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U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care but is “improving,” Chancellor Rishi Sunak said Thursday, adding that he is sitting up in bed and “engaging positively” with health care workers at St Thomas’ Hospital in London as he battles coronavirus. “The prime minister is not only my colleague and my boss but also …

Coronavirus claimed 1,973 lives in the U.S. on Wednesday, the largest one-day death toll in the country since the start of the pandemic, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. With over 432,000 Americans infected, almost 15,000 Americans have died in total as of Thursday morning. Earlier on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the …

A worker manages a shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Bari, Italy, April 7, 2020. (Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters) The Department of Health and Human Services revealed Wednesday that the nation’s federal stockpile was deploying nearly all of its remaining personal protective equipment (PPE), confirming a Congressional report showing that approximately 90 percent of the PPE …

More than six million Americans filed jobless claims last week, the second highest number of initial unemployment claims filed in one week since the Department of Labor began tracking the data in 1967. Over 16 million Americans have lost their jobs over the past three weeks as states have closed businesses and implemented social-distancing measures …

Jennifer Aydin says she tested positive for coronavirus this week via a test her doctor husband brought home for her. The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star — who has been “quarantining in her room” and “staying away” from her five children — said her symptoms started last week, when she felt “extreme fatigue,” but …

Senator Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) on Wednesday labeled President Trump a ‘drug-pusher’ for continually touting hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus. “The president keeps taking the stage and as opposed to what Dr. [Anthony] Fauci and medical health professionals are telling us, pushing this drug,” Harris said on The View. “He’s got to stop — …

More than 6.6 million people applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus crisis put nearly 17 million Americans out of work in just three weeks, new federal data show. Last week’s seasonally adjusted total added to an unprecedented surge in initial jobless claims as the pace of filings barely slowed from a record-shattering …

Add George and Amal Clooney to the list of Hollywood leaders who have made significant personal donations to help the devastation that the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought. Deadline has learned that the Clooneys have donated north of $1 million, targeted directly towards six areas in great need. They’ve donated $250,000 each to The Motion Picture …

Another business has been hit by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced that keeping its doors open has proven difficult while there are no sports or any physical activity going on during the lockdown. Beginning Sunday, the retail giant will furlough almost 40,000 employees and keep only a “small number” of …

John Prine’s wife and manager, Fiona Whelan Prine, is speaking out following the death of one of country and folk music’s most influential artists. “We have no words to describe the grief our family is experiencing at this time. John was the love of my life and adored by our sons Jody, Jack and Tommy, …