Dr. Deborah Birx was missing from Friday’s White House press briefing after video of her reaction to President Donald Trump’s suggestion the previous day -that government officials study the idea injecting disinfectants as a possible cure for coronavirus – went viral. Birx was spotted at the White House Friday morning, taping an interview for Fox News … Read more
President Donald Trump abruptly exited his daily White House press briefing Friday without taking a single question, after digging an increasingly deep hole over his comments about treating coronavirus patients with powerful disinfectants. The event lasted just 22 minutes, with Trump sharing the stage with other officials instead of holding court for up to two … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday raged about the coverage of CDC Director Robert Redfield’s interview with The Washington Post, where the medical expert warned about the dangers of a second wave of the coronavirus. Trump brought Redfield to the White House podium to repudiate the interview only for the CDC director to confirm the newspaper correctly … Read more
Yvonne Doyle, medical director of Public Health England, looked mildly blank when the thorny issue of care homes was raised at yesterday’s Downing Street press briefing. Someone had made the not unreasonable point that NHS Nightingale hospital was largely empty, so why couldn’t it be used to provide support for elderly patients from care homes? … Read more
President Donald Trump once again touted a new drug regimen against the coronavirus he said may prove ‘very affective’ against the disease – at a briefing where top national expert Dr. Anthony Fauci wasn’t present. Trump said clinical trials would begin on the anti-malarial drug chloroquine, which has been seen to have positive effects in … Read more