A “glaring scientific breakdown” at the CDC’s main laboratory was behind the federal agency’s failure to quickly make a coronavirus test kit, according to a new report. One of the three test components became contaminated because the way the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory put the kits together violated sound manufacturing practices, The...
Mayor de Blasio took a trip to the Bronx Saturday to tout a city food delivery program that brings meals to hungry New Yorkers stuck in their homes during the coronavirus crisis. “We will not let any New Yorker go hungry. Period,” de Blasio declared at the Kingsbridge Armory, which has been transformed into a...
Core a big one for two retirees. Self-described apple detectives EJ Brandt and David Benscoter have tracked down 10 varieties believed to be extinct — their biggest single-season haul ever in their annual treks across the Pacific Northwest. But the men, who make up the nonprofit Lost Apple Project, won’t see the fruits of their...
"It’s no secret that Nancy and Chuck are weak. They are poor leaders and they’re the reason that America hates career politicians. They are totally incompetent and controlled by the Radical Left who only want to DESTROY America," Trump said in the missive.
Prayers up, Mets fans, for The Pin Man. Nick Giampietro, the popular staple at Shea Stadium and Citi Field for his pin-adorned Mets jersey and cap, was diagnosed this week with the coronavirus after his mother lost her life earlier this month to COVID-19. The Howard Beach resident’s father also currently is hospitalized in Queens...
The crew assembled a raft out of plywood, plastic drums and rope, and set the pair of stowaways overboard near South Africa, all with the skipper, Cui Rongli, watching, according to the Daily Mail.
Dave Goodside, owner of Beach Cafe on the Upper East side, started selling meal delivery packages — three appetizers, entrees and desserts, plus a tin of mixed greens, a pound of tuna salad, three bottles of water, two rolls of toilet paper and three pairs of plastic protective gloves, all for $89 — for older...
As the swanky mountain town of Aspen, Colorado, deals with the fallout of the pandemic, the local Anderson Ranch Arts center is helping the medical community there.
Illinois, in its desperate search for masks to protect its medical workers and first responders, laid out $17 million for KN95 masks from China. The state did so after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said earlier this month these types of masks were an acceptable alternative to the United States approved N95 masks....
Oh yes, I am going to watch “The Last Dance,” starting Sunday night on ESPN, the 71-part (actually 10), 213-hour (again, actually, 10) documentary that will chronicle the 1997-98 Bulls and is expected to be among the most detailed, incisive and fascinating sports documentaries of all time. I am quite sure many sports fans in...
The buzz over at CNN is that anchor Anderson Cooper gave himself a haircut with less than successful results.
The world’s largest meat-processing giant was forced to shut down some of its US plants as more than 100 of its workers tested positive for COVID-19 last week, but the pandemic may be the least of its problems. The Brazilian billionaire brothers — one of whom owned a Manhattan penthouse — controlling the massive meat...
Gov. Cuomo should temporarily shut down the NYC subways to help slam the brakes on the coronavirus outbreak, urge four City Council members. “We believe that drastic measures must be taken to stop the spread of COVID-19 in our transit system,” the lawmakers — Robert Holden, Eric Ulrich, Mark Gonaj and Peter Ko — say...
Prince William and wife Kate said they’ve been chatting to all their family members online.
Lab llamas have replaced rats as the go-to experimental mammals in the age of coronavirus.
We can tell you that while it is true that the NHL has explored the possibility of completing the 2019-20 season in a remote location such as Manchester, N.H., Sixth Avenue has determined that the infrastructure in such a locale would be insufficient to support such a massive endeavor. Rather, Slap Shots has learned that...
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Cory Booker are angling to be picked as Joe Biden’s running mate in the 2020 election.
Vanessa Bryant celebrated her first wedding anniversary without Kobe Bryant by sharing a throw-back shot of the couple as young lovebirds. “My king, my heart, my best friend. Happy 19th wedding anniversary baby. I miss you so much. I wish you were here to hold me in your arms. I love you,” Bryant, 37, captioned...
"We gather at a time of national crisis," Pence told the cadets. "The American people have risen to the challenge. They, like you, have met this moment with courage, resilience and strength."
Laura Tomana, a senior economist for the Real Estate Board of New York, is 31 and has struck up an unusual friendship during these weird times — her 77-year-old neighbor on the Upper East Side, Dennis Mcgrath, 77. As Mcgrath told The Post: “I’m a pretty self-sufficient person but living alone, especially under these circumstances,...
Eric Whipple is a 53-year-old designer who lives in Chelsea. He considered escaping the city to a friend’s house upstate — but doesn’t want to leave his 82-year-old neighbor, Lorna Lable. As she told The Post: “I’m a night owl and I like to walk my dog Pete late. But things are different now, and...
After battling coronavirus all day, the overworked interns and residents at Mount Sinai’s West Side hospitals return home to a hospital-owned apartment building some doctors call the “Sinai slums.” “It’s as notorious for housing cockroaches as residents, unfortunately,” said one doctor who lives in the West 59th Street building. He recalled he came home from...
Val Kilmer didn’t want to date Cher. In 1981, the Juilliard student was eating alone in a Manhattan restaurant when a friend showed up and said, “Someone is interested in meeting you.” Turns out it was the singer, whose career and personal life were then on the wane. “I saw Cher as a less-than-fascinating character...
The new dean of the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine has given his students an unexpected anatomy lesson. Dr. F. Charles Brunicardi posed for photographer Jack Mitchell in 1978 sporting nothing but a full head of curly hair. The full-length nude portrait is for sale for $1,750 on the website 1stdibs.com and notes it is...
