The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines for a safe Halloween amid the COVID-19 pandemic include new methods of doing classic spooky activities. ArtMarie/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ArtMarie/Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines for a safe Halloween amid the COVID-19 pandemic include new […]
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The NFL has fined San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and two other coaches for not following rules about keeping their faces covered. Here, Shanahan walks off the field after his team’s Sept. 13 game against the Arizona Cardinals. MSA/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MSA/Icon […]
In his recorded speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, which is held on-line this year, US President Donald Trump will call on the UN to “hold China accountable for their actions” vis-a-vis the still raging coronavirus pandemic. “The Chinese government, and the World Health Organization – which is […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106416/91/1064169187_0:99:1920:1179_1200x675_80_0_0_9cea889acafc02598005da4ab69ff173.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202009221080532049-rats-reportedly-mutilate-covid-19-victims-dead-body-at-private-hospital-in-india/ The incident has sparked political outrage in an Indian state, with former Madhya Pradesh State Chief Kamal Nath taking to Twitter to condemn the alleged medical negligence on the part of hospital authorities. The body of an 87-year-old patient who died of COVID-19 […]
As COVID-19 deaths in the United States approached 200,000, the toll among health-care workers came to include a 28-year-old doctor who had gone about with a toy stethoscope as a youngster in upstate New York. Dr. Adeline Fagan had grown up to become an OB-GYN resident at HCA Healthcare in […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefly posted new guidance to its website stating that the coronavirus can commonly be transmitted through aerosol particles, which can be produced by activities like singing. Here, choristers wear face masks during a music festival in southwestern France in July. Bob Edme/AP hide […]
Tourists visit the Taj Mahal on Monday, when it reopened after being closed for more than six months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pawan Sharma/AP hide caption toggle caption Pawan Sharma/AP Tourists visit the Taj Mahal on Monday, when it reopened after being closed for more than six months due […]
On March 9, nine days after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New York City, I walked into a meeting not knowing that several attendees had been at a conference that would later be identified as a super-spreader event. I was being extra careful to wash my hands […]
Bitcoin is dropping alongside stocks as soaring cases of COVID-19 threaten economic activity in Europe. Source link
Some passengers don a disposable suit over their clothes to help shield themselves from the coronavirus. Is that helpful? What about gloves, face shields and goggles? Also: A blanket idea! (Image credit: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images) Source link
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, shown at an event marking the country’s independence earlier this week, tested positive for COVID-19 Friday. Moises Castillo/AP hide caption toggle caption Moises Castillo/AP Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, shown at an event marking the country’s independence earlier this week, tested positive for COVID-19 Friday. Moises Castillo/AP […]
Rabbi Yehonatan Adouar (R) teaches a student during a shofar blowing course in Rambam Synagogue in Ramat Gan, Israel. Daniel Estrin/NPR hide caption toggle caption Daniel Estrin/NPR Rabbi Yehonatan Adouar (R) teaches a student during a shofar blowing course in Rambam Synagogue in Ramat Gan, Israel. Daniel Estrin/NPR Never before […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that certain sectors in most of the state can expand their occupancy limits starting Monday. He also said that hospitals in those regions can now resume elective procedures and that eligible long-term care facilities can resume limited visitation next week. Eric Gay/AP hide […]
Larry Yarbroff visits his wife Mary at Chaparral House in Berkeley, Calif. in July. California health authorities had allowed some visits to resume, and now federal regulators are doing the same, with measures to try to block the spread of the coronavirus. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP […]
World Health Organization official Dr. Hans Kluge tells reporters that COVID-19 cases are rising in Europe. David Barrett/AP hide caption toggle caption David Barrett/AP World Health Organization official Dr. Hans Kluge tells reporters that COVID-19 cases are rising in Europe. David Barrett/AP The World Health Organization warned on Thursday that […]
Massachusetts parents sent their child to Attleboro High School despite knowing the teenager was infected with the coronavirus. Pictured: A different COVID-19 test being performed at Boston University in July. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Massachusetts parents sent their child to Attleboro High School despite knowing the […]
A health worker wearing protective gear collects a swab sample during a medical screening for the coronavirus in Mumbai on Wednesday. The number of registered coronavirus cases passed 5 million on Wednesday. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images A health worker wearing […]
Attorney General William Barr said in a speech Wednesday that lockdowns intended to slow the spread of the new coronavirus were “the greatest intrusion on civil liberties” in the history of the United States since slavery. “You know, putting a national lockdown, stay at home orders, is like house arrest. […]
When comedian Robert Smigel appeared on The Last Laugh podcast early this summer, he revealed that his greatest creation, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, would almost certainly be entering the 2020 election fray—despite a deadly pandemic that had moved much of the campaign off the trail. On Wednesday night, he […]
If Michael Caputo, a top official at Health and Human Services, hadn’t melted down and spewed out on Facebook Live that his job description included suppressing “rotten scientists” in a “resistance unit” at the CDC, he would still be twisting the apolitical data coming out of the single most important […]
The NCAA Division I Council announced on Wednesday that the 2020-2021 men’s and women’s college basketball seasons can begin on Nov. 25. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption toggle caption Keith Srakocic/AP The NCAA Division I Council announced on Wednesday that the 2020-2021 men’s and women’s college basketball seasons can begin on […]
Rebecca Minkoff Rebecca Minkoff had the distinction of being one of the few designers to stage a physical show at New York Fashion Week this season. What in past seasons has been a line so knee deep an attendee would wonder if they were giving out free clothes, was now […]
People walk through the newly reopened mall at Hudson Yards in New York. U.S. shoppers spent more prudently in August and retail sales grew a tepid 0.6% from July. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images People walk through the newly reopened mall at Hudson Yards in […]
A child washes her hands at a daycare center in Connecticut last month. A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. kids and young adults by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the great majority are children of color. Jessica Hill/AP hide caption toggle caption Jessica Hill/AP A […]