In many ways, 2020 is looking like 1918, the year the great influenza pandemic raged. Like then, science is unable to crush an insidious yet avoidable infectious disease before hundreds of thousands die from it. NEW YORK - U.S.
equity futures are pointing to a lower open on Thursday, ahead of the next wave of unemployment claims. The major futures indexes are indicating a decline of 0.6 percent when trading on Wall Street begins. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates The Labor Department is expected to say the number of claims for unemployment benefits fell for the seventh week in a row to 2.4 million.