(Washington Post illustration; iStock) By Drew Jones April 3 at 6:37 PM For many zoos and aquariums, the lack of guests has both opened up and forced them down new avenues. Some are now holding live streams for MORE
Revisions were made on March 30, 2020, to reflect the following: New information about asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic infections Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of infection or infection severity MORE
Happy Friday News Viewers on this Free Chat Friday; We chat to live and live to chat, because at the rate things are happening, we have to start the “sorting” and chatting is our way MORE
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold,” wrote W.B. Yeats in 1919. A century later, it’s clear: The epicenter cannot hold. Catastrophic decisions in the White House have doomed the world’s richest country to a MORE
Sean Hannity on Wednesday night flipped out at the growing criticism of the way that he and other Fox News personalities have covered the coronavirus pandemic. The “Hannity” host, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, MORE
John Prine: The influential singer-songwriter was hospitalized on March 26 after “a sudden onset of Covid-19 symptoms,” his family said in a statement. Two days later, he was in critical condition, the statement said. Mr. Prine, 73, MORE
“. . . .some of the films that have changed cinematic history barely made a blip at the box office when they were first released. They were actually undisputed movie bombs. . . . . They’ve all proven MORE
“….Today, the U.S. reported that 1 million people have been tested for the coronavirus—a milestone that the White House once promised it would hit the first week of March.” But things are not going as smoothly as MORE
Guidance on whether to wear a face mask has been evolving. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently looking at recommending masks be worn whenever we go out. “It is still most important to limit MORE
After the Ebola epidemic in 2014, Bill Gates gave a TED Talks with what he predicted was coming, a pandemic originating with a virus. He discussed how we needed to prepare for it, because at MORE
A common fixture in refrigerators, furniture and footwear, polyurethane plastic is pretty much always in high demand. Humans worldwide cycle through millions of tons of the durable substance each year, sending the bulk of what’s MORE
Last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles sent out a tweet asking individuals self-isolating at home to recreate their favorite pieces of artwork. But there’s a catch: Participants must make their masterpieces using everyday household items. MORE
Around the world, if someone tests positive for COVID-19, it is a confirmed case. But that is not always how it works in China. Official documents show that China does not count asymptomatic carriers of MORE
The USNS Comfort floating hospital arrived at Pier 90 in New York City today to provide relief for the city’s already overwhelmed hospitals. The Comfort will be treating patients who do NOT have COVID-19. See MORE
In communities where most coronavirus tests are coming back positive, it’s a sign there are many more cases there that haven’t been found, say World Health Organization officials in a press conference on Monday. “If 80-90% MORE
The 76-year-old said he had the idea to bring his Formula 1 drivers and juniors together in a camp, which “would be the ideal time for the infection to come”. “They are all strong young MORE
Submariners stealthily cruising the ocean deeps, purposefully shielded from worldly worries to encourage undivided focus on their top-secret missions of nuclear deterrence, may be among the last pockets of people anywhere who are still blissfully MORE
In light of another one of Trump’s Press Briefings, it’s helpful to check out the data compiled so far in the World Health Organizations daily situation report. See WHO Website Here:
Lonnie David Franklin Jr., the so-called Grim Sleeper serial killer who preyed on Los Angeles women for more than two decades, died Saturday while on death row at San Quentin prison, officials said. “Franklin was found unresponsive MORE
Rolling Stone and IGTV have launched “In My Room” in the face of cancelled concerts and sheltering in place to keep us entertained during the Coronavirus lockdown. Rolling Stone says new episodes of “In My MORE
Lynchburg, Virginia, isn’t a stereotypical college town. It isn’t politically liberal. It doesn’t have the crunchy affect of an Ann Arbor or even a Charlottesville. But even here, where Liberty University drives a large part MORE
The most widely read story on the Nat Geo website last week was about the fake animal stories going viral on social media—the dolphins supposedly in Venetian canals and the elephants purportedly making themselves at home MORE
My favorite cartoon this week: Hey Donald, “Maybe stop talking,” 🙂 And meanwhile, during lockdown, I’m talking to my 93 year old Dad — he’s on lockdown himself in Colorado and having been alive nearly MORE
Hospitals on the front lines of the pandemic are engaged in a heated private debate over a calculation few have encountered in their lifetimes — how to weigh the “save at all costs” approach to MORE
Terrifying though the coronavirus may be, it can be turned back. China, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan have demonstrated that, with furious efforts, the contagion can be brought to heel. Whether they can keep it MORE