by Jim Heath | Jan 2, 2021 | coronavirus, Entertainment, Headlines
Larry King, the 87-year-old broadcasting legend best known for his long-running talk show on CNN, has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The former Larry King Live host has been hospitalized at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Southern California...
by Jim Heath | Jan 2, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The US marked a sobering start to the new year yesterday as COVID-19 hospitalizations exceeded 100,000 for the 31st day in a row, with more than 2,000 new deaths, while California’s healthcare system continues to grapple with a shortage of hospital beds. At...
by Jim Heath | Dec 30, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University is not likely to be authorized for use in the U.S. until April, a top Trump administration health official said today. The Hill: “We project, if everything goes well, that the readout and emergency...
by Jim Heath | Dec 30, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Sarah Simental had just celebrated her 18th birthday last month and was looking forward to graduating from high school next spring, when COVID-19 suddenly took her life earlier this week, just days after she complained of headaches and congestion. Simental, from...
by Jim Heath | Dec 30, 2020 | Entertainment, Headlines, Obit
Dawn Wells, best known for playing the girl-next-door castaway Mary Ann on the iconic CBS comedy series Gilligan’s Island, died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles of complications due to Covid-19. She was 82. Wells, who was Miss Nevada in the 1959 Miss America pageant,...
