The majority of people who are still being hospitalized with the coronavirus across the state of New York are staying at home and are not essential workers, new data has revealed. In a study of some 1,000 new patients admitted to New York hospitals over the last week, 66 percent were staying at home and 18 … Read more
Qantas suspends plans to launch 19-and-a-half-hour direct flights from London and New York to Sydney and shelves order for 12 Airbus A350s for the services CEO Alan Joyce said it was not the right time to pursue the order due to Covid-19 Last year, Qantas carried out test flights from New York and London to … Read more
A Hamptons estate sold for nearly $60million despite the coronavirus pandemic ravaging New York. The six-acre family compound, located in Southampton, New York, was initially put on the market in 2016, after its owner, financial advisory firm-founder John F. Sullivan, passed away. Real estate agent Cody Vichinsky told the Wall Street Journal that the sale … Read more
A horrifying video shows the moment a man becomes unhinged while riding a New York City subway train and pummels an innocent bystander, whom the attacker blamed for starting the coronavirus outbreak. The footage of the April 23 incident shows the attack taking place on a Bronx-bound, No 4. train as it approaches the 125th … Read more
A spike in heart attacks in mid-February could have been an early sign that the coronavirus was starting to spread in New York City before it became the epicenter for the illness in mid-March. Data from New York shows that there was an uptick in 911 calls for cardiac arrest in Brooklyn and Queens in … Read more
Hospitals in New York have been quietly testing a heartburn drug as a treatment for coronavirus after doctors in China found that elderly survivors were taking it. Northwell Health had tested famotidine (sold in oral form under brand name Pepcid) on 187 critically ill patients out of an intended 1,174 as of Saturday as part … Read more
Gov Andrew Cuomo shared an outline on Sunday that details how businesses could possibly reopen in New York as the state sees 367 deaths in a day, the lowest single-day toll since March 31. ‘The descent continues,’ Cuomo said during his press conference. ‘We are now back to where we were on March 31.’ Cuomo … Read more
Battle of the birds! Study finds New York and Boston pigeons do not mix because ample green space between the cities keeps them from migrating The rivalry between New York and Boston has been found in the cities’ pigeons Experts discovered genetic differences in the birds along the east coast There is interbreeding of pigeons … Read more
More than 20 percent of New York City residents tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in a study launched by Governor Cuomo which, if accurate, means as many as 1.7million people have been infected in the city – and that the mortality rate is between 0.6 and 0.8 percent, far greater than the 0.1 percent mortality rate … Read more
Sarah Silverman continues the New York City tradition of cheering essential workers every evening from her fire escape with her assistant By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 03:12 BST, 23 April 2020 | Updated: 03:12 BST, 23 April 2020 She’s been seen virtually every evening banging pots and pans together to make noise in honor … Read more