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Instacart is looking to hire 300,000 additional workers across North America as the demand surges for grocery deliveries as people continue to be confined to their homes due to the spread of the Coronavirus. The company’s CEO Apoorva Mehta announced the hiring event Monday in a blog post, saying “The …

Donald Trump argued on Tuesday that Americans die every year from the flu, and the U.S. doesn’t shut down the economy because of it. “We lose thousands and thousands of people a year to the flu, and we don’t turn the country off,” Trump told Fox News correspondents during the …

China recently confirmed it had no new domestic cases, but reported 34 new cases among people who’ve recently returned to China. Other Asian countries like Singapore reported 33 new imported cases, and South Korea saw an increase of 152 new cases. It’s not immediately known how many of the South …

The coronavirus outbreak is still changing our lives with each passing day, with no signs of ending soon.⠀⠀⠀ The number of confirmed cases grows larger each day and currently sits at over 378,000, with more than 16,000 deaths in more than 160 countries. Over 101,000 people have recovered. With these …

If you’re experiencing the loss of taste or smell, you may have the coronavirus, according to lead Rhinologists in the United Kingdom. A third of patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 in China and Italy have reported a loss of smell, medically known as anosmia or hyposmia. The President …

A White House Reporter may have coronavirus, the White House Correspondents’ Association said on Monday. In a publicly released memo to WHCA members, the White House Correspondents’ Association said the reporter has been at the White House four times within the last two weeks. The memo did not release any …

Issa Rae’s new movie The Lovebirds is being pulled from theaters and moved to Netflix because of the coronavirus pandemic. The romantic comedy, starring Issa and Kumail Nanjiani, does not have a premiere date set just yet, but it is the first to be pulled from theaters and go straight …

Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert, who was the first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus, updated his progress with coronavirus via Twitter. Describing his current symptoms, Gobert said he hasn’t been able to taste or smell anything since being diagnosed. “Just to give you guys an update, loss of …

Donald Trump endorsed a drug called chloroquine as a treatment for #coronavirus, and Nigerian researchers just found it to be poisonous. Three people in Lagos, Nigeria overdosed on chloroquine, a drug Trump recently claimed is a treatment for the COVID-19 virus. Now, Nigerian health officials are warning against using the …

Earlier this month, Tekashi69 received his early release date, set for August 2020. But, amid the growing coronavirus outbreak, the rapper is trying to secure an even earlier release, for the sake of his health. The rapper’s attorney, Lance Lazzaro, wrote a letter to the judge Sunday night, detailing his …

Federal officials are warning millennials that they are not immune to the coronavirus and are the largest group of people that greatly impact the spread of the disease. If there’s ever a moment when other generations are side-eyeing millennials, it’s now. Despite the government announcing the coronavirus COVID-19 as a …

As the current NBA season is still on hold, many players in the league have been donating money to employees of their team’s arena affected by the crisis. Now, Phoenix Suns player Devin Booker has donated $100,000 for coronavirus relief efforts. Not only that, but according to Duane Rankin of …

A 34-year-old California man has died after testing positive of coronavirus just days ago, and 2 weeks after he visited Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida. According to TMZ, Jeffrey Ghazarian from Glendora, CA, died Thursday morning at a Pasadena hospital after spending 5 days hooked up to …

As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the world, testing is still hard to come by in the US. However, as celebrities continue to test positive for the virus, many have been left wondering why it’s easier for the wealthy to get tested right away when the rest of us …

Bill Gates wants everyone to “stay calm” during the coronavirus pandemic and believes that the yearlong lockdown predictions are “too negative,” according to the Daily Mail. The pandemic is predicted to last for approximately 18 months until a vaccine is developed. According to Gates, this crisis may only last six …