For weeks, both President Trump and Fox News have promoted the malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as a potential cure for coronavirus, but now the Food and Drug Administration has published warnings for doctors not to prescribe the drugs following reports of “serious” poisoning and deaths. The agency says the …
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When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, Bill Gates will be one of the heroes of the story. He has understood the risk of infectious diseases for a long time, and through his foundation he has spent billions of dollars trying to eradicate them. His work has saved …
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It’s been seven months since I held my mother’s hand as she died in hospice from leukemia. For the first six of those months I traveled nonstop, working remotely and visiting friends and family, partly to catch up on what I had missed in the year and a half that …
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Leonardo DiCaprio has co-founded a fund that aims to bring food to those most affected by the coronavirus pandemic: Low-income families, unemployed people, the elderly and children who rely on school lunch programs. America’s Food Fund, co-founded by DiCaprio and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, has already pledged $12 million to …
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Justin Bieber has postponed his 2020 Changes Tour due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 45-date stadium and arena trek would have been Bieber’s first live tour in nearly three years and was scheduled to kick off May 14th at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field. “In light of the current public health crisis, …
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Earlier this month, I wrote that music-rights companies — not least Warner Music Group — could end up as attractive prospects for stock-market investors, as they would be largely insulated from the economic effects of coronavirus. (Warnerannounced its intention to IPOin February, but is nowpostponing that event.) Last week, the …
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Sam Smith was originally scheduled to release their third album, To Die For, on June 5th. But on Monday, the singer announced that in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they will be renaming the album and pushing back the release date. “I have done a lot of thinking the …
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Rihanna has donated an undisclosed supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the state of New York in order to assist in containing the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday afternoon, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave the pop star a shoutout on Twitter as part of a larger thread, thanking her …
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg said it was “extremely likely” that she contracted the coronavirus after exhibiting symptoms following a trip around central Europe. On Instagram, Thunberg said she is feeling much better and also acknowledged that she was never officially tested for the virus as her home country of Sweden …
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Members of the thrash-metal band Testament and their crew have tested positive for COVID-19. After feeling unwell, members of the group — which recently returned from the Bay Strikes Back tour of Europe earlier this month — decided to get tested for the coronavirus. “As of yesterday morning, [lead singer] …
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