Minnesota doctor engaged in FDA-approved Hydroxychloroquine trials lacks volunteers
HaizhanZheng/iStock(MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — A Minnesota doctor is calling on healthcare workers and people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are showing early symptoms of infection to participate in two of the first trials of the malaria
Minnesota doctor engaged in FDA-approved Hydroxychloroquine trials lacks volunteers
SolStock/iStock(MINNEAPOLIS)– A Minnesota doctor is calling on healthcare workers and people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are showing early symptoms of infection to participate in two of the first trials of the malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine
Kylie Jenner donates $1 million to buy masks for first responders
Toni Anne Barson/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Kylie Jenner has donated $1 million to buy medical supplies for first responders, according to her doctor. Jenner’s obstetrician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, stated in an
NYC officials confirm 1st homeless death from coronavirus
Shooter_Sam/iStock(NEW YORK)– New York officials have confirmed the first homeless death from the novel coronavirus, a grim statistic that homeless advocates fear could rise in coming weeks. “Tragically, one New Yorker experiencing homelessness succumbed to this virus
Theater chain AMC undergoes massive layoffs after COVID shutdowns
iStock/Rawpixel(LOS ANGELES) — The theater chain AMC has furloughed 600 executives, including its CEO, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The move comes after 26,000 employees in total were furloughed or laid off altogether in the wake of the theater
Ventilators shipped from veterinarians to hospitals to combat COVID-19 shortage
Taechit Taechamanodom/iStock(NEW YORK) — The nation’s hospitals, facing dire shortages of lifesaving ventilators as the coronavirus outbreak continues, are finding help from an unlikely source: animal doctors. The country’s largest veterinary schools, animal hospitals and even zoos
State unemployment websites, systems crash in wake of coronavirus layoffs
ljubaphoto/iStock(NEW YORK)– Last Monday, Julianna Calderon worked as a server at a local Long Island restaurant, but that changed shortly after she turned on her TV and watched New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deliver his executive order.
The story behind this touching message from a COVID-19 patient who was recently discharged from an intensive care unit
Samara Heisz/iStock(CLEVELAND) — A man who spent 10 days in the intensive care unit (ICU) after being diagnosed with novel coronavirus left a touching message to health care workers when he was discharged. The patient, who was
Senate hopes to pass bipartisan stimulus Wednesday as congressional leaders whip support
rarrarorro/iStock(WASHINGTON) — With the White House and Senate finally reaching an agreement early Wednesday morning on a $2 trillion package to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, now comes the tough part: securing the votes to ensure it
Fact checking Trump's claim of 'suicide by the thousands' if economic shutdown continues
TriggerPhoto/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As some in President Donald Trump’s inner circle push for loosening social distancing guidelines amid economic fallout from the novel coronavirus outbreak, he has predicted “tremendous death” and “suicide by the thousands” if the country