Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and ELLA TORRES, ABC News(NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 753,000 people worldwide.Nearly 21 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…
Andrei Stanescu/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Amazon is further expanding its e-commerce empire, announcing on Friday that it’s planning to launch a pharmacy in Bangalore, India, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Amazon Pharmacy will allow customers “to order prescription-based medication in addition to over-the-counter medicines, basic health devices and Ayurveda medication from certified sellers,” a…
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesBy ELIZABETH THOMAS, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — After months of tension and disagreement between President Donald Trump and the public health experts on his pandemic response task force, he’s added a new one: Dr. Scott Atlas, a medical adviser whose views echo his own.Trump first introduced Atlas to the American public at…
jetcityimage/iStockBy ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News (NEW YORK) — With at least three major collegiate athletic conferences — the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big East — forgoing fall athletics, including football, those choosing to play games during the COVID-19 pandemic may find the path quite difficult.”We’re moving into very troubled waters,” Dr. Brian Hainline, senior vice…
The growing number of conferences calling off fall sports finally reached a tipping point Thursday. NCAA Mark Emmert said with the 50-percent threshold being passed for schools not playing, the 22 NCAA fall sports could not “have a legitimate championship.” “We can’t in any Division I NCAA championship sport now — which is everything other…
Fall sports for the Huskers are officially off. Nebraska leadership from the chancellor and system president to the athletic director and football coach all echoed the same sentiment Monday and Tuesday that the school would be exploring options for playing this fall fall even with the Big Ten Conference calling off sports for the season.…
After a day of silence, Nebraska leadership has reaffirmed the university’s commitment to the Big Ten Conference. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green and Nebraska University System President Ted Carter released a joint statement Thursday morning: “The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a fully committed member of the Big Ten Conference. It is an unparalleled athletic…
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for Clusterfest(LOS ANGELES) — Comedian Chris D’Elia, who has been accused of sexually harassing underage girls — a claim he has denied — is being digitally replaced in Zack Snyder’s zombie movie Army of the Dead. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that comedienne Tig Notaro would be replacing D’Elia in the film, using…
Photo: Tim Walker; Styled by: Sara MoonvesDua Lipa is releasing a remix album, Club Future Nostalgia, later this month. While she realizes that she’s putting out an album full of dance songs at a time when all the clubs are closed, she still feels it’s a project worth doing. Dua graces one of two covers…