Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House’s coronavirus task force under Trump, says the former president’s response to the virus caused hundreds of thousands to die. In a new CNN documentary set to air on Sunday night, Birx said the initial wave of deaths caused by covid-19 in the …
Read More »We're Finally Starting to Understand How Covid-19 Affects the Brain
A couple of months into the pandemic, when scientists and physicians were still approaching Covid-19 primarily as a respiratory illness, Dr. Igor Koralnik, chief of neuro-infectious diseases and global neurology at Northwestern Medicine, began seeing a new category of patients seek treatment at his neurology practice in Chicago. In addition …
Read More »Brandi Carlile to Allow Fully Vaccinated Fans, Chosen at Random, at Her Nashville Concert
Brandi Carlile will perform her first live band concert since the start of the pandemic on March 28th, a livestreaming performance airing from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. On Thursday, Carlile announced that a select few vaccinated fans will be able to attend the concert in person. Fans who have either received …
Read More »Charlie Daniels' Volunteer Jam Announces New Lineup, Says It's Going to Happen in August
Since 1974, Charlie Daniels’ Volunteer Jam concerts have been a regular fixture on the Music City event calendar for country and Southern rock fans. That was until 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic shut down large events and the concert’s namesake died in July at the age of 83, rendering its …
Read More »16 Stylish Face Masks You Won't Feel Self-Conscious About Wearing
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’re going to be wearing face masks for the foreseeable future, you might as well pick a couple that actually look half-decent when you step outside the …
Read More »Grammys Postpone 2021 Ceremony Over Covid-19 Concerns
The 2021 Grammys, originally scheduled for January 31st, have been postponed due to concerns over the spread of Covid-19, multiple sources confirm to Rolling Stone. In a statement released Tuesday evening, organizers, citing “thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host and artists scheduled to appear,” confirmed that they’ll stage the …
Read More »Lizzo's Interview With David Letterman: 5 Things We Learned
Lizzo sat down for a heartfelt interview with David Letterman at her Los Angeles home for the second season of his Netflix series, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. Filmed during Covid-19 quarantine, the episode had a noticeably different tone from past My Next Guest episodes that have taken place …
Read More »Life as a Covid-19 Long-Termer
On a damp and unseasonably cool late-March day in Southern California, Nicole Batenhorst looked around the triage tent and realized that getting a folding metal chair made her one of the lucky ones. She had just arrived at her local hospital in an ambulance after her heartbeat had become dangerously …
Read More »Jesus Christ, Superspreader?
A conservative Christian preacher promised to bring “salvations, signs and wonders, and miracles” to Nashville on Sunday night when he hosted a mass religious gathering in the city’s Public Square Park downtown. The real miracle, however, will be if no one catches the coronavirus. Sean Feucht, a Christian musician, online …
Read More »The Sedition of Donald Trump
Before Donald Trump got himself infected with the coronavirus, he had firmly secured his place as the worst president in American history. Now, after mocking Joe Biden at their first debate for mask wearing, Trump has proved to be a reckless superspreader, risking the lives of donors at a New …
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