Marriott International was the target of another hack, but this wasn’t as massive as the previous one. The hotel chain said Tuesday it recently discovered that someone using the log-in information of two employees accessed an “unexpected amount of guest information” totaling more than 5 million guests. Marriott believes the incident happened between mid-January and…… MORE
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Car sales are plunging in the US because of coronavirus
US car sales fell sharply in March, the latest blow to the nation’s economy from the coronavirus outbreak. Fiat Chrysler announced Wednesday that its first-quarter sales in the United States fell by 10% even though sales were up the first two months of the quarter. “Strong momentum in January and February was more than offset…… MORE
This is no April Fool’s. British American Tobacco is trying to make a coronavirus vaccine
The maker of Camel, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall cigarettes is trying its hand at a new product: a coronavirus vaccine. British American Tobacco said Wednesday that its biotech subsidiary, Kentucky BioProcessing, is working on a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus that can be produced in lab-grown plants closely related to tobacco. The biotech…… MORE
A man was showing symptoms of coronavirus, but came to the hospital to see his partner give birth
A woman who gave birth in a New York hospital was discharged after she started showing symptoms of coronavirus. Staff at Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital later learned that her partner, who was present for her delivery, may have been exposed to the virus. The couple and their baby were discharged from the hospital and asked…… MORE
GLAAD criticizes FDA ban on blood and plasma donations from gay and bisexual men during coronavirus pandemic
Federal guidelines preventing men who have sex with other men from donating blood for clinical trials to treat coronavirus patients are discriminatory, LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD said. A petition, nearing 20,000 signatures, calls for an end to the “antiquated ban” for donating blood, the media advocacy organization for people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual,…… MORE
A Facebook group matches RVs that are sitting idle with health care workers who need a place to isolate after long hospital shifts
For Mark Quale, an emergency room physician in Burlington, North Carolina, coming home after a long day at the hospital was as stressful as work itself. With two young boys, a wife and elderly mother-in-law at home, he knew that if he wasn’t cautious, he could spread the novel coronavirus to his own family. So…… MORE
N95 masks are in short supply — and scammers know it
The urgent and overwhelming demand for N95 masks has created fertile ground for scammers to start leaking counterfeits into the supply chain and to make fake deals for product that doesn’t exist. Two leading N95 mask manufacturers have issued fraud warnings amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they’ve received complaints about fraudsters trying to sell nonexistent…… MORE
FDA calls for heartburn drug Zantac to be pulled from market immediately
The US Food and Drug Administration is requesting that manufacturers pull all prescription and over-the-counter ranitidine drugs, known by the brand name Zantac, from the market immediately, the agency announced on Wednesday. The FDA noted that an ongoing investigation has determined that levels of a contaminant in the heartburn medications increase over time and when…… MORE
Sailors from aircraft carrier hit by coronavirus outbreak to quarantine in Guam hotels
Some of the sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt will be quarantined in hotel rooms in Guam as the number of coronavirus cases aboard the aircraft carrier approaches 100, a deteriorating situation that led the shop’s commanding officer to issue a stark warning to top Navy leadership about the need to get sailors off the…… MORE
Gymnast Simone Biles calls Olympic postponement the ‘right decision’
Superstar gymnast Simone Biles says she was in the gym training when she heard the 2020 Tokyo Olympics had been postponed because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. With rules still allowing for gatherings of up to 10 people, the leads for Team USA were preparing as if the event would still go on. But during…… MORE
