Popular film “The Goonies” became an epic part of many of our childhoods when it was released in 1985. Recently, the cast reunited to help support those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The reunion took place on Josh Gad’s “Reunited Apart” series, in which the “Frozen” star reunites some of our favorite television and movie … Read more
A secret group of highly-qualified scientists is working to end COVID-19 with the backing of some of the world’s wealthiest people. The group is composed of more than a dozen doctors and headed by doctor Thomas Cahill. The 33-year-old former physician has collected some of the world’s greatest minds to workshop a way to stop … Read more
It’s been a difficult six months for first-time parents Emma and Wayne Bates from Burnley, England. After trying for 10 years to have a baby, they finally saw that dream come true on Oct. 8, 2019, when Erin was born. But doctors had some devastating news following that incredible event: their daughter had a rare … Read more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is relaxing some of the requirements to qualify for its subsidized broadband and phone service Lifeline program as more people need access during the coronavirus emergency. Specifically, the agency’s Wireline Competition Bureau relaxed a rule that required an applicant to submit three consecutive months of income documentation to qualify for … Read more
The production team behind Orange Is the New Black is developing an anthology series for Netflix around the new realities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The anthology series, titled Social Distance, will be centered around the “new, bizarre, bewildering reality we are all experiencing,” according to the show’s producers. Hilary Weisman Graham will … Read more
Doctors are seeing a spike in cases of an illness similar to Kawasaki disease — especially in areas with recent or ongoing Covid-19 outbreaks. | Getty Images A rare, Kawasaki-like disease is striking kids who have coronavirus antibodies, a Lancet study from Italy shows. Doctors in 15 US states are reporting that at least 164 … Read more
A bus stop in Athens, Greece, on May 4. | Aris Messins/AFP via Getty Images The pandemic’s collateral damage, briefly explained The world’s attention has been focused on the coronavirus pandemic for the past couple of months, and rightly so. The global death toll has hit 285,000, the economy is in shambles, and our day-to-day … Read more
Amber Freed and her son Maxwell. | Brad Livengood Photography Covid-19 has shut down labs and rare disease research, setting back Amber Freed and her son Maxwell. Amber Freed’s singular mission is to help scientists develop a treatment for her son. But the pandemic has put the success of that mission into question. Freed is … Read more
Twitter is playing catch up in building a strategy to combat coronavirus misinformation. | Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images Following in the footsteps of Facebook, Twitter is flagging coronavirus hoaxes and misinformation for users. Amid a surge of misinformation triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, Twitter has announced yet another update to its policies regarding conspiracy theories and … Read more
Commuters wear protective masks as they crowd on a subway escalator during rush hour on May 11, 2020, in Seoul, South Korea. | Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Just one sick person led to a sudden increase of new infections in South Korea. The weekend before last, a 29-year-old South Korean man visited five night clubs in … Read more