Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19 “on consecutive days” and is not infectious to others, his doctor has said. In a memo released by the White House, Dr Sean Conley said Mr Trump had tested negative on consecutive days using an Abbott Laboratories BinaxNOW antigen card. He said the negative tests and other clinical […]
The mayor pushed out a plan, only to have the governor override him, causing unnecessary confusion for thousands of business owners and school parents. By Jesse McKinley, Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Dana Rubinstein and Joseph Goldstein ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had barely finished a fairly routine coronavirus briefing earlier this month when he got […]
A mother gave birth to a baby boy in the bath, then immediately hurled him out an upstairs window and fatally-injured him, police say. The unnamed 23 year-old mother went into labor Sunday, and threw her son out the window of her home in Ozone Park, New York City, shortly after delivering him with his […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Twitter on Sunday (Oct 11) flagged a tweet by Donald Trump in which the US President claimed he was immune to the coronavirus, saying it violated the social media platform’s rules about misleading information related to Covid-19. “A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I can’t […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump will try to put his bout with Covid-19 behind him when he returns to the campaign trail on Monday (Oct 12), beginning a three-week sprint to the Nov 3 election with a rally in the vital battleground state of Florida. The event at an airport in Sanford, Florida, […]
Canadians who have missed work because of COVID-19 can start applying for new financial supports from the federal government Monday. The new benefits come into effect as concerns rise about increasing job losses with Ontario and Quebec imposing targeted restrictions on restaurants, bars and fitness centres to slow the spread of COVID-19. Applications for the […]
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The summer sealift typically brings everything from housewares to heavy equipment to Pond Inlet in Nunavut. But this year, on Aug. 28, the ship dropped off something the remote community of about 1,600 on the northern shore of Baffin Island has never had before — an ambulance. The sealift often brings what […]
A law graduate has given birth during her bar exam before finishing the test from hospital. Brianna Hill, from Loyola University, Chicago, knew she would be pregnant during the exam, which is the final step in qualifying as a lawyer. But then the coronavirus pandemic meant the exam was postponed from July to October, meaning […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – After contracting the coronavirus in March, Michael Reagan lost all memory of his 12-day vacation in Paris, even though the trip was just a few weeks earlier. Several weeks after Erica Taylor recovered from her Covid-19 symptoms of nausea and cough, she became confused and forgetful, failing to even recognise her […]
Police say two children have been found dead in a home in Wendake, Que., a Huron-Wendat First Nation near Quebec City. Provincial police say they received a call from Wendake police at around 2 a.m. about the discovery of two bodies. They say a 30-year-old man turned himself in to Quebec City police in relation […]