A department store known for designer brands is shifting gears and producing medical masks to help healthcare workers battling the coronavirus. Nordstrom, an American luxury retailer based in Seattle, is sewing more than 100,000 masks that will be sanitized before being distributed to healthcare workers across the country. “Everyone across the globe is feeling the…… MORE
A Rhode Island police officer just reminded the world that while the coronavirus pandemic can claim lives, shut down cities, and change life as we know it, it can’t take away kindness. The Warwick Police Department received a call on Friday night from a community service organization alerting authorities that an 87-year-old woman had no…… MORE
Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World resort in Florida will remain closed until further notice as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread in the United States, the company said. Disney earlier this month announced the closure of Disneyland and Walt Disney World — the only two of Disney’s eleven parks around the world that…… MORE
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that based on models, the United States could eventually see 100,000 or more deaths from the novel coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 2,000 American lives as cases surge across the US. “Whenever the models come in, they give a worst-case scenario and a best-case scenario.…… MORE
Football tournaments around the world have ground to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, but in one European league it’s business as usual. The Belarusian Premier League has seen its popularity soar among football fans these past two weeks, as it is now the only competition on the continent to continue amid the Covid-19…… MORE
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday that Americans could expect checks from the historic $2 trillion stimulus bill to be direct deposited in their accounts within three weeks. Congress and President Donald Trump enacted the stimulus bill last week to address the dramatic economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Included are direct payments to…… MORE
A Tokyo-bound plane crashed while taking off from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the Philippines capital city of Manila on Sunday, killing all eight on board, airport personnel told CNN. All passengers on board Lion Air Flight RPC 5880 died after the plane caught fire as it was taking off from the airport, according to…… MORE
As coronavirus cases in the US surge, President Donald Trump isn’t focused just on those statistics, administration officials say, but is also watching another set of numbers: exports to China. The President gets regular briefings on agriculture sales to China and monitors those figures almost as closely as his White House pandemic team tracks statistics…… MORE
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that President Donald Trump decided not to impose a strict quarantine on parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut after officials had “very intensive discussions” at the White House with the President last night. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on CNN’s…… MORE
Days after a hospital system said it wouldn’t allow women to have visitors during childbirth, New York state quashed that policy. Last week, NewYork-Presbyterian health care system made the “very difficult decision” to ban such visitors, including the mothers’ partners, to try to curb the spread of coronavirus. But on Saturday, state officials announced plans…… MORE
