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The feds have ordered 300 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine from British drugmaker AstraZeneca, officials said Thursday. The company will get up to $1.2 billion from the US Department of Health and Human Services to speed the development and production of the vaccine with the goal of delivering the first doses as early …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Jets. Why haven’t the Jets signed Logan Ryan yet? They have a need and cap space. — Davey …
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Another 2.4 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the number of workers sidelined by the coronavirus crisis topped 38 million, new federal data show. That indicates almost a quarter of the US workforce has tried to join the nation’s unemployment rolls in the past nine weeks as the pandemic kneecapped the global …
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Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen’s marriage wasn’t filled with Tiger Blood and crazy romps. Richards, 49, revealed on Wednesday night’s episode of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” that their relationship was tame — hardly a comparison to the lifestyle he’s famous for. “A lot of people have an impression of me being wild and …
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President Trump on Tuesday announced a $19 billion coronavirus food assistance program to support farmers and ranchers and “maintain the health of the food supply chain” in the United States amid the coronavirus crisis. “The farmers and ranchers are incredible people,” Trump said during comments at the Whtie House. “I’m proud to stand right by …
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Zoë Kravitz, who plays the Catwoman in the upcoming “Batman” movie, is concerned about what will happen once filming is allowed to resume after the coronavirus pandemic, a report said. “I was probably touched more than any job [on The Batman], just because of the clothes and the combat and all of that,” says Kravitz, 31, …
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Believe it! Music icon Cher turned 74 Wednesday, and was surprised by family and friends with an appropriately spaced outdoor “social distancing” party. The group, which consisted of just 10 people, who all wore masks and gloves and stood outside, surprised the Grammy Award-winner with a cake. Cher wrote, “Hope we did it right. It’s …
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Senator Kamala Harris last week introduced a resolution condemning the use of the phrase “Wuhan virus” to refer to SARS-CoV-2, the deadly coronavirus that has spread from the Chinese city of Wuhan across the globe, as racist. Harris introduced the resolution on Thursday, joined by fellow Democratic senators Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Mazie Hirono …
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Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, on Wednesday lambasted the mainstream press for confidently projecting a disastrous Covid outbreak in his state. “You’ve got a lot of people in your profession [journalists] who waxed poetically for weeks and weeks, about how Florida was going to be just like New York. ‘Wait two weeks, Florida’s going …
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Is your coronavirus quarantine driving you kooky? Try sheltering in place “At Home With Amy Sedaris.” The wild satire of a homemaking show — starring comedian and consummate crafter Amy Sedaris as a deluded domestic diva with a dark side — kicks off its third season at 10 p.m. Wednesday on TruTV. And Sedaris, 59, …