Children’s hospitals in New York are investigating some cases of a mysterious inflammatory syndrome in children that might be connected to COVID-19.more
United Airlines responded Monday after a doctor who was on a flight home after volunteering at a New York City hospital said every seat on the carrier's 737 was full.more
Around 33 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic. Last week, 3.2 million people came to the US, the US Ministry of Labor announced.more
Over 71 thousand people infected with coronavirus have died in the US since the outbreak of the epidemic; over the past 24 hours, this number has increased by 2,333, according to a balance sheet from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.more
The UK and US have begun negotiations on an "ambitious" post-Brexit free trade deal. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss formally opened the talks on Tuesday during a video conference call with US trade representative Robert Lighthizer.
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As many as 100,000 may be killed by coronavirus. Americans - said US President Donald Trump. He also expressed the opinion that a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 would be developed by the end of the year.more
Emerging data suggest that though people dramatically altered their habits to stay at home during the first month of America's response to the pandemic, that cooperation has since leveled off and — eventually — decreased. more
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday responded to reports of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s reappearance in public with a tweet saying, “I, for one, am glad to see he is back, and well!”.more
The warmer weather last weekend attracted crowds to California beaches despite the coronavirus. State Governor Gavin Newsom restricted access to them, which is met with protests from residents and politicians of the Republican Party. "Surfing is not a crime," they believe.more
Donald Trump expressed the hope that the number of deaths in the United States due to a coronavirus pandemic will not exceed 100,000. A few days ago, the American president estimated that 60-70,000 people would die on Covid-19 in his country. people.more
Closed because of the epidemic, the New York Jozef Pilsudski Institute encourages to take part in the celebrations of Polish national holidays on its virtual platform. Among the proposals, among others online lecture devoted to the celebration of May 3 in the Second Polish Republic.more
U.S. intelligence agencies don’t believe the COVID-19 coronavirus was created by humans or genetically modified in China, a controversial finding that comes as President Donald Trump increasingly tries to pin blame on Beijing for the global pandemic.more
The US Department of State has identified numerous violations in Poland in its annual report on human rights in the world. One of the most criticized points was Poland's policy towards minorities.more
Officially, you can only walk and play sports on the beach at Tybee Island, Georgia. The rules are to enforce police patrols on quads. At the sound of engines, some jump from towels and pretend to exercise.more
A British-American zoologist and expert on disease ecology praised China's contribution to curbing COVID-19, criticized politicization of this pandemic and called on all parties to have more communication.more
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said in an interview with France's Le Figaro that life will go back to normal after the new coronavirus pandemic no sooner than one to two years from now, even if the spread of the virus is put under control.more
We are the "guinea pig" of America - say some of the inhabitants of the state of Georgia in the southeast of the United States where the economy rapidly and widely opens up. Most entrepreneurs more mildly call it "ground testing" or "looking for a balance between money and security."more
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called on city council to take steps to protect tenants who are having difficulty paying rent because of the Covid-19 crisis. His initiative would cover even a million apartments.more
A group of Polish and American women of Polish descent in the state of Connecticut in the USA has launched the production of masks for medical personnel due to shortages of protective measures in hospitals and outpatient clinics. Volunteers also make masks for policemen, firemen and postmen.more
With subsidies of $ 600 a week for the coronavirus outbreak, the total value of unemployment benefits in most US states exceeds the previous salary of those currently unemployed, according to the New York Times.more
Four out of five Americans are in favor of allowing correspondence voting in all US states, according to a New York Brennan Center poll. The bill legalizing such an option for natural disasters went to Congress on the Democrats' initiative.more
Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first cases in companion animals in the United States, federal officials say.more
A company in the U.S. has adapted a drone so that it can be used by police to measure people's temperature from nearly 200ft away, as well as monitor their heart and breathing rates.more
