Israel’s first fatality from COVID-19 was an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor. Arie Even died on Friday night after contracting the flu-like coronavirus, according to the Los Angeles Times. Even was born in 1932 as George Steiner into a family of affluent Hungarians. “Dad was an old-school gentleman,” his daughter Ofra said. “He grew up very well-to-do.”… Read More »
China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths in its update on a disease outbreak that has caused milder illness in most people, an assessment that promoted guarded optimism from global health authorities By YANAN WANG Associated Press February 18, 2020, 2:52 AM 4 min read BEIJING — China reported 1,886 new virus… Read More »
A girl wearing a face mask plays on her scooter at a park in Beijing on February 15, 2020. Wang Zhao | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 7:21 pm: Taiwan confirms first coronavirus death on island Taiwanese health authorities… Read More »
The Lives of Men, a Black men’s support group, is making sure that they come together in one room to talk in an open and honest conversation in the aftermath of Kobe Bryant‘s tragic death. That may sound strange in a society that promotes male masculinity on the pillars of showing little to no emotion.… Read More »