by Jim Heath | May 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Obit
Legendary magician Roy Horn has died from coronavirus. He was 75. Horn, one half of the longtime Las Vegas illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy, had tested positive for COVID-19. Horn was severely injured by a tiger during a Siegfried & Roy performance at The...
by Jim Heath | May 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
At the end of another long shift treating coronavirus patients, Dr. Hadi Halazun opened his Facebook page to find a man insisting to him that “no one’s dying” and that the coronavirus is “fake news” drummed up by the news media. Hadi...
by Jim Heath | May 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained by The Associated Press....
by Jim Heath | May 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
President Trump today predicted the coronavirus would ‘go away without a vaccine’ but his own health experts say the opposite. Trump made the comments in a meeting at the White House with Republican lawmakers. His prediction came as the United States...
by Jim Heath | May 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Economy, Headlines, Health
The U.S. lost 20.5 million jobs in April amid the economic devastation of the coronavirus pandemic as the steepest recorded surge in American unemployment nearly wiped out a decade of job gains, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
by Jim Heath | May 6, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines
The whistleblower scientist who claimed he was demoted after sounding the alarm on the Trump-touted COVID-19 drug hydroxychloroquine, also said he was pressured to extend a contract because the CEO was Jared Kushner’s friend. Dr. Rick Bright, the former director...
