coronavirus

The companies that own our major networks all do business in China. And that’s just the beginning. One unfortunate casualty of media consolidation could be the objectivity of news at a time of rising tensions with China. According to Gallup, public approval of the media’s response to the coronavirus pandemic is the lowest out of …

China has been appointed to a panel on the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council, where it will help vet candidates for important posts — despite its decades-long record of systematic human rights abuse that the U.S. has said fueled the coronavirus pandemic. Jiang Duan, minister at the Chinese Mission in Geneva, was appointed to the U.N. …

Hope of resuming the NBA season is fading as even a shortened postseason may not be possible due to the coronavirus. “It is clear that the NBA is angling to set up a deal that enables them to shut the season down,” ESPN insider Brian Windhorst said Friday on “SportsCenter.” “They don’t have to do …

The shock of the coronavirus is hitting the economy like another Great Depression — and Americans aren’t alone in their misery. A tsunami of job losses and welfare claims in Britain, the European Union and Asia in the last two weeks parallel the 10 million unemployment claims in the US as businesses around the world …

Walmart will begin limiting the number of customers inside stores Saturday to encourage social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Only five customers per 1,000 feet will be allowed in, and workers will be tasked with admitting them one-by-one into the store, according to Reuters. “While many of our customers have been following the advice of …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at an indoor training center at the USTA Billie Jean King United States Tennis Center, which will be partially converted into temporary hospital during the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, March 31, 2020. New York mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday said the city administration had …

A federal agency reportedly shipped face masks overseas from a Miami warehouse even as a nearby Veterans Affairs hospital was rationing them due to the coronavirus outbreak. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had a warehouse of face masks sitting unused in Miami while a Veterans Affairs hospital in the city was telling its …

It’s another celebrity coronavirus case, but this one’s with a twist: It’s in the past! Pink, 40,  revealed Friday night that she had caught and recovered from a case of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. “Two weeks ago my three-year-old son, Jameson, and I [were] showing symptoms of COVID-19,” the note from Pink’s Twitter begins. “Fortunately, …

Joe Douglas began his conference call with reporters Wednesday by apologizing for any background noise from “children screaming and the dog barking.” Like many Americans, the Jets general manager is adjusting to working from home as the country deals with the COVID-19 shutdown. The Jets had a small staff in their Florham Park headquarters for …

“Power” actress Naturi Naughton is doing her part to help out in the pandemic by handing out 100 meals a day in New Jersey. “You see a lot of people are going grocery shopping, but everyone cannot afford groceries right now,” Naughton told Page Six. “A lot of parents are used to their child being …