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In an effort to help people meet travel restriction requirements, American Airlines will begin offering travelers at-home COVID-19 tests. The new initiative, which starts Wednesday, is a partnership with LetsGetChecked, an at-home testing company. The airline will be the first to offer at-home testing for its domestic flights. The tests will cost $129, and travelers […]
Though he didn’t mention him by name, on Monday an activist in Staten Island clearly referenced Pete Davidson by repeatedly mentioning the borough’s “King” during a press conference over a local bar co-owner, Danny Presti, who was arrested/released after allegedly reopening a bar in violation of state-mandated COVID-19 protocols, and for also allegedly hitting a deputy with his car. […]
Wu-Tang told us that cash rules everything. Yet, this is becoming more evident as it’s likely that vaccinating bank employees for the coronavirus will take priority over high-risk communities. Per MarketWatch, the American Bankers Association—which represents community banks—asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention if it could “designate a narrow slice of the financial services” for […]
Although medical experts have suggested that the coronavirus is much deadlier for men, studies have found that the male population is far less likely to take measures that could significantly reduce their chances of infection. But if the prospect of death isn’t enough to scare men into wearing masks or practice social distancing, perhaps the threat of impotence will. During […]
Great news for Jeremih and his fans! TMZ revealed on Saturday that the singer has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home after a near-fatal bout with COVID-19. “First and foremost, I would like to thank God and the incredible team of doctors and nurses at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for saving my life I […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci was thrust into the media spotlight this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and now Joe Biden appears to want Fauci to stick around next year, too. Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director and one of America’s leading infectious disease experts, will be Biden’s chief medical adviser when he […]
Francesca McCall is a woman of her word. When she was younger, the Birmingham mother and her younger sister, Chantale, promised they would take care of the other’s children if either of them were to die young. McCall found herself facing this tragic situation earlier this year, when Chantale and her brother-in-law Rance Martin died of COVID-19 just one […]
A Hawaiian couple was arrested this week after they boarded a flight while knowingly infected with coronavirus, law enforcement say. According to ABC News, Wesley Moribe, 41, and Courtney Peterson, 46, were flying from San Francisco to Kauai when authorities discovered the couple had received positive COVID-19 results prior to their flight home. Police say Moribe and Peterson had participated in a mandatory pre-travel program that confirmed […]
As the country faces an alarming rise in coronavirus cases, federal officials are sharing bleak predictions for the upcoming winter months. Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, detailed the unsettling projections while speaking at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event on Wednesday. The CDC director warned that the country’s COVID-19 death toll could reach up to […]
Florida is now the third state in the U.S. to top one million confirmed cases of COVID-19. Texas and California previously topped a million cases, with both states now reporting more than 1.2 million confirmed cases. Florida, per a CBS News rundown of Johns Hopkins University and Florida Department of Health data, surpassed one million […]
