coronavirus

Animal pharmaceutical maker Zoetis is launching a new pet insurance business amid a spike in pet adoptions during the coronavirus pandemic, The Post has learned. The Parsippany, NJ-based business plans to announce its new Pumpkin Pet Insurance, which it created with entrepreneur Alex Douzet, of dog food company Ollie, on April 30. It will be …

Some 1.6 billion workers making up nearly half of the global workforce could lose their livelihoods to the coronavirus crisis, international officials warn. Those at-risk workers have jobs in the “informal economy” that won’t pay them if they get sick or stay home amid widespread lockdowns aimed at controlling the deadly virus, according to the …

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday night doubled-down on his criticism of the coronavirus lockdowns that have shut down life in the United States, calling public officials’ directives to stay home “fascist.” The billionaire’s expletive-filled outburst came during Tesla’s earnings call, where the electric automaker was celebrating its third consecutive quarterly profit. On the topic …

Hasbro expects to ramp up production in China to meet demand for its Nerf blasters, Transformers figures and other toys in the vital end-of-year holiday season, even as it warned of a hit to overall sales from coronavirus lockdowns. The toymaker said on Wednesday sales of Monopoly and Play-Doh soared in March as Americans and …

Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed the possibility of having to cancel the entire MLB season Wednesday. Yankees president Randy Levine isn’t giving up, saying he believes everybody with a stake in Major League Baseball getting its season started should cooperate with each other. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told …

Jim O’Heir, who played clueless, good-natured bumbler Jerry Gergich on “Parks and Recreation,” says he slipped right back into character for Thursday night’s episode — which reunites the cast for the first time since the beloved NBC sitcom ended its seven-season run in 2015. “Absolutely, but I was nervous about it,” says O’Heir. “The way …

The urge is still there, the impulse to help, to lend a hand, to do something. Back in 2001, that meant Bobby Valentine would try to do whatever was asked of him, go wherever he was needed. The towers had fallen, the city was grieving, and Valentine was managing the Mets, and so he was …

Entrepreneurs looking to sell their wares at Walmart, listen up. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon has signed up for the digital fundraising campaign, All-In Challenge, to help fight the coronavirus crisis, and it includes a chance for small businesses to have their products sold at the nation’s largest retailer. McMillon and his management team have agreed …

The lights are out on Broadway — and the city’s biggest booster. The Big Apple’s tourism arm, NYC & Company, has furloughed more than half of its staff as the coronavirus shutdown slams its finances, The Post has learned. The public-private partnership is shelving 77 of its employees — roughly 55 percent of its workforce …

Burning fevers? Check! Quarantining? Check! An alarming death toll from a mysterious illness amid widespread fear and confusion? Check and check! Two haunting episodes of the classic show “Little House on the Prairie,” which ran between 1974 and 1983, chillingly foreshadow the current coronavirus crisis in the form of a typhus epidemic, a common occurrence …