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May 28, 2020, 1:49 PM UTCA white woman's viral exchange with a black man in New York City over her unleashed dog is throwing salt in the wounds of race relations in America.Read More

New York during the COVID-19 Emergency by Massimo GiachettiRead More

A 5G connection is still a bit of a luxury. Only a handful of Android phones support the cellular standard, and Apple still has yet to integrate a 5G modem into an iPhone. Those who do have a capable smartphone, use Verizon and live in one of 34 particular cities…

(Reuters) - As New York City makes plans to reopen in the coming months, officials are dusting off the playbook from the 1918 flu pandemic, when businesses were ordered to begin their work days at staggered times to prevent the subway from becoming a vector of disease. FILE PHOTO: A…

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers wheel a patient to a triage area at the emergency entrance outside Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York city, New York, U.S., May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike SegarNEW YORK (Reuters) - Some New York City neighborhoods have…

People wait to receive relief goods at the Elmcor Building in Corona, Queens, New York, USA during the Coronavirus pandemic on May 6, 2020.John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx 2020 5/6/20New York City officials are considering a plan that would forcibly quarantine residents diagnosed with COVID-19 who refused to voluntarily self-isolate, according to…

New York City officials are considering a plan that would forcibly quarantine residents diagnosed with COVID-19 who refused to voluntarily self-isolate, according to a public hearing first reported Gothamist.City officials are also preparing 1,200 hotel rooms to be made available for people who cannot isolate themselves in their own homes.Mitchell…

Image: Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Mark Kaufman2020-05-17 22:15:57 UTC A federal judge denied Martin Shkreli's request to be released from prison to do coronavirus research, the Associated Press reported Sunday. Shkreli, popularly dubbed "pharma bro" and imprisoned for seven years for fraud, asked if he could do some laboratory work…

New York City subways and buses could go to a reservation system post-pandemic to manage crowding.Everything is on the table, the agency's chief said in interview this week, acknowledging that reservations would be hard in the century-old system.In April, MTA employees told Business Insider they felt expendable as they desperately…

Photo: Constantine KanakisUpdate: We’re done! Join us at 1 p.m. Eastern for a live Q&A with Constantine Kanakis, who is here to answer your questions about all types of COVID-19 testing. Dr. Kanakis is a medical laboratory scientist with 10+ years of experience in hospital labs, and he’s now a…