The CEO of an industry group representing major U.S. airlines reportedly balked at federal health officials’ complaints that flying passenger planes at full capacity during the coronavirus pandemic is dangerous, and argued Tuesday that social distancing on planes is impossible. “You can’t social distance on an airplane,” Nicholas E. Calio, the CEO of Airlines for […]
A nurse wears personal protective equipment (PPE) as she cares for a coronavirus COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit (I.C.U.) at Regional Medical Center on May 21, 2020 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The coronavirus vaccine will be provided free of charge to Americans who can’t afford it, the Trump […]
Those registering for President Donald Trump’s massive rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, next week will notice a message on his campaign website when they sign up: You may contract COVID-19 at the rally, but it’s not Trump’s fault. The legal disclaimer is the closest Trump has come in weeks to acknowledging that the coronavirus is still […]
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during his daily press briefing on May 1, 2020 in Albany, New York. Stefani Reynolds | Getty Images New York will require all hospitals to build a 90-day supply of personal protective equipment to prepare for another outbreak after states dealt with widespread equipment shortages while battling the […]
Are you trying to lose weight and struggling to see results? We have all hit a plateau in our fitness goals at some point, and there are a few things you can do to help overcome it. But first, a few things you should know if you often find yourself stepping on the scale and […]
I don’t know about you, but the coronavirus pandemic has got me wanting to cook less, not more. At this point, three-ingredient recipes are getting me through. Maybe it’s because it feels like I’ve been making breakfast, lunch, and dinner every single day without a break. (I usually go out to eat two or three […]
Every Product Sephora’s Beauty Director Can’t Live Without – NewBeauty Skip to content This article first appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of New Beauty. Click here to subscribe When makeup artist Myiesha Sewell couldn’t find her dream job, she created it out of thin air with Sephora. Now, she is one of the brands’ […]
After three weeks of remote learning, Atlanta special education teacher Patrick Hawkins still has not heard from two of his elementary students. He’s texted their families, he’s emailed and called. “I’ve done anything you can do to get in contact with a parent, and still no response,” said Hawkins, who works at a district charter […]
General Motors factories aren’t about to start churning out ventilators. But some smaller manufacturers that supply parts for GM vehicles are about to shift production in order to help companies already making ventilators produce even more of them. That could make a real difference, especially if more suppliers do the same. GM is working with […]
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday said that additional face masks are being shipped from the national stockpile to U.S. hospitals facing shortages due to the coronavirus pandemic. He did not, however, provide details related to the timeline or number of masks sent. “They’re shipping today. They’ll ship tomorrow,” FEMA Administrator […]
The coronavirus pandemic could cause a dramatic upsurge of hospital patients in the U.S., creating unprecedented demand for ventilators. And it’s not clear hospitals have enough of them. Ventilators are the machines that push and pull air through a tube connected to the lungs, allowing people with compromised pulmonary capacity to breathe. For people with severe […]
Donald Trump is revealing how “deeply unsuited he is to deal with a genuine crisis that he can’t bluff his way through,” per an editorial published Sunday in the Washington Examiner, a conservative political news site and weekly magazine that often has the president’s back. This time, the Examiner had a serious problem with the […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners. That’s the conclusion of Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department after a dog in quarantine tested weakly positive for the […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday joined the growing chorus of criticism being leveled at President Donald Trump over his controversial appointment of Vice President Mike Pence to oversee the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. The Democratic presidential candidate argued to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes that Pence “is the wrong person” to tackle the outbreak […]
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week is upset that he can’t bring a life-sized cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump for emotional support. Nelson Gibson told WPBF that his family can’t sit with him during his three-and-a-half-hour treatments. To help, he began bringing a picture […]