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Malaria drug hydroxychloroquine continues to dominate the headlines after many success stories from doctors in the front line. This evening, a renowned infectious disease specialist Dr. Stephen Smith, said he and his team have treated over the 50 patients with hydroxychloroquine. Dr. Smith is the founder of the Smith Center for Infectious Diseases in New Jersey. Tonight, Dr. Smith shared his findings among COVID-19 patients in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham. Dr. Smith pointed out that not a single patient, COVID-19 patient, that has been under hydroxychloroquine regimen has had to to be intubated. Dr. Smith said...

Here We Go Again: China Puts Entire County On Lockdown After New Corona Cluster Emerges China is no longer fixed.Having lied for the past month that it has the coronavirus crisis “under control” just so people return to work, full of hope and enthusiasm, rejoicing at the surge in China’s just as fabricated PMI numbers, and willing to work their asses off (with Beijing so generously willing to risk everyone’s lives as the alternative is a complete collapse in China’s economy), earlier today the US finally cracked down on the relentless barage of Chinese lies, when US intelligence accused China...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WKBN) – A Pittsburgh area pastor says he plans to organize a large, Woodstock-like outdoor Easter service to protest the stay-at-home orders amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Conservative Christian Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth made the announcement on social media after the arrests of pastors in the U.S. for failing to comply with state-at-home orders. “How do you lay hands on people online? How do you baptize people online? How do you anoint with oil and lay hands on the sick?” he asked. He said the government is infringing on the rights of people to assemble for religion. He said the...

EXCLUSIVE: The father of Kamiyah Mobley, who was snatched from her mother's arms while a baby, has sent a message to the parents of Madeleine McCann telling them not to give up hopeEight hours after her birth in 1998, Kamiyah Mobley was taken from her mother’s arms by a woman posing as a nurse in a sickening kidnap which sparked one of America’s longest-running missing person’s cases. Kamiyah grew up not knowing that her “mother” was her kidnapper – until three years ago, when she was 18, a series of tip-offs led police to her home and DNA tests proved...

The D.C. government today released the number of positive coronavirus cases broken down by Ward and it shows no hotspots in the city. The most cases were in and around Capitol Hill with the fewest east of the river in Ward 8. This as we’re also hearing of more frustrations for people applying for unemployment in D.C. (Video at the link)

EXCLUSIVE: The adoptive mum of Tony Hudgell has urged prison officials to keep his parents who abused him locked up in jail and not released early to ease pressures during the coronavirus pandemicThe adoptive mum of a boy, 5, whose legs were amputated after vile abuse by his parents has begged the prison service not to release them early due to the coronavirus pandemic. At just 41 days old, Tony Hudgell was left with numerous fractures, multiple organ failure and sepsis after he was tortured by parents Jody Simpson, 24, and Tony Smith, 47. The medics did not expect the...

A one-eyed dog saved from the meat trade in China is now supporting her disabled owner through a gruelling 12 weeks of coronavirus isolation. Mary Garland, 50, who lives in Maida Vale, North London is severely disabled and confined to a wheelchair. She takes immunosuppressant medication and is classed in the 'high-risk' category. Normally Mary has a busy social life and fills her days seeing friends and attending events in support of the No To Dog Meat charity, which rescued Annabel, her beloved chow-chow. A constant companion Annabel was found in a terrible state - partially skinned and had an...

Shenzhen has passed a law prohibiting the consumption and production of dog and cat flesh, with the city's government pointing to the close relationship that has developed between humans and these animals A Chinese city has banned the dog and cat meat trade amid the coronavirus crisis. Shenzhen passed the law prohibiting the consumption and production of dog and cat flesh. The city went further than the Government's temporary closure of 'wet markets', where animals are sold, by permanently stopping the brutal trade. The Covid-19 outbreak is believed to have started at the a 'wet market' in Wuhan, China. The...

Xerox has dropped its bid to merge with HP, citing the current global health crisis related to the COVID-19 coronavirus, Xerox said. The news was previously reported by the Wall Street Journal. “The current global health crisis and resulting macroeconomic and market turmoil caused by COVID-19 have created an environment that is not conducive to Xerox continuing to pursue an acquisition of HP Inc,” Xerox said in a statement on Tuesday. Xerox will not nominate candidates to HP’s board, and has withdrawn its offer. “We have a healthy cash position and balance sheet that enable us to navigate unanticipated challenges...

Grocery retailer Kroger announced that it would be giving its employees a “hero bonus” for hours worked between Sunday and April 18. The bonus is an added $2 per hour on top of the employees’ base rate of pay, WMAZ reported. The announcement follows the grocery store chain’s previous statement that it would give employees a one-time appreciation bonus, giving full-time workers $300 and part-time workers $150, to be paid out on Thursday.

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A handful of experienced cooks on which pantry staples they turn to again and again, and their favourite isolation meals Pantry staplesShelf-stable. Even the name is comforting, the antithesis of a viral threat. Contrary to the pillars of contemporary food culture — fresh, seasonal and inherently fleeting — it’s the canned, dried, jarred and otherwise hardy that we can rely on in a pinch. Forming the unsung foundation of so many meals when times are good, social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic has given these foods new meaning. Staples hum in the background during days of plenty. Some of them...

Some right-wing supporters of President Trump have labeled Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as a member of the “deep state” trying to undermine Trump’s reelection. In the past, Trump has supported measures to re-open the economy by Easter. Fauci on occasion has stepped to the podium to correct or amend statements from Trump on the virus, related timelines and potential cures. Fauci declined to comment Wednesday as to whether he’s been given added security — but Trump jumped in. “He doesn’t need security. Everybody loves him,” Trump said. “Besides that, they’d be in big...

Chinese regime authorities locked down a county in Henan Province to curb the spread of the CCP virus starting from April 1—the first time Chinese officials placed an area under quarantine after the regime announced that lockdowns would be lifted nationwide. The Chinese regime announced in March that the lockdown in Wuhan city would be lifted on April 8. But rail services and subways already started to operate at the end of March. Officials said that all residential compounds and villages in Jia County, located near Henan’s Pingdingshan city, are now on lockdown. Residents cannot go out, even if they...

A doctor who may have been the first person in China to try to spread the word about the coronvirus was reprimanded and told to remain silent. Earlier this month she disobeyed that order and gave an interview to a Chinese magazine. Ai Fen, director of the emergency department at Wuhan Central Hospital, told Chinese magazine People that she posted an image of a diagnostic report on social network WeChat on December 30, showing that the patient had a pneumonia infection caused by a Sars-like coronavirus…Ai told the magazine she alerted the hospital’s community health service centre and infectious...

As the beleaguered Zaandam and Rotterdam cruise ships steam toward Port Everglades, more than 1,200 passengers on board still don’t know what will happen to them when they arrive early Thursday. Both ships are on the Port Everglades docking schedule for Thursday at 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Broward Health confirmed to the Miami Herald that “critically ill” patients will be transferred to the hospital system. DeSantis alluded to a third ship on its way to Florida, the Coral Princess, which is expected to arrive to Port Everglades Saturday with flu-like cases on board. All 1,024 passengers are confined to...

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, are arranging a call regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the Biden campaign said Wednesday. "Our teams will be in touch and we will arrange a call," Kate Bedingfield, Biden's deputy campaign manager, said in a statement to CNN Wednesday evening. The development followed Trump’s comments that he would “absolutely” take a call from Biden to discuss the response to the outbreak. “Oh absolutely. I’d love to speak to him,” Trump said during a White House coronavirus briefing. “I always found him to be a nice guy,” he added....

A video montage released by a Chinese government-run news outlet used journalists from CNN and MSNBC, as well as politicians and celebrities, in order to attack President Trump. The Washington Examiner first highlighted the video, which was shared last week by Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper, showing the backlash Trump received for referring to the coronavirus as the "Chinese virus" in reference to the disease's origin. The montage features multiple media figures, prominent Democrats and celebrities critical of the rhetoric. "Why do you keep calling this the Chinese virus? Why do you keep using this? A lot of people...

BEIJING—China has once again claimed no new deaths by coronavirus today, drawing praise from the American media. President Xi Jinping made the extraordinary claim even as a peasant pushed a cart filled with dead bodies behind him, shouting, "Bring out your dead!" the entire time. "No, no one is dead," President Xi assured the media. "We have completely cured everything." The communist dictator claimed they have cured the virus using sheep's bladders, which they also use to prevent earthquakes. His scientists also discovered the earth to be banana-shaped. As he continued to claim everything is perfectly fine in China, the...

UPDATE: An earlier version of this article misgendered Sam Smith as 'him'. It should have read 'them'. The error has been corrected. At the iHeart 'Living Room Concert for America' held on Sunday, March 30, Elton John hosted an hour-long special to raise funds for all the heroes and pillars of society working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic: aka the health care workers and first responders. The event saw performances by Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, the Backstreet Boys, Tim McGraw, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, H.E.R., Sam Smith and more. However, what caught social media's...