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On the same day that some good coronavirus news was made when the World Health Organization stated that COVID-19 transmission from asymptomatic people is “very rare,” some bad coronavirus news was made when Texas announced they hit a one-day record for the number of hospitalizations attributed to the disease. According to CNBC, 1,935 Texans are […]
COVID-19 has now claimed the lives of over 100,000 people in the United States in less than four months, CNN reports. An average of 900 Americans have died every day from the virus. This staggering total doesn’t even take into account some individuals who passed away at home from complications related to the coronavirus, but were […]
Mike Schultz, 39, thought that his age and active lifestyle meant that he wouldn’t be seriously affected by COVID-19. “I knew what I thought going in [about the coronavirus]. I didn’t think it was as serious as it was until after things started happening,” he told Buzzfeed News. “I thought I was young enough for it not to […]
The infectious nature of the coronavirus is forcing people to distance themselves from their loved ones as they fight their final battles with the illness. Take for example, what happened in New Hampshire, when nurses had to tape signs to the hospital window to help console a family who had lost their father. 65-year-old Rene Johnson contracted the coronavirus while recovering […]
A Canadian-born doctor on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic has had her green card application denied, a decision she called a “slap in the face.” In an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Dr. Julia Iafrate said that she is still treating patients in New York despite the bad news. “I’m putting my life on the line every […]
An Illinois surgery technician died from coronavirus just days before he was scheduled to retire. According to the Chicago Tribune, Juan Martinez tested positive for this disease on April 17, after he and his son, Juan Martinez Jr., began exhibiting symptoms around his 60th birthday in mid-April. Martinez Sr., who had worked as a surgical tech for 34 […]
As the global health crisis rages on, coronavirus scams have proliferated, with the latest involving ventilators. New York state paid $69.1 million to a man to produce ventilators, even though he had no medical supply expertise—and the ventilators ultimately never arrived, BuzzFeed News reports. On March 27, as the COVID-19 pandemic was underway, Donald Trump […]
On Wednesday, Offset teamed up with Young Thug, Rich the Kid, and SAINt JHN to hold a virtual music live stream titled Offset and Friends. The event, which was Presented by Oculus Venues and Supersphere, raised funds for the Atlanta Community Food Bank. During Young Thug’s performance, the Atlanta rapper revealed that he suffered from both kidney and liver […]
A family in Ecuador got the surprise of a lifetime when they found out a relative they thought had died from COVID-19 was actually alive. The hospital had mixed up its patients and declared the woman, Alba Maruri, dead from the virus. However, Maruri, who was in a coma, later woke up and called her […]
Lil Durk is giving back to those who continue to risk their lives while fighting the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, the 27-year-old rapper and his crew stopped by Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center to hand-deliver packaged meals to hospital workers. TMZ reports the food was prepared by PHLAVZ Bar & Grille, a restaurant owned by Durk’s manager. The team also prepared an additional […]
