details.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2013 Bob Nightengale<\/em><\/p>\n Keeping in mind local guidelines, Apple is starting to open 25 locations<\/a> across the U.S. that have been closed for two\u00a0months. Some locations in Florida, Hawaii and California are among the first to reopen.\u00a0<\/p>\n Every customer and employee is required to wear a face covering. If a patron doesn\u2019t have a face mask when they arrive, they will be given a free one by Apple before they are allowed to enter.<\/p>\n Shoppers\u00a0also must\u00a0agree to a temperature check and may have to wait in line outside as the company curbs the number of people in its stores. Some locations will offer curbside pickup or storefront only.<\/p>\n \u2013 Dalvin Brown<\/em><\/p>\n Contributing: The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n Autoplay<\/span><\/p>\n Show Thumbnails<\/span><\/p>\n Show Captions<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Last Slide<\/a>Next Slide<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Read or Share this story: https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2020\/05\/19\/coronavirus-updates-treatment-trump-hydroxychloroquine-who-states-reopen\/5214295002\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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