Dr. Eliot Godofsky doesn’t have a single dose of remdesivir for his Covid-19 patients in South Florida. Hundreds of miles away in North Carolina, Dr. Cameron Wolfe has doses he does not need right now. Wolfe would love to share some of his remdesivir with doctors like Godofsky, given that it’s the only drug authorized…… MORE
Two children in South Carolina have been diagnosed with the coronavirus-related pediatric inflammatory syndrome, according to the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control. The children are both under the age of 10, DHEC said in a news release Sunday. One is located in the Midlands region in central South Carolina. The other is in…… MORE
Iconic Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter, Aaradhya, tested positive for coronavirus following news that Aishwarya’s husband and father-in-law were hospitalized with the virus. Rai Bachchan, once dubbed “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” and winner of the 1994 Miss World pageant, married into Bollywood’s most famous family with her nuptials to…… MORE
People are fascinated by August Alsina’s “entanglement” with Jada Pinkett Smith, but the singer seems less than thrilled with all the attention. Pinkett Smith and her husband of 23 years, actor Will Smith, confirmed during Friday’s episode of her Facebook talk show “Red Table Talk” that she had been romantically involved with Alsina years ago.…… MORE
Reese Witherspoon is proving once again that she’s not a regular mom, she’s a cool mom. Her 16-year-old son Deacon Phillippe dropped his first single, “Long Run,” featuring Nina Nesbitt last week. And being a proud mom, Witherspoon showed off her son’s latest accomplishment on Saturday not with a simple post on Facebook or Instagram,…… MORE
A coalition of Black advocacy groups and labor activists are organizing a nationwide strike to pressure corporations, such as McDonald’s, Amazon, Uber and Lyft, to raise wages and allow their workers to form unions. Thousands of workers are expected to walk off the job in more than 25 cities on July 20 in a mass…… MORE
The White House press secretary typically plays a key role in informing the public about the policies and positions of the President. The secretary’s salary is funded by American taxpayers. But lately, press briefings held by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany “have begun to look purely political,” White House Correspondents’ Association President Jonathan Karl…… MORE
As coronavirus cases surge across the US and states throttle back on economic reopenings, experts and advocacy groups are warning that low-income families could face utility shutoffs as moratoriums on disconnections lift — with Black families especially at risk. In Kansas, Colorado, Mississippi, and Iowa, state-mandated emergency bans on disconnections have been lifted. And some…… MORE
President Donald Trump considered the idea of selling Puerto Rico in 2017 after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria, the former acting Homeland Security secretary told The New York Times in an interview published Friday. “The President’s initial ideas were more of as a businessman, you know,” Elaine Duke, who was serving as DHS’…… MORE
President Donald Trump on Sunday defended what he described as his “exercise” regimen, tweeting a justification for his frequent golf outings and claiming them as sufficient physical activity. “My ‘exercise’ is playing, almost never during the week, a quick round of golf. Obama played more and much longer rounds, no problem,” Trump tweeted. CNN has…… MORE
