Doctors at a Brooklyn hospitals are removing coronavirus patients’ blood from their bodies, rejunvenating it with oxygen, and returning it to the patients in an experimental bid to help those on ventilators. The procedure is known as ‘ECMO’ – extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. As critically ill coronavirus patients flood into their hospitals, doctors have noticed a … Read more
Bill de Blasio on Sunday doubled down on his decision to shutter NYC schools for the rest of the year a day after locking horns with Governor Andrew Cuomo. The mayor said it was a decision he ‘had to make’, adding: ‘The bottom line here is about health and safety.’ Asked who had the final … Read more
Harrowing new photographs from New York City show body bags being placed into refrigerated trucks that will serve as mobile morgues on Thursday as state reels from the coronavirus pandemic and the city’s death toll hits 4,778. The Big Apple’s coronavirus outbreak continues to stagger with 87,725 cases – a rise in 7,521 infections and … Read more
A New York City woman decided to pack up her things and move in with a guy in Connecticut — after just two dates. Carrie Lee Riggins had been talking to a guy she met on Bumble for weeks when they finally had their first date on March 7, she told NPR. It went incredibly … Read more
The New York City Department of Education is banning students and teachers from using Zoom, as the platform has been plagued by privacy and security issues. Schools are now advised to switch to Microsoft Teams ‘as soon as possible’ and teachers are currently training to use the new system. The move comes after internet trolls … Read more
Hilaria and Alec Baldwin took their family out of New York City as the state has gone on lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over the weekend the mother-of-four showed how her ‘country kids’ were finding joy in digging while on a farm. Alec, 61, previously revealed that they are choosing not to tell their kids … Read more
High-end stores throughout New York such as Louis Vuitton and Dolce & Gabbana are boarding up their windows in anticipation of civil unrest as the death toll in the city reached 1,867 on Friday with 305 new deaths. The wealthy businesses had already been ordered closed along with bars and restaurants as part of the … Read more
Emily Ratajkowski walks her pup with husband Sebastian Bear-McClard in NYC after a night of self-care amid coronavirus pandemic By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 19:04 BST, 3 April 2020 | Updated: 19:32 BST, 3 April 2020 As the number of positive cases of coronavirus surpasses 100,000 in NYC, Emily Ratajkowski and her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard … Read more
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner made a rare appearance in the White House press briefing room Thursday amid reports about his expanded role in handling the coronavirus crisis and criticism of his efforts. Kushner has put together a group of private-sector friends, including his former roommate, to aid the administration’s response to the coronavirus. He … Read more
A stark New York City map has revealed that there are higher numbers of cases of coronavirus in poorer neighborhoods than in wealthier zip codes, as residents describe the city as a ‘battlefield’ after an army of medical volunteers were drafted in to fight the pandemic. A wave of volunteers landed in the city Wednesday … Read more