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With the help of the Atlanta-based nonprofit organization PAWkids, T.I. and Killer Mike handed out meals Wednesday in the parking lot of the Bankhead Seafood Market to 500 residents of the Grove Park neighborhood. TMZ reports they also gave several families $500 in cash, and visited a number of homes to drop off two weeks worth […]
In a new study published in the journal Infection, Genetics and Evolution, scientists at University College London’s Genetics Institute suggest that the coronavirus began spreading between humans late last year. The report, which studied over 7,500 samples from a global database of patients with SARS-CoV-2, discovered a common ancestor among a large proportion of the genetic […]
Kevin Spacey has decided to compare the sexual assault allegations made against him and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The disgraced House of Cards actor, who came out as gay in 2017 after being accused of making a sexual advance toward actor Anthony Rapp when the latter was 14 years old, appeared on the Bits & Pretzels podcast to imply he related to […]
A medical researcher who was reportedly close to making important findings on the coronavirus has been found shot dead in a home just outside of Pittsburgh. NBC News reports that 37-year-old Bing Liu, who worked at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was found dead with a bullet wound in his head and neck. Just an hour […]
The White House Coronavirus Task Force may be phased out in the upcoming weeks, as states across the country struggle to curb infection rates amid economic reopenings. President Donald Trump addressed the move during his Tuesday stop at a mask factory in Phoenix. POTUS praised Vice President Mike Pence, the chairman of the task force, and other members for […]
The coronavirus outbreak has reportedly cost Disney more than $1 billion in profits. Company executives confirmed the loss Tuesday during its quarterly earnings call, nearly two months after the virus was declared a global pandemic. According to Reuters, Disney CEO Bob Chapek and Executive Chairman Bob Iger confirmed revenue was lost in various areas, such as retail stores and TV operations; but most […]
Donald Trump was spotted without a face mask Tuesday during his tour of Phoenix-based Honeywell—a manufacturing plant that has been tasked with making N95 masks for the government. According to CNBC, the president and other officials opted to only wear protective goggles throughout the visit, despite the multiple signs that stated face masks were required. Shortly before he […]
The threat of blood clots developing in coronavirus patients has become a major concern among doctors around the world. Mitchell Levy, chief of pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine at the Warren Albert School of Medicine at Brown University, told Bloomberg that the clotting issue as it relates to COVID-19 is “probably the most important […]
A new study conducted by the Los Alamos National Laboratory has identified a new strain of the coronavirus that appears to be more contagious than previous versions that spread during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles Times reports. Researchers found that this new strain, called D614G. could also make people more vulnerable […]
On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that, as part of a phased exit from social distancing-enacted policies, some of the state’s retail shops can start opening back up by this Friday. Included in this plan are compliant clothing stores, bookstores, music/toy stores, sporting goods stores, and florists, all of whom can offer curbside pickup […]
