Medical practitioner to do something to make you feel better. It could be you have the flu, you are not feeling well, you do not want to go to the doctor, so you give them a call and they talk to you entry you. Ehealth is bought or telehealth is broader. You email your doctor, work it out without ever seeing them. It is broader. Telehealth,cine is but not all telehealth is telemedicine. Have probablyus experienced it from having your pharmacy call you or text you that your prescription is ready. Right that a is right. That is a common use of it. We also noticed that the or the importance of telemedicine was boosted in the recent package that passed congress, the 2 trillion care act. The law provides relief for health plans allowing coverage for Telehealth Services. Thee changes, and heels of , and the heels of the office tell usr general why that is important. Why do you think the administration included that . Been a flurryas of regulatory relief or actions by policymakers to clear aw
Im julie haener working from home tonight. It has course is announcing new efforts to combat the virus as the number of cases across the country continues to rise. There are now more than 3600 cases here in the bay area. Santa clara county has the most with more than 1200 cases. California as a whole has 15,000 cases. Thats about 1000 more than yesterday and 349 people have died statewide. In the United States there are now more than 337,000 cases and nearly 10,000 deaths. The death toll is expected to jump this week. Today the president also announced new measures to try to fight the coronavirus. Reporter the federal government implementing new measures to help bolster the countrys fight against the coronavirus outbreak as the number of covid19 cases in the u. S. Continues to climb. This is an allout military operation that weve waged. President trump in the Coronavirus Task was delivering an update on the white house, outlining some of the new steps are being taken this week includin
Into not only the morning but the afternoon as well. Well talk more about that in a few minumi tracking a big conce one area in the bay. Overall a great drive but we have a horrible problem southbound 17. Now were looking at the map where were showing you southbound 17 very slow heading past highway 9. Our crew, alan, our photographer got there and got information as we take a live look. Slowing, just one lane open, one lane is closed for a deadly crash investigation as were looking down, again, south. At least the freeway as one lane open. The coroner is on scene. The investigation continues. Im going to say were looking at at least 5 15 for any hope for a reopen. We havent gotten that word from chp on scene. The rest of the bay obviously very clear. Well track everything. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. We continue our Team Coverage of the coronavirus pandemic from the Nations Capital to the bay area. First, lets get starteded with tracie potts live in washington with more of
About an outbreak of covid19 im phillip mena im frances rivera. Aboard the uss Theodore Roosevelt has been relieved of the world passed a million his duties he previously commanded the ship cases and now the u. S. Has more than double the number of with a crew of nearly 5,000 was reported cases than any other country on the plant removed from his post on heres what you need to know thursday but he will keep his there are more than 245,000 rarng and remain in the navy the abouting secretary says he coronavirus cases in this country. State and federal leaders are was relieved after he sent the ramping up restrictions and increasing Safety Measures as letter over nonsecured the death toll climbed to nearly 6,000 and the economic toll is unclassified email. Just devastating we are learning that last week coronavira new committee wih 6. 6 million americans filed for unemployment benefits. Nearly 10 Million People are out of work right now. The irs will begin distributing subpoena powers to
A lot of that made it to the peninsula. Its all gone now. Were looking at 40s and santa rosa with 40s and 50s. The system from the north swinging in and bringing us cold air and some showers tuesday, wednesday. Highs lower 50s and 60s. Thank you, steve. New this morning, firefighters are investigating an Early Morning house fire starting shortly after 3 00 this morning at a home on hillside road. Now, crews managed to control the flames in just about 10 minutes. No one living in the home was hurt but firefighters say two baby chicks in the garage died in that fire. That fell into the box. Created the fire. The red cross has arrived on the scene to try to help the family. There are now more than 3200 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States and more than 400 deaths. Of those cases nationwide, 178 people have recovered in california. There are more than 1600 cases and 30 deaths here in the bay area, there are 786 reported cases and the death toll has gone up to 13. Turning