Korean War

Healthcare workers mourn fallen colleagues outside Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. (Johannes Eisele / AFP-Getty Images )If a picture speaks a thousand words, what do numbers say?More than 64,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 since the novel coronavirus hit our shores, and the count steadily grows.Already,…

A New York Times story published Thursday claimed that Trump officials have unduly pressured intelligence agencies to link the Wuhan bio-lab to the coronavirus outbreak, yet it simultaneously admits that the president has done no such thing and is based mostly around one comment made by a National Security Council…

Dian Zhang USA TODAYPublished 5:54 PM EDT May 4, 2020Yangzhong, a tiny island in eastern China, was largely known for its culinary take on puffer fish before the coronavirus pandemic.In late March, business owners and families desperate for work began converting their workspaces into makeshift manufacturing plants to churn out…

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy | Michael Mancuso-Pool/Getty Images With reports of new coronavirus cases flattening and the number of hospitalizations falling, New Jersey is now shipping ventilators it received from the federal stockpile to hospitals in other states, Gov. Phil Murphy said during his daily briefing on Wednesday. New…

Invoking the Korean War–era Defense Production Act, Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday mandating that American meat production keep running at all costs—workers and grave threats to public health be damned. According to the United Food and Commercial Workers, 20 industry employees—many working shoulder to shoulder at a rapid…

TOPLINE President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that invoked the Defense Production Act to keep meat plants open as industry leaders sound the alarm about possible shortages—and critics say is executive overreach that compromises workers’ safety. President Trump spoke Tuesday about the Paycheck Protection Program used to support small…

A Cold War-era law is being used to encourage manufacturers to produce and distribute critical supplies to healthcare workers. As the coronavirus pandemic goes on, there has been much to-do about the Defense Production Act (DPA) and the nationwide effort to recover the economy and fulfill shortages of critical personal…

Brand Ave. Studios connects advertisers with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch audience through compelling content programs, from concept to production to distribution. From Mizzou to medic: Korean War veteran recalls unexpected journey Monte Safron was a newlywed and midway through his education at the University of Missouri Columbia when the draft…

Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday 16 states have submitted plans to lift coronavirus restrictions and reopen their economies, as the United States has topped more than 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths and has recorded more than 880,000 cases.  “At the present moment, 16 states have released formal reopening plans,” the vice president…

passages Bruce Baillie, 2019. Photo: Timoleon Wilkins. FOR AN AVANT-GARDE FILMMAKER born in the 1930s, Bruce Baillie came late to cinema, but his manner belied his background—a BA from the University of Minnesota, naval service in the Korean War, even an abortive stint at the London School of Film Technique…