Новости за 27.12.2020

COVID-19 has helped turn dozens of healthcare leaders into newly-minted billionaires, according to a report. Fifty doctors, scientists and healthcare entrepreneurs earned billionaire status this year — the majority of whom are from China, where the virus first emerged in December 2019, Forbes reported. Of the new cohort, there were 28 “pandemic billionaires” who hailed...

A Brooklyn-based health care company said Sunday that it “proactively returned” its remaining stash of COVID-19 vaccines amid a criminal probe into allegations the doses were fraudulently obtained and diverted. In a prepared statement, ParCare Community Health Network also insisted it followed all proper procedures to get the Moderna vaccines and was approved to administer...

One NFL wife isn’t pleased with the Pro Bowl “narrative” about her husband. Gabrielle Gilmore, wife of Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore, didn’t take kindly to a tweet by Boston Globe NFL writer Ben Volin which said the “wrong Patriots CB got selected to the Pro Bowl” following Gilmore’s third-consecutive nomination, arguing it should have been...

A white box truck playing “audio similar” to the RV that exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning was reported outside the city Sunday, prompting a police probe, according to local authorities and outlets. “Sheriff’s deputies in Rutherford and Wilson Counties are investigating a box truck parked at a store playing audio similar to the...

A crazed man fatally stabbed at least seven people — most apparently older women — in a suspected random knife attack in China, according to state media and a report. The suspect, identified only by his surname, Yang, was busted after the early-morning bloodbath outside a closed school in Kaiyuan, Liaoning province, state broadcaster CCTV...

Anyone who’s seen the classic 1967 film “The Graduate” starring Dustin Hoffman knows that plastics are not normally a sexy business. But a little-known plastics company set to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday has Wall Street salivating — thanks to technology being eyed by major companies like PepsiCo and...

This pregnancy is getting rave reviews! A British mom-to-be pregnant was beside herself with joy after her unborn baby appeared to give the “thumbs up” sign during her 20-week ultrasound, according to The Mirror. Holly Giles, 33, was at the doctor on Dec. 9 when the child appeared to raise its thumb towards the ultrasound...

Families are fleeing public schools across America — because those schools, especially union-dominated ones, have failed children so horribly in the face of the pandemic. Data collected from 33 states by Chalkbeat and The Associated Press shows that K-12 enrollment in public schools has dropped by over half a million students, or 2 percent, since...

Anyone who still thinks New Yorkers don’t mind high taxes or heavy-handed governance should ponder Tuesday’s population estimates from the US Census Bureau. Residents are voting with their feet — and heading for the exits in record numbers. According to a report by the Empire Center’s E.J. McMahon, New York could be on its way...

Are Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio in a year-end contest to see whose comments can make more people slam their heads against the wall? In the runup to the holiday weekend, the mayor said that his biggest personal takeaway from nightmare of the last 10 months is . . . the importance...

A Rikers Island guard had several of his front teeth knocked out by a Bloods gang member during a struggle Saturday night, union officials said. The violence began around 11:30 p.m. at the Anna M. Kross Center when two inmates left one of the housing areas and entered an unauthorized vestibule, officials said Sunday.   The inmates...

Eddie Van Halen died at age 65 earlier this year after a lengthy battle with cancer.

She's slated to be released on Dec. 28.

A teenage girl was among three people shot in an attack near the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn early Sunday, cops said. Police were called to the triple shooting at Bedford Avenue at the north end of the bridge just after 1:47 a.m., the NYPD said. A 19-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound to her left...

Some COVID-19 survivors claim the virus has wreaked havoc on their sense of scent –leaving them smelling “disgusting” odors such as fish and burnt toast. Dr. Nirmal Kumar, who is an ear, nose and throat surgeon in the UK, said the “very strange” phenomenon among recovered virus patients is known as parosmia, Sky News reported....

“Candiace is definitely still in an emotional place...moving forward, learning and growing is a healthier option."

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday defended raising the bar on his projections about herd immunity for COVID-19 — insisting that he’s only been offering “estimates” all along. “We have to realize that we have to be humble and realize what we don’t know. These are pure estimates,” Fauci told CNN anchor Dana Bash on “State...

Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman returned home Saturday after a trip to the emergency room with coronavirus symptoms on Christmas Day. “This sums it all up. My Christmas Day. On behalf of millions, f•#k CoVid,” Norman posted on Instagram with a photo of himself in the hospital. “Get this s@#t behind us never to...

Hilaria Baldwin has been forced to defend her fluctuating Spanish accent -- and admitted that her name is "Hillary."

FRANKFURT — German pilot Samy Kramer has traced a giant syringe in the sky, flying 200 kilometers to remind people about the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Europe. The 20-year-old pilot mapped out the route he would need to take on a GPS device before taking to the skies near Lake Constance in...

Nashville’s mayor said Sunday that the city’s Christmas blast appeared to be an “infrastructure attack” on the AT&T building there — amid reports the suspect was paranoid about 5G networks spying on Americans. The possible suicide bombing occurred near the local AT&T building, wreaking havoc on service in several Southern states, while also wiping out...

A Brooklyn clinic that’s under investigation for allegedly fraudulently obtaining and diverting highly coveted COVID-19 vaccines claimed Sunday that it’s no longer giving out shots. A hand-lettered sign saying “NO Vaccines!!” was taped to the front door of the ParCare Community Health Network storefront in Williamsburg after The Post inquired if injections were available. Five...

Get ready for a longer NFL season. Sources told NFL Network that the league plans to add an additional game to the regular season schedule in 2021, lengthening the season from 16 to 17 games. “We’re all anticipating it’s going to happen,” a team source familiar with the situation told NFL Network. Each team will...

Rhimes loved the books and Quinn agreed to sell the rights almost immediately.

Five Nashville cops on Sunday recalled the chaos and horror of the RV bomb blast that rocked the city’s downtown Christmas morning — and their frantic efforts to evacuate the area as a blaring audio recording counted down the minutes to hell. “I just see orange, and then I hear a loud boom,” said Officer...