With the coronavirus outbreak creating an unprecedented demand for medical supplies and equipment, New York state has paid 20 cents for gloves that normally cost less than a nickel and as much as $7.50 each for masks, about 15 times the usual price. It’s paid […]

Of more than 213,370 confirmed cases nationwide, at least 47,439 have been reported in New York City alone, where 1,139 deaths from the virus have been recorded, per data from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University. According to The New York Times, as of Wednesday 83,712 cases […]

Spain reported a record 864 deaths in one day, for a total of more than 9,000, while France registered an unprecedented 509 and more than 4,000 in all. In Italy, with over 13,000 dead, the most of any country, morgues overflowed with bodies, caskets piled […]

As an Airbnb host at my apartment in West Harlem, I primarily host guests from other countries. No shade to Americans, it’s just kind of how things played out. As a French speaker, I’ve hosted guests from France, Belgium, Switzerland, and also a fair share […]

In 24 hours from Sunday to Monday, the department said, officers visited 2,758 supermarkets of which 1,489 were closed; 7,943 bars and restaurants, of which 6,390 were closed; 1,259 public places, of which 692 were closed; and 3,255 personal care facilities, all of which were […]

Sports radio personality Mike Francesa, a longtime defender of President Donald Trump, tore into him over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.  Article source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-francesa-trump-coronavirus_n_5e82bd7ac5b62dd9f5d4bed0

New York state has become the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, with nearly 67,000 sick and more than 1,300 dead.  Article source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/empire-state-building-coronavirus-lights_n_5e82c780c5b603fbdf485307

Cheryl struggled to breathe for three months, cycling through the intensive care unit, the stepdown unit and then back to the ICU. The memory of standing outside her hospital room yelling, “I’m here, honey! Just look at my face!” while they put her on a […]

“We are sending refrigeration trucks to New York to help with some of the problem on a temporary basis,” FEMA’s regional director, an emotional Thomas Von Essen, said at a press briefing Monday in Manhattan with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. There is a “desperate […]

On Monday morning, the USNS Comfort arrived in New York City’s harbor. The hospital ship with approximately 1,000 patient beds is expected to take the non-COVID-19 patients at city’s hospitals across all five boroughs in an effort to free up space. New York City has […]