Gov. Cuomo orders ALL non-essential workers to stay home after 2,950 new coronavirus cases are confirmed - bringing state total to 7,102

Young Adults Come to Grips With Coronavirus Health RisksIt can be a serious disease for younger people, and many millennials have chronic physical and mental health conditions.

Trump says he is invoking Defense Production Act

Trump said his administration is now invoking the Defense Production Act to speed up the production of medical supplies.

The president signed the act earlier this week but said he would not use the powers of it unless absolutely necessary.

Trump had a call this morning with Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, who urged him to invoke the act, and the president said he is now using it to accelerate medical supply production.

Coronavirus fatality rates appear to be twice as high for males, Birx says

Dr Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force response coordinator, said data from Italy indicate the coronavirus fatality rate is twice as high for men across all age groups.

One After Another, States Are Ordering Residents to Mostly Stay Indoors

New Jersey, Connecticut and Illinois were preparing to follow the lead set by California and New York in telling people to stay mostly inside. The Federal Reserve moved to backstop municipal money market funds, and the U.S. was set to close borders with Mexico and Canada.

Stocks fall in another day of market turmoil, erasing the ‘Trump Bump.’

The S&P 500 fell about 4 percent, after rising earlier in the day, as the mood in financial markets grew increasingly dour. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 913 points.

It was another sharp turn in a market that has come to be characterized by dizzying changes in direction over the past month as investors have grappled with the barrage of developments.

Friday’s drop meant that the Dow Jones industrial average closed below where it stood on the day before President Trump was inaugurated, erasing the so-called “Trump bump” that Mr. Trump has cited as evidence of the success of his presidency.
Stocks have collapsed about 35 percent in a month, wiping out trillions in value.