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Now that President Donald Trump has been forced to soberly address the coronavirus outbreak, after weeks of calling fears about the virus a Democratic “hoax,” some of his biggest boosters on Fox News have also moved from that dismissive talking point to a new one : Do not criticize the president while he leads us through this crisis. The cable-news network that for weeks seemed to refuse to take coronavirus outbreak fears seriously has pivoted to heaping praise upon the president for taking it seriously. After weeks of downplaying fears about COVID-19 or actively spreading misinformation about its origins and repercussions, Fox News hosts and guests over the past several days have lauded the president’s handling of the global pandemic, and bashed anyone who raises concerns about the Trump administration’s response.  Fox News primetime star Sean Hannity—a close confidant of the president’s who has been referred to as the unofficial White House chief of staff—dramatic

© Greg Nash Trump officials get pushback from GOP on coronavirus stimulus plans Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow ran into Senate Republican opposition on key points of their economic rescue plan Tuesday when they outlined a multi-pronged proposal to key the country from falling into a severe recession. Many Republican senators feel frustrated they were largely cut out of negotiations with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that resulted in the speedy passage of a House bill estimated to cost more than $100 billion and President Trump says he will sign. At a lengthy lunch meeting in the Russell Senate Office Building, Republican senators pushed back on two key points: distributing direct cash payments to Americans impacted by the coronavirus crisis and providing tens of billions of dollars in economic assistance to the ailing airline industry. Senior administration officials also heard criticism of the proposal Mnuchin n

Ibuprofen and other NSAIDs may not be the best choices to treat symptoms of COVID-19, some suggest. Ask your doctor for advice if you get sick. (Photo: BWFolsom via Getty Images) There’s a lot of advice floating around about the novel coronavirus and how to limit the spread of the pandemic. Some of it is good; some of it is terrible . One question this week was whether ibuprofen or other anti-inflammatory drugs are safe to use for symptoms of COVID-19, including fever and body aches. One family said that their child’s condition worsened after taking ibuprofen for COVID-19. France’s health ministry suggested that using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (or NSAIDs) could aggravate the disease . Olivier Veran, the French health minister, tweeted over the weekend that if “you have a fever, take paracetamol. If you are already on anti-inflammatory drugs or in doubt, ask your doctor for advice.” Paracetamol is the equivalent of acetaminophen ― which is what’s used in Tylenol

Almost every day for the past week and a half the White House has held a briefing on the coronavirus, and the message that emerges from them is clear: Whatever happens in the outside world, as far as his administration is concerned, President Trump is doing a tremendous job. The transcripts of the briefings show administration officials appearing to engage in a competition to pay the most fulsome tribute to the “leadership,” “vision” and “strong actions” of the president. Surprisingly, Vice President Mike Pence, whose experience in praising Trump should have made him an odds-on favorite, appears to be in a dead heat with Health and Human Services Secretary Alexander Azar. The tone was set at the briefing on Feb. 26 at which Pence was introduced as the head of the coronavirus task force, and took pains to praise Trump for recognizing that the situation was, in fact, an emergency: “This team has been, at your direction, Mr. President, meeting every day since it was establis

President Trump is greeted by Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 29. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) The chief organizer of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) attacked a protégé of former White House adviser Steve Bannon for spreading “near panic” about the group’s recent annual gathering, feeding what he called “media hysteria” that members of Congress and other high-level attendees might have been infected with the coronavirus at thisyear’s event.                   The comments by American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp during an interview on Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast were the latest sign of internal feuding among President Trump’s allies about the severity of the coronavirus crisis and how CPAC organizers responded to information that one of their attendees was ill from the virus. Five members of Congress — including new acting White House chief of staff Rep.  Mark Mead