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[ad_1] Philadelphia’s mayor has not been experiencing much brotherly love after an image of him dining inside a Maryland restaurant went viral while eateries in his city remain closed amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports. Mayor Jim Kenney — who was photographed enjoying the meal on Sunday — has spent months urging residents to socially […]

[ad_1] The New York State Health Department announced an emergency rule Monday that requires increased testing to distinguish whether individuals are infected or die from the coronavirus or influenza as the flu season approaches. The new edict, which goes into effect immediately, requires coroners and funeral directors as well as hospital and nursing homes to

[ad_1] With the COVID-19 pandemic still going as the country enters flu season, public health experts are urging Americans to get the flu vaccine — with some precautions. Doctors say getting the shot is safe so long as people follow protocols to prevent exposure to the coronavirus while they’re out getting it. “The precautions people

[ad_1] Wesley Hitt / Getty Images The University of Alabama told professors to not tell students about classmates who had tested positive for COVID-19, reported the Daily Beast. The university made headlines this week after more than 500 people tested positive for COVID-19 within 6 days of opening. Professors, staff, and students told the Daily

[ad_1] Enrollment at New York’s public colleges has dropped amid the coronavirus, according to preliminary figures obtained by The Post. The number of students at City University of New York schools has fallen by 4.4 percent for at least the fall semester, according to early figures reported by many of its 25 campuses. That contrasts

[ad_1] First they battled 9/11-related illnesses — and now they’re dead from the coronavirus. Dozens of emergency first-responders and others who were stricken with underlying illnesses linked to their work around Ground Zero have succumbed to the pandemic, a top victims’ lawyer told The Post. “It’s a perfect storm,’’ said Michael Barasch, whose law firm

[ad_1] NEW DELHI — India registered 78,761 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the biggest single-day spike in the world since the pandemic began, just as the government began easing restrictions to help the battered economy. The surge raised India’s tally to over 3.5 million, and came as the government announced the reopening of the subway

[ad_1] Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have confirmed the first instance of a patient being reinfected with coronavirus a second time, suggesting that immunity to the virus may be short-lived. The patient, a 33-year-old man, tested positive for the virus in March and then again in August after returning to Hong Kong from

[ad_1] Crooked ex-power broker Sheldon Silver is serving time at an upstate prison that some elderly inmates are comparing to a coronavirus death camp. Silver, convicted on corruption charges for taking nearly $4 million in bribes when he was assembly speaker, arrived Wednesday to begin a 6-and-a-half-year sentence at the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution, where

[ad_1] An executive from a scandal-scarred, COVID-19-ravaged meat-processing giant has been named to a federal oversight panel on the meat-packing industry. Sherri Williams, who oversees food safety at JBS, is among 10 new appointments to the US Department of Agriculture’s National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection, the agency announced earlier this month. In