President Trump on Thursday announced that he had used the Defense Production Act to order US companies to manufacture and deliver more urgently needed ventilators to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “Moments ago I directed Secretary [Alex] Azar and acting Secretary [Chad] Wolf to use any authority under the Defense Production Act to ensure that domestic...
Chinese researchers say they have discovered a new “chronic” mutation of the coronavirus in a patient who was contagious for a record-breaking 49 days. The patient, a middle-aged man, had non-severe symptoms but had a prolonged ability to infect others, said the Chinese military researchers in Wuhan, according to the South China Morning Post. He...
This TikTok doc can’t be stopped. Though much remains unknown about the novel coronavirus and when the global outbreak may end, one upbeat doctor in Oregon is lighting up the darkness with his stellar dance moves and social distancing memos. Dr. Jason Campbell, a resident physician in the department of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine Oregon...
A 60-ton shipment of coronavirus supplies from Russia to New York was purchased by the US at a discount, according to a US official. The supplies, which photos show were delivered Wednesday on a tarmac at New York’s JFK Airport, were characterized as “aid” by Russia’s government, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted Wednesday...
LaMelo Ball is off on another untraditional path. The potential No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, who bypassed college and spent the past season playing in Australia’s NBL, has become a part-owner of the league’s Illawarra Hawks — who Ball played for — with his manager, Jermaine Jackson. “We own the team,” Jackson told...
The former rapper will serve his first four months in "home incarceration" at an address approved by his probation officer, Engelmayer wrote. He'll be tracked by GPS.
Chris Hurn, founder of Fountainhead Commercial Capital, has received 7,400 small business loan requests in the past two weeks, more than his business has handled in its five years of existence. The Lake Mary, Florida-based non-bank lender is just one of thousands of financial institutions across the country preparing to dole out $349 billion in...
The state wants to turn an unused medical facility into a hospital to take the pressure off coronavirus-strained facilities — but a disgruntled doctor’s feud with his former employers is gumming up the works, a new court petition alleges. Dr. John Hajjar was a partial owner and manager of 438 West 51st Street — currently...
Sarah Ferguson says online trolling is "vicious and hurtful"
You’ve binged the show. You’ve seen the memes. Now it’s time to bring a little “Tiger King” fashion into your work-from-home, coronavirus-lockdown life. Who better than Joe Exotic — with his Lisa Frank-leopard shirts, tight white pants, inexplicable EMT bomber jacket and that runaway eyebrow ring — to guide us through our sartorial time of...
One is a coal miner’s daughter. The other was the daughter of a blacksmith. One was a newcomer to Nashville. The other was already a country-music star. Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline. After first meeting — in somewhat unusual circumstances — in July of 1961, they became best friends. More really. Lynn recounts their relationship...
President Trump’s re-election campaign told Senate Republican candidate Jeff Sessions on Thursday to stop calling himself a Trump ally, saying “nothing could be further from the truth.” “We only assume your campaign is doing this to confuse President Trump’s loyal supporters in Alabama into believing the president supports your candidacy in the upcoming primary run-off...
Tim Tebow is definitely not skipping arm day, even with baseball halted midway through spring training. One thing professional athletes understand more than anyone is the importance of keeping their bodies conditioned, which can especially be challenging with gyms closed and adhering to social distancing guidelines. The Mets’ minor league outfielder posted a series of...
As the federal government prepares to launch a $349 billion loan program meant to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, critics have growing concerns that some mom-and-pop shops might get squeezed out. The Paycheck Protection Program — part of the $2 trillion relief package signed into law last week — was billed as a...
The woman accused of fatally punching an 86-year-old woman awaiting treatment at a Brooklyn hospital for not “social distancing” amid the coronavirus was arrested, police and sources said Thursday. Cassandra Lundy, 32, was charged with manslaughter and assault for allegedly slugging 86-year-old Janie Marshall on Sunday after accusing the woman of not social distancing, sources...
The spread of COVID-19 has prompted public officials to urge people against coming into close contact with others, creating the need for non-traditional forms of interaction or consumption of medical care. That includes telehealth or telemedicine, which allows patients to see doctors and receive prescriptions remotely. On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
A University of Wisconsin-Madison doctor and her husband have been found dead in what cops are calling a targeted double homicide. A jogger discovered the bodies of doctor Beth Potter, 52, and Robin Carre, 57, in a ditch at the campus arboretum — a popular research and recreation area with more than 1,200 acres of...
The Food and Drug Administration has eased restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men in the midst of dwindling blood supplies amid the growing coronavirus crisis. The FDA announced Thursday that it was cutting the mandatory waiting period for men who had sex with other men to donate blood from 12 months down...
She gave them to Lenox Hill Hospital.
"I just got tired of doing life the way I had been doing it," she said.
To mask or not to mask -- that is the question.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau has moved its Newfront — where publishers showcase their upcoming digital offerings to influential media buyers — to the week of June 22. The move comes in the wake of a recent IAB report that found that coronavirus is expected to have a bigger long term impact on advertising than the...
A small percentage of coronavirus patients suffer neurological problems like stroke and seizures, a report said. Common symptoms of COVID-19 include cough, shortness of breath and fever, but in rare cases, patients can exhibit an altered mental state, the New York Times reported. Late last month In Michigan, a woman with coronavirus told doctors her...
Buns are on the menu at Paige VanZant’s. On Wednesday, the UFC knockout and husband Austin Vanderford continued their naked escapades at home, showcasing their kitchen skills this time. “Uh, are we doing this right??” VanZant captioned the cheeky shot on Instagram. Vanderford, a fellow MMA fighter, also shared the same snap, posting: “Cookin powder...
