The health secretary has explained how the government is looking into repurposing existing medication to help treat coronavirus. Speaking in the daily coronavirus press briefing, Matt Hancock detailed three types of national clinical trials – adding that one had been put together in nine days. He was joined by Professor Jonathan Van Tam, Deputy Chief […]
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When “SNL” alumni bring back a classic sketch just to dunk on you, you know you “really” messed up. That means you, Mitch McConnell. This week, the Senate majority leader gave an interview claiming the Trump administration was too distracted with the impeachment hearings earlier this year to properly respond to the coronavirus threat. On Thursday’s episode
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Image copyright Jen Smith Image caption Jen Smith lives in Shenzhen, where it’s compulsory to wear a mask outside at all times My Money is a series looking at how people spend their money – and the sometimes tough decisions they have to make. Here, Jen Smith, a children’s TV presenter from Shenzhen in southern
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He ran marathons on every continent, including Antarctica — 83 of them in all, many followed by a visit to an obscure craft brewery. Last year, he watched 365 movies — most of them in theaters. And Anick Jesdanun made sure — always — that when millions of people read his coverage of the internet
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ATLANTA — It would’ve been a magnificent weekend. Hoops. Music. A confetti shower at the end. A real celebration of basketball. Heck, the persnickety spring weather in Atlanta even turned gorgeous Friday, as if it didn’t get the memo that there won’t be tens of thousands of out-of-town guests. Birds chirping. Azaleas blooming. The temperature
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Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Friday following the latest grim snapshot of the toll the coronavirus is having on the labor market as the economy grinds to a halt April 3, 2020, 8:39 PM 2 min read Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Friday following the latest grim snapshot of the toll
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In this period of self-isolation, HBO is giving the American people a free taste of the good stuff. Variety reports that the company has made a “goodwill gesture” by unlocking about 500 hours of streaming content for non-HBO subscribers starting April 3. That includes famous HBO shows such as “The Sopranos” and “The Wire” as
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You get a reunion and you get a reunion and you get a reunion! Oprah Winfrey shared a heartfelt video of herself reuniting with longtime partner Stedman Graham after the pair were separated for 14 days. Graham had taken up residence in their guest house for a self-quarantine after returning home from traveling in an
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A Delta Air Lines executive directed pilots who test positive for the coronavirus withhold the diagnosis from flight attendants and other colleagues, according to video of an internal discussion among leaders of the pilots’ union. In the nine-minute video, which appears to have been recorded in secret and posted Thursday to YouTube, a union representative
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This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Like for many of you, my life has become detached from the physical world. I’m having drinks with buddies on Zoom, chatting with my boss on Google Hangouts and texting up a storm with my dad and
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