The novel COVID-19-causing coronavirus originally made the jump from animals to humans in late 2019. However, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the virus, showing that it is capable of jumping back across species. The tiger in question, a four-year-old female named Nadia, was tested out …
Read MoreMaeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, granddaughter of Robert Kennedy, and her eight-year-old son Gideon, went missing Thursday evening in a canoeing accident. According to husband David McKean, Maeve and Gideon hopped into the canoe to chase a ball that had landed on the Chesapeake Bay and was floating away. The family …
Read MoreBill Withers, a legendary soul singer with a string of gargantuan hits from the 1970s, has passed away. Withers, who spent some of the last few years of his life battling heart disease, was 81. While he spent the past few years managing AFIB, he is most remembered for his …
Read MoreCOVID-19 is notoriously dangerous for people over 65. The respiratory coronavirus disease can cause extreme breathing difficulty, and is deadly in many older patients. However, one man in Oregon is believed to be the oldest person on Earth to survive the disease. Bill Lapschies, who just turned 104, was diagnosed …
Read MoreNissan has issued a recall of 250,000 of its vehicles over concerns regarding Takata airbags. It’s the recall that just keeps ongoing. If you’ve been following the auto industry over the last decade, you’ve likely heard the name “Takata.” Probably in connection with “airbag recall” more times than you can …
Read MoreHouse Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi has stated that she wants a vote by mail provision in the next COVID-19 bill. This, Pelosi argues, will help to keep the virus from depressing voter turnout and allow a fair election in November. Pelosi made the statements on Wednesday, estimating that it would …
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Port may need a good accident lawyer following a bizarre attempted train attack on the hospital ship USNS Mercy. The train’s engineer, Eduardo Moreno, 44, allegedly stated in two police interviews that he derailed the train he was conducting in the Los Angeles Port in an attempt …
Read MoreWhile everyone is stuck at home to help slow the spread of COVID-19, we all have a lot more time to spend online. It’s important in this time of crisis to keep our wits about us. Numerous bad actors have been hatching schemes to take advantage of this unusual situation. …
Read MoreEverything changed in our world very quickly. A short few months ago, the idea that the world would be ground to a halt by a virus seemed absurd. Now, our lives are revolving around the medical response to the novel COVID-19 coronavirus. It’s easy to become disheartened during this pandemic, …
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a major issue in the American medical system: medical insurance, for most people, is tied to their employment status. That’s fine for some scenarios, but when a pandemic causes many businesses to shut their doors and lay off thousands of employees, those employees are left …
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