• Amanda Kloots opens up about Nick Cordero’s mental state, lung infection

    Amanda Kloots opens up about Nick Cordero’s mental state, lung infection

    Broadway actor Nick Cordero is “stronger every day” now that he has awakened from a medically-induced coma after a months battle with the coronavirus, his wife, Amanda Kloots said Thursday, cautioning that Cordero is still not out of the woods yet. Although Cordero, 41, is conscious and responding to commands Kloots, 38, said on her Instagram …
  • China's capture of the WHO, and make it turn from public health to crass politics

    China's capture of the WHO, and make it turn from public health to crass politics

    The coronavirus pandemic has revealed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has corrupted the World Health Organization (WHO), under the leadership of Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The WHO pursued politics over public health by helping Beijing spread disinformation about the outbreak and excluding Taiwan and its wealth of knowledge about the disease. American decision-makers …
  • The pernicious health effects of covid-19 are concentrated among older people, but But the economic effects are hurting the young and poor.

    The pernicious health effects of covid-19 are concentrated among older people, but But the economic effects are hurting the young and poor.

    The pernicious health effects of covid-19 are concentrated among older people, but it is the young and especially low-income Americans who suffer the greatest harm from the country’s disease-mitigating shutdown policies. The bleak jobs data released last week, showing that more than 20 million Americans were thrown out of work in April, was just the …
  • The new $3 Trillion stimulus bill for all Americans straining under pension debt.

    The new $3 Trillion stimulus bill for all Americans straining under pension debt.

    The new bill includes another round of stimulus checks for all Americans, funds additional coronavirus testing, and spends billions to bail out states and government agencies straining under pension debt. Another stimulus bill could be on its way through Congress by the end of the week, as House Democrats on Tuesday announced plans for $3 …
  • MLB’s coronavirus reopening plan easily could become chaos

    MLB’s coronavirus reopening plan easily could become chaos

    “Because I said so!” may have worked for our dads and for drill sergeants, but it’s terribly ineffective in medicine. As a practical matter, does the practical matter? So let’s say the MLB season — the MLB often so short on foresight — begins this season as per whatever format and schedule agreed upon, say …
  • U.S. Still Lacks Sufficient Number of Coronavirus Tests, Ousted HHS Whistleblower Rick Bright Testifies

    U.S. Still Lacks Sufficient Number of Coronavirus Tests, Ousted HHS Whistleblower Rick Bright Testifies

    Rick Bright, the ousted Health and Human Services official who testified Thursday to Congress that the Trump administration was not prepared for the coronavirus pandemic, told lawmakers that the country still does not have enough coronavirus tests. Bright was asked by Representative Debbie Dingell to weigh in on the administration’s claim that anyone who wants …
  • Rob Manfred: MLB could lose up to $4 billion if there is no season

    Rob Manfred: MLB could lose up to $4 billion if there is no season

    A 2020 without Major League Baseball would lead to losses for the industry that “could approach $4 billion,” commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday night. In an interview on CNN’s “AC360” with Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Manfred also expressed hope that he and his Players Association equivalent Tony Clark could find common ground on …
  • Ex-Mets manager Art Howe batting coronavirus in ICU: ‘Total fatigue’

    Ex-Mets manager Art Howe batting coronavirus in ICU: ‘Total fatigue’

    Art Howe is in the ICU with coronavirus, the former Mets manager told KPRC 2 in Houston on Thursday. Howe provided a detailed description of how he was doing, telling the station he felt the first symptoms of the virus on May 3 when he experienced chills that made his body shake “like a leaf.” …
  • NYSE aims to partially reopen iconic trading floor on May 26

    NYSE aims to partially reopen iconic trading floor on May 26

    The Big Board is switching back on. The head of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday said the iconic trading floor will partially reopen on May 26 while adhering to strict new health guidelines. In an op-ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal, NYSE President Stacey Cunningham vowed to get the world renowned …
  • Oprah, Miley Cyrus and more salute graduates with virtual ceremony

    Oprah, Miley Cyrus and more salute graduates with virtual ceremony

    Break out your caps and gowns, kids. The coronavirus crisis may have sidelined graduation ceremonies, but some all-star commencements will go down Friday for seniors stuck at home. First up, a virtual graduation by Her Campus Media kicks off at noon with help from musicians including Teyana Taylor, Lennon Stella, Liam Payne, Austin Mahone, Frankie …