Milwaukee County Zoo remains open, but 'Behind the Scenes Weekend' postponed
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee County Zoo announced on Thursday, March 12 that it is postponing its Behind the Scenes Weekend scheduled for Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15.
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee County Zoo announced on Thursday, March 12 that it is postponing its Behind the Scenes Weekend scheduled for Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15.
Marquette officials suspend in-person instruction starting March 16; classes online until April 10
MILWAUKEE -- Officials with Marquette University on Thursday, March 12 announced the suspension of in-person instruction starting March 16 due to coronavirus concerns.The following letter was issued to members of the Marquette community:
MILWAUKEE -- Officials with Marquette University on Thursday, March 12 announced the suspension of in-person instruction starting March 16 due to coronavirus concerns.The following letter was issued to members of the Marquette community:
Disneyland Resort closing to guests beginning Saturday, March 14 due to coronavirus
LOS ANGELES -- The Disneyland Resort, including Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, is closing to guests beginning the morning of Saturday, March 14 and through the end of the month.
LOS ANGELES -- The Disneyland Resort, including Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, is closing to guests beginning the morning of Saturday, March 14 and through the end of the month.
Milwaukee Bucks will reach out to fans who have tickets to upcoming games at Fiserv Forum
MILWAUKEE -- The NBA season is postponed, but you have tickets for games still to come.
MILWAUKEE -- The NBA season is postponed, but you have tickets for games still to come.
Worst day on Wall Street since 1987 as virus fears spread
NEW YORK -- The escalating coronavirus emergency Thursday sent stocks to their worst losses since the Black Monday crash of 1987, extending a sell-off that has now wiped out most of Wall Street’s big run-up since President Donald Trump's election.The S&P 500 plummeted 9.5%, for a total drop of 26.7% from its all-time high, set just last month.
NEW YORK -- The escalating coronavirus emergency Thursday sent stocks to their worst losses since the Black Monday crash of 1987, extending a sell-off that has now wiped out most of Wall Street’s big run-up since President Donald Trump's election.The S&P 500 plummeted 9.5%, for a total drop of 26.7% from its all-time high, set just last month.
Lakefront Brewery will be closed to the public beginning March 13 due to coronavirus
MILWAUKEE -- Lakefront Brewery will be closed to the public starting Friday, March 13 due to the national outbreak of COVID-19, officials announced Thursday, March 12.
MILWAUKEE -- Lakefront Brewery will be closed to the public starting Friday, March 13 due to the national outbreak of COVID-19, officials announced Thursday, March 12.
Hollywood shuts down, Broadway goes dark to curb virus cases
NEW YORK — The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, canceling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and eliminating live audiences from television shows until it's safe to welcome crowds back.To accommodate calls for social distancing, Hollywood moved to pause the normal hum of TV productions and the bustle of red-carpet movie premieres.
NEW YORK — The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, canceling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and eliminating live audiences from television shows until it's safe to welcome crowds back.To accommodate calls for social distancing, Hollywood moved to pause the normal hum of TV productions and the bustle of red-carpet movie premieres.
Kenny Chesney postpones Miller Park tour stop, citing coronavirus concerns
MILWAUKEE -- Kenny Chesney will postpone his 2020 Chillaxification Tour with intent to reschedule, the Milwaukee Brewers announced Thursday.
MILWAUKEE -- Kenny Chesney will postpone his 2020 Chillaxification Tour with intent to reschedule, the Milwaukee Brewers announced Thursday.
Report: Utah Jazz player Donovan Mitchell tests positive for coronavirus
SALT LAKE CITY -- It started as a joke: Before leaving a post-practice interview session Rudy Gobert touched all the tape recorders that were placed before him on a table, devices that reporters who cover the Utah Jazz were using during an availability with him on Monday, March 9 before a game with the Detroit Pistons.It isn’t so funny now — not with two Jazz players now having tested positive for the virus, and with a league on edge.Gobert is now the NBA’s Patient Zero for coronavirus after becoming the first player in the league to test positive, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY -- It started as a joke: Before leaving a post-practice interview session Rudy Gobert touched all the tape recorders that were placed before him on a table, devices that reporters who cover the Utah Jazz were using during an availability with him on Monday, March 9 before a game with the Detroit Pistons.It isn’t so funny now — not with two Jazz players now having tested positive for the virus, and with a league on edge.Gobert is now the NBA’s Patient Zero for coronavirus after becoming the first player in the league to test positive, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
MIAD extends spring break, moves to online instruction
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design will extend spring break and shift to full-time online course instruction starting March 23 in an attempt to keep everyone in the community healthy during the coronavirus pandemic.Spring break for MIAD will be extended from March 16 to 22.
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design will extend spring break and shift to full-time online course instruction starting March 23 in an attempt to keep everyone in the community healthy during the coronavirus pandemic.Spring break for MIAD will be extended from March 16 to 22.
Canada’s Justin Trudeau in self-isolation after wife exhibits flu-like symptoms
CANADA -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is self-isolating at home after his wife has exhibited flu-like symptoms.Trudeau's office said Sophie Grégoire Trudeau returned from a speaking engagement in the United Kingdom and began exhibiting mild flu-like symptoms including a low fever late Wednesday night.
CANADA -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is self-isolating at home after his wife has exhibited flu-like symptoms.Trudeau's office said Sophie Grégoire Trudeau returned from a speaking engagement in the United Kingdom and began exhibiting mild flu-like symptoms including a low fever late Wednesday night.
House lawmakers introduce legislation to ensure free coronavirus testing for seniors
WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind (D) and two other representatives introduced legislation on Thursday morning, March 12 that will make testing for coronavirus (COVID-19) free for seniors who receive coverage through Medicare Advantage.Rep.
WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind (D) and two other representatives introduced legislation on Thursday morning, March 12 that will make testing for coronavirus (COVID-19) free for seniors who receive coverage through Medicare Advantage.Rep.
Most coronavirus patients recover, still anxiety, fear loom
SEATTLE — Amid all the fears, quarantines and stockpiling of food, it has been easy to ignore the fact that more than 60,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus spreading around the globe.The disease can cause varying degrees of illness and is especially troublesome for older adults and people with existing health problems, who are at risk of severe effects, including pneumonia.
SEATTLE — Amid all the fears, quarantines and stockpiling of food, it has been easy to ignore the fact that more than 60,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus spreading around the globe.The disease can cause varying degrees of illness and is especially troublesome for older adults and people with existing health problems, who are at risk of severe effects, including pneumonia.
NBA player who tested positive for coronavirus touched every microphone at media availability days before diagnosis
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (WJW) – Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert became the first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus, the league announced on Wednesday as it suspended the season.Gobert’s actions on Monday have caused some concern among journalists who spoke with him during a media availability that day.Professional sports leagues — including the NBA — have made their locker rooms off limits to the media.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (WJW) – Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert became the first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus, the league announced on Wednesday as it suspended the season.Gobert’s actions on Monday have caused some concern among journalists who spoke with him during a media availability that day.Professional sports leagues — including the NBA — have made their locker rooms off limits to the media.
2 more positive cases of coronavirus in Dane County; 2 pending in Kenosha County
KENOSHA COUNTY -- Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Public Health Madison & Dane County announced Thursday, March 12 two additional cases of coronavirus.DHS officials said both patients had contact with the confirmed case out of Dane County reported Tuesday, March 10, and both patients were isolated at home.“This brings the total of confirmed cases to seven in just one week," said State Health Officer Jeanne Ayers in a news release. "As we see more cases, we remain vigilant in our efforts to prevent the spread of infection to others in the community.
KENOSHA COUNTY -- Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Public Health Madison & Dane County announced Thursday, March 12 two additional cases of coronavirus.DHS officials said both patients had contact with the confirmed case out of Dane County reported Tuesday, March 10, and both patients were isolated at home.“This brings the total of confirmed cases to seven in just one week," said State Health Officer Jeanne Ayers in a news release. "As we see more cases, we remain vigilant in our efforts to prevent the spread of infection to others in the community.
'Viable for long periods:' Tests show coronavirus lives on some surfaces for up to 3 days
NEW YORK -- The new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long as two to three days, tests by U.S. government and other scientists have found.Their work, published Wednesday, doesn't prove that anyone has been infected through breathing it from the air or by touching contaminated surfaces, researchers stress."We're not by any way saying there is aerosolized transmission of the virus," but this work shows that the virus stays viable for long periods in those conditions, so it's theoretically possible, said study leader Neeltje van Doremalen at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Since emerging in China late last year, the new virus has infected more than 120,000 people worldwide and caused more than 4,300 deaths -- far more than the 2003 SARS outbreak caused by a genetically similar virus.For this study, researchers used a nebulizer device to put samples of the new virus into the air, imitating what might happen if an infected person coughed or made the virus airborne some other way.They found that viable virus could be detected up to three hours later in the air, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.Similar results were obtained from tests they did on the virus that caused the 2003 SARS outbreak, so differences in durability of the viruses do not account for how much more widely the new one has spread, researchers say.The tests were done at the National Institutes of Health's Rocky Mountain Lab in Hamilton, Montana, by scientists from the NIH, Princeton University and the University of California, Los Angeles, with funding from the U.S. government and the National Science Foundation.The findings have not been reviewed by other scientists yet and were posted on a site where researchers can quickly share their work before publication."It's a solid piece of work that answers questions people have been asking," and shows the value and importance of the hygiene advice that public health officials have been stressing, said Julie Fischer, a microbiology professor at Georgetown University."What we need to be doing is washing our hands, being aware that people who are infected may be contaminating surfaces," and keeping hands away from the face, she said.As for the best way to kill the virus, "it's something we're researching right now," but cleaning surfaces with solutions containing diluted bleach is likely to get rid of it, van Doremalen said.
NEW YORK -- The new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long as two to three days, tests by U.S. government and other scientists have found.Their work, published Wednesday, doesn't prove that anyone has been infected through breathing it from the air or by touching contaminated surfaces, researchers stress."We're not by any way saying there is aerosolized transmission of the virus," but this work shows that the virus stays viable for long periods in those conditions, so it's theoretically possible, said study leader Neeltje van Doremalen at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Since emerging in China late last year, the new virus has infected more than 120,000 people worldwide and caused more than 4,300 deaths -- far more than the 2003 SARS outbreak caused by a genetically similar virus.For this study, researchers used a nebulizer device to put samples of the new virus into the air, imitating what might happen if an infected person coughed or made the virus airborne some other way.They found that viable virus could be detected up to three hours later in the air, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.Similar results were obtained from tests they did on the virus that caused the 2003 SARS outbreak, so differences in durability of the viruses do not account for how much more widely the new one has spread, researchers say.The tests were done at the National Institutes of Health's Rocky Mountain Lab in Hamilton, Montana, by scientists from the NIH, Princeton University and the University of California, Los Angeles, with funding from the U.S. government and the National Science Foundation.The findings have not been reviewed by other scientists yet and were posted on a site where researchers can quickly share their work before publication."It's a solid piece of work that answers questions people have been asking," and shows the value and importance of the hygiene advice that public health officials have been stressing, said Julie Fischer, a microbiology professor at Georgetown University."What we need to be doing is washing our hands, being aware that people who are infected may be contaminating surfaces," and keeping hands away from the face, she said.As for the best way to kill the virus, "it's something we're researching right now," but cleaning surfaces with solutions containing diluted bleach is likely to get rid of it, van Doremalen said.
Global shares sink on pandemic news, waning hopes for fix
TOKYO — Global shares plunged Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street.France's CAC 40 slipped 6.6% to 4,307.17, while Germany's DAX lost 6.8% to 9,732.75.
TOKYO — Global shares plunged Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street.France's CAC 40 slipped 6.6% to 4,307.17, while Germany's DAX lost 6.8% to 9,732.75.
President Trump's ban on travel from Europe escalates pain for airlines
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's decision Wednesday to impose a 30-day ban on most Europeans entering the United States is the latest calamity for airlines already reeling from falling bookings and canceled reservations as people try to avoid contracting the coronavirus.The ban, to begin at midnight Friday, won't apply to Americans trying to return home — though they will be subject to “enhanced” health screening — or to citizens of the United Kingdom.But coming on top of similar restrictions imposed by many other governments, President Trump's move is bound to drastically escalate disruptions facing global airlines and travelers on some of the most heavily traveled routes.The disruptions to air travel are rippling through economies in a blow to hotels, car rental companies, museums and restaurants.There usually are about 400 flights a day from Europe to the United States, according to flight tracker FlightAware.About 72.4 million passengers flew from the U.S. to Europe in the year ended last June, making it the most popular international destination, according to Transportation Department figures.
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's decision Wednesday to impose a 30-day ban on most Europeans entering the United States is the latest calamity for airlines already reeling from falling bookings and canceled reservations as people try to avoid contracting the coronavirus.The ban, to begin at midnight Friday, won't apply to Americans trying to return home — though they will be subject to “enhanced” health screening — or to citizens of the United Kingdom.But coming on top of similar restrictions imposed by many other governments, President Trump's move is bound to drastically escalate disruptions facing global airlines and travelers on some of the most heavily traveled routes.The disruptions to air travel are rippling through economies in a blow to hotels, car rental companies, museums and restaurants.There usually are about 400 flights a day from Europe to the United States, according to flight tracker FlightAware.About 72.4 million passengers flew from the U.S. to Europe in the year ended last June, making it the most popular international destination, according to Transportation Department figures.
Flu and coronavirus: Similar symptoms, different fears
NEW YORK -- Is it the flu, a cold or the new coronavirus?
NEW YORK -- Is it the flu, a cold or the new coronavirus?
Here's what you should stock up on if you're quarantined at home
MILWAUKEE -- The coronavirus pandemic is causing more and more people to stay at home and self- quarantine.After compiling a list from experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Red Cross, the Department of Homeland Security, and others -- Business Insider recommends people hit up the stores for these key items.
MILWAUKEE -- The coronavirus pandemic is causing more and more people to stay at home and self- quarantine.After compiling a list from experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Red Cross, the Department of Homeland Security, and others -- Business Insider recommends people hit up the stores for these key items.