NASCAR driver Ryan Newman says he has no memory of his horrific crash in the Daytona 500, nor does he remember his hospital stay until he was leaving with his kids. “I was medically treated to not know (about my condition.) They were trying to keep me in a somewhat of a medically-induced coma from
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Rick Bright will start his new job in a role inside the federal government’s coronavirus response next week, his attorneys said Thursday. A Department of Health and Human Services source told CNN that Bright has been offered the job of second-in-command of the Accelerating Covid-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines partnership. The partnership has been granted
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Click here for updates on this story Palatine, IL (WBBM) — Chandra Klem comes from a family of dog breeders, and people trusted her – putting down large payments for the dogs they wanted. But some said they never got a dog, or they got the wrong dog. CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar did some
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory to thousands of doctors across the country Thursday, advising them to be on the lookout for a troubling new syndrome that may be associated with Covid-19 infection. The syndrome, called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), has been seen in children across Europe
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory to thousands of doctors across the country Thursday, advising them to be on the lookout for a troubling new syndrome that may be associated with Covid-19 infection. The syndrome, called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), has been seen in children across Europe
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Survivor. That’s what Sylvia Goldsholl, 108, calls herself. After living through both the 1918 flu pandemic and current coronavirus pandemic, the label is fitting. Goldsholl, who lives at a nursing home in Allendale, New Jersey, has fully recovered from coronavirus after being diagnosed with it last month, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said at a
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First, the good news: In 24 states, the number of new coronavirus cases reported each day is generally going down. In 17 states, the numbers are holding steady, according to an analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. And in nine states, the numbers of new cases are still rising. Track your state’s cases here
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First, the good news: In 24 states, the number of new coronavirus cases reported each day is generally going down. In 17 states, the numbers are holding steady, according to an analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. And in nine states, the numbers of new cases are still rising. Track your state’s cases here
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Some Washington residents who reported stay-at-home order violations say they’re now receiving threats after the contact information they provided for the complaints was posted online. On March 30, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced a website for the public to report businesses violating his “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order. Residents can fill out a form with
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Rick Bright, the ousted director of a crucial federal office charged with developing countermeasures to infectious diseases, testified before Congress on Thursday that the US will face an even worse crisis without additional preparations to curb the coronavirus pandemic. “Our window of opportunity is closing,” Bright said. “Without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Investigators now believe the weekend shooting death of a beloved local shoe repair businessman was a result of an interrupted burglary at his shop, Las Cruces police said Thursday. Lonnie Gallegos was arrested early Wednesday at a motel on west Picacho Avenue, days after the deadly shooting of 79-year-old Oscar Amezquita.
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas saw its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic so far, with state officials reporting 58 deaths during a time span between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, according to state tabulations. The Associated Press said the biggest increase in Covid-19-related deaths was in El Paso County, which it indicated reported eight new
Continue Reading The state of Michigan said it settled a yearslong case with Detroit school students who sued the state, claiming abysmal learning conditions that robbed them of the right to an education. The settlement, announced Thursday, comes weeks after a federal appeals court’s groundbreaking ruling recognizing the “fundamental right to a basic minimum education” in the
Continue Reading Lawyers for two men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery in south Georgia asserted Thursday that the public has rushed to judgment, and that the full story has yet to be revealed. Travis McMichael, 34, and his father, Gregory McMichael, 64, are charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the February 23 death of Arbery,
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EL PASO, Texas — The fight against Covid-19 has sent healthcare workers into battle against an enemy they cannot see. Fernando Gonzalez’s job is to track that enemy, the virus, down. “The main objective is to protect the individual and public health of our community and our region,” Gonzalez said. Gonzalez is an epidemiologist with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Boston, MA (WBZ) — With fewer cars on the roads these days, do we need so many travel lanes for traffic that doesn’t exist? On Harvard Street in Brookline, the city has expanded the sidewalk with cones in the road to mark space for pedestrians and bicyclists. Now,
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An executive for a US mask producer bemoaned, in heated and emotional testimony Thursday to Congress, how his warnings of insufficient domestic medical mask production had been ignored by the federal government for years until the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Mike Bowen, the vice president of the Texas-based medical
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Moscow’s health department hit back at media reports that it was underreporting Covid-19 fatalities, saying its data was “absolutely open,” but acknowledging that it only counts deaths that were found through postmortem autopsy to have been caused directly by coronavirus complications. In a statement Wednesday, the Moscow health department said authorities conducted autopsies on 100%
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Denver, CO (KCNC) — After weeks of being out of work due to the stay-at-home order and shutdown of non-essential businesses, Edward Landry was ready to start cutting hair again. “You’re used to getting up every day, and you’re seeing people and helping people and all the sudden
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Denver, CO (KCNC) — After weeks of being out of work due to the stay-at-home order and shutdown of non-essential businesses, Edward Landry was ready to start cutting hair again. “You’re used to getting up every day, and you’re seeing people and helping people and all the sudden
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The Supreme Court on Thursday denied the request of two inmates to require a Texas prison to provide more safeguards against Covid-19 contamination. The prisoners — Laddy Valentine, 69, and Richard King, 73 — filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of disabled and high-risk inmates against a geriatric prison in Grimes County, Texas, arguing it
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP’s spring 2020 commencement ceremony, which would’ve been be held this weekend if not for postponement due to the virus pandemic, is now slated for September. In a statement Thursday, UTEP announced the spring graduation ceremony will be held on Sept. 12 in the Sun Bowl stadium. University officials said the
Continue Reading An 8-year-old boy was rescued by his teen brother’s quick thinking after going into cardiac arrest at home, his family says, following what doctors told them was a coronavirus-related condition. Jayden Hardowar in Queens, New York, came down with a mild fever in late April and seemed to show he had recovered, his father told
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An 8-year-old boy was rescued by his teen brother’s quick thinking after going into cardiac arrest at home, his family says, following what doctors told them was a coronavirus-related condition. Jayden Hardowar in Queens, New York, came down with a mild fever in late April and seemed to show he had recovered, his father told
Continue Reading Police say a 15-year-old girl accidentally ran over her father with a pickup truck on Tuesday during a driving lesson in a Florida park. The 46-year-old man later died of his injuries. Tarpon Springs Police said in a statement that the father was showing his daughter how to park the Ford F-150. The father got
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Normandy, MO (KMOV) — Kimberly Caffey was stunned to find out a Normandy nursing home transferred her 97-year-old aunt to Frontier Health and Rehab in St. Charles, a nursing facility with an outbreak of coronavirus cases and deaths. “I couldn’t understand why,” said Caffey. Caffey said employees at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Asheville, NC (WLOS) — The first-degree murder charges related to the June 2017 homicide of an Asheville homeless man have been dropped. Joshua Christopher Stebbins, 46, was found dead on Thursday, June 29, 2017, behind a gas station on Patton Avenue in Asheville. Stebbins’ cause of death was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Rock Island, IL (WQAD) — Charges will not be filed against two Rock Island officers involved in a deadly shooting in late April 2020. On Thursday, May 14, the Rock Island County State’s Attorney, Dora Villarreal, determined officers Steven Mumma and Tyler Evans were justified in the shooting
Continue Reading All 50 states should have received shipments of the Covid-19 drug remdesivir earlier this week, according to audio obtained by CNN of a call between federal officials and governors. But there’s not nearly enough to go around, and on Monday, one state health department directed hospitals to consider holding a lottery for scarce medications. The
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All 50 states should have received shipments of the Covid-19 drug remdesivir earlier this week, according to audio obtained by CNN of a call between federal officials and governors. But there’s not nearly enough to go around, and on Monday, one state health department directed hospitals to consider holding a lottery for scarce medications. The
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