New York COVID variant could infect vaccinated residents and those who have already had the virus, former FDA head Dr. Scott Gottlieb warns By Jenny Stanton For Dailymail.com Published: 20:35 GMT, 21 March 2021 | Updated: 20:58 GMT, 21 March 2021 Dr. Scott Gottlieb has warned that the New York variant of COVID-19 could reinfect … Read more
New Yorkers are rushing to the city’s restaurants and bars to enjoy a last supper with friends before Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s indoor dining ban kicks in on Monday. Diners were pictured descending on their favorite foodie hotspots across New York City Saturday night to bag a table inside for what is likely to be the … Read more
New antibody testing data released by New York City health officials show how the novel coronavirus ravaged lower-income communities and mostly spared wealthier areas. Across the Big Apple, more than 27 percent of the nearly 1.5 million tests came back positive for a built-up immune response against COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Among … Read more
A street photographer has spent nearly three years secretly capturing images of unassuming New Yorkers’ text messages, which range from heartbreaking to downright bizarre. Jeff Mermelstein, 63, from Brooklyn, has been using his iPhone to snap photos of strangers’ cellphone screens on the street since October 2017, documenting both the intimate and mundane details of … Read more
Blood samples taken from New Yorkers reveal some had coronavirus antibodies in late February – more than a week BEFORE the first case in the state was announced Researchers looked at 5,500 blood samples taken from patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City starting the week ending in February 9 Coronavirus antibodies were detected … Read more
Homeless New Yorkers have been dying from the novel coronavirus at more than double the rate of the citywide population, a new report finds. The homeless mortality rate for those sleeping in shelters was 321 deaths per 100,000 people compared to the New York City average of 200 per 100,000. That’s a rate 61 percent … Read more
New Yorkers have been stranded in Costa Rica on their third date for two and half months – after their return flights were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic Matt Richardson, 31, and Khani Lee, 29, made the adventurous decision to go to Costa Rica on March 17 for only their third time meeting The … Read more
Only 37% of New Yorkers who think they’ve had coronavirus have antibodies to prove it, testing of more than 1,300 city residents suggests Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York tested 1,343 people for coronavirus antibodies More than half of the participants only suspected they had had the virus, but hadn’t been diagnosed … Read more
Hundreds of quarantine-fatigued New Yorkers ignored lockdown orders not to drink outside of bars and restaurants in the city Monday. Mayor Bill de Blasio has threatened to dispatch the NYPD to crackdown on the flagrant defiance. Residents in the Big Apple who’ve grown tired of largely isolating inside their homes amid the coronavirus pandemic congregated at a … Read more
Authorities are set to crackdown on quarantine-fatigued New Yorkers after hundreds were seen congregating outside of restaurants and bars all over the city this weekend, as takeout cocktail and beer services surge in popularity as warmer weather moves in. With temperatures registering well into the seventies in the Big Apple on Saturday and Sunday, large … Read more