by Jim Heath | Apr 5, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said today. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and six other...
by Jim Heath | Apr 5, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Capt. Brett E. Crozier, the Navy captain who was removed from command of the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, has tested positive for Covid-19. The commander began exhibiting symptoms before he was removed from the warship on Thursday,...
by Jim Heath | Apr 5, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical...
by Jim Heath | Apr 4, 2020 | coronavirus, Fox News, Headlines
Amid the mushrooming coronavirus crisis, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are girding for a pandemic of public-interest lawsuits over misinformation and conspiracy theories dispensed by certain Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network personalities such as Sean Hannity,...
by Jim Heath | Apr 4, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed 300,000 today, an increase of more than 32,000 from the day before, as the pandemic continued to exact a grim toll on the nation. Total U.S. cases reached 300,846, and the number of deaths was nearing 8,500. New...
