Health
Pelvic Mesh Victims Won Their Legal Fight Against Johnson & Johnson. Now The Pharmaceutical Giant Is Appealing.
The legal battle has dragged on for seven years, and women fear it could now last a decade.
Gina Rushton
Here's What Daily Mail Readers Might Think Is Happening With The New Coronavirus
Reality...looks somewhat different.
Hannah Ryan
5G Conspiracy Theorists Are Using Fears About The Coronavirus To Make Money
For $350, they’ll sell you a USB stick they claim protects you from harmful 5G radiation and prevents infection from the coronavirus. (It doesn't.)
Ryan Broderick
A Supplier Refused To Fill A Face Mask Order For An Australian Abortion Provider Because They're For "Health Professionals"
Exclusive: Marie Stopes Australia says it only has two weeks worth of face masks left as orders are cancelled in the coronavirus pandemic.
Gina Rushton
These People Are Facing The Coronavirus Without Jobs Or Medicare
Many people waiting on bridging visas while their refugee claims are decided don’t have Medicare.
Hannah Ryan
A Conspiracy Theory That 5G Is Causing The Coronavirus Is Spreading Alongside The Pandemic
Even actor Woody Harrelson has succumbed to the baseless hoax that cellphone infrastructure is spreading the coronavirus.
Ryan Broderick
New Parents Raising Their Babies In Isolation Are Grieving For The Experience They Imagined
"The minute the mum's groups were closed, that increased the number of calls significantly," said the chief executive of a perinatal depression hotline.
Gina Rushton
This Idaho Chiropractor Was Running Ads On Facebook Falsely Claiming Silver Prevents The Coronavirus
Only after being alerted did Facebook remove the page.
Jane Lytvynenko
This Man’s Dry Cough Is So Bad He Needs Help With A Puffer At Night. He’s Stuck In Detention As COVID-19 Spreads.
“I feel extremely weak. I'm worried that my vulnerable body is unable to handle the coronavirus.”
Saba Vasefi
The Only Thing I Want To Do Is Binge-Watch Apocalypse Movies
Why am I streaming fictional end-of-the-world stories during a real pandemic? Maybe because, as psychologist Christina Scott told me, they’re “the only reference point we have.”
Krystie Lee Yandoli
This Charity Set People On Their Feet For Years. In The Coronavirus Outbreak, Old Clients Are Returning.
Many refugees and asylum seekers are losing their jobs, but aren’t eligible for welfare. How are they meant to live?
Hannah Ryan
This Pandemic Is Not Your Vacation
You might not want to spend your quarantine in a city. But the rural places many Americans treat as playgrounds, and the workers who keep them running, will suffer for it.
Anne Helen Petersen
Rihanna And Jay-Z Donated $2 Million To Support Immigrants, Children, The Elderly, Homeless, And Incarcerated During The Coronavirus Crisis
The money will be split between four charities, helping people such as undocumented workers and children of first responders and health care workers.
Ben Henry
People Are Still Using Cannabis During The Pandemic. How Are They Getting It?
“We’re considered an 'essential service,'” one dealer told BuzzFeed News. “Which is a mixed blessing because I have to pay for my divorce and rent but I’m immunocompromised.”
Scaachi Koul
Twitter Deleted Two Tweets From Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro For Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation
“What I have been hearing from people is that they want to work,” Bolsonaro said in one of the deleted videos.
Ryan Broderick
This Refugee Had Started A Successful Small Business Selling Persian Food. Then The Coronavirus Hit.
Labor has called on the government to ensure temporary visa holders in Australia — including refugees and asylum seekers — can access financial support in the pandemic.
Hannah Ryan
Violent Perpetrators Are Using The Coronavirus As An Excuse For Domestic Abuse, Frontline Workers Say
“While home is undoubtedly the safest place to avoid the coronavirus, it is not the safest place for a woman and child experiencing family and domestic violence,” one frontline worker said.
Gina Rushton
A Field Hospital Is Being Built In Central Park As The Coronavirus Outbreak Continues
This is one of many initiatives to increase the amount of hospital beds in New York City.
Jane Lytvynenko
The First Infant Has Died In The US After Testing Positive For The Coronavirus
“If you haven’t been paying attention, maybe this is your wake-up call,” said Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike.
Jane Lytvynenko
I Probably Have The Coronavirus. I Wish I Could Know For Sure.
There’s so much we can’t know about the future. But getting tested for COVID-19, at least, would tell me that my own worst-case scenario is the one I’m in right now.
Shannon Keating
"Bachelor" Star Colton Underwood Posted An Extensive Weeklong Diary Of His COVID-19 Symptoms
"The best way to describe it is feeling like I only have access to 20% of my lungs."
Ellie Bate
Evangeline Lilly Apologised For Refusing To Social Distance And Calling Coronavirus Worries "Pandemonium And Insanity"
"When I wrote that post 10 days ago, I thought I was infusing calm into the hysteria."
Ellie Bate
A Billionaire Politician — Not Trump, Another One — Is Running Facebook Ads For Chloroquine
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has promised to buy a million courses of a drug that has not been proven to help COVID-19.
Cameron Wilson
Here's How Much Money Celebrities Have Been Donating To Coronavirus Relief Efforts And Whom They've Been Supporting
Across social media, celebrities have been revealing eye-watering sums of money that they've donated to various charities. Here's a full list...
Ben Henry
This Dad Earned $16.84 This Week. He Can’t Get The Coronavirus Welfare Payment.
Centrelink queues stretching around the block shocked Australians this week. But most asylum seekers on temporary visas aren’t eligible for financial assistance.
Hannah Ryan
How To Stay Sober During A Global Pandemic
“There’s just something to be said for close contact and human proximity.”
Katie MacBride
Right-Wing Influencers Are Convinced Dr. Anthony Fauci Is Working With Hillary Clinton To Undermine Donald Trump
The fringe debates whether the coronavirus is the real deep state plot — or the federal government's response to it.
Ryan Broderick
Her Family Was Careful, And They Got The Coronavirus Anyway
“I do not feel like I could safely disclose my positive status, given what I've heard,” a mother in Seattle said. “However, there is a silver lining: This is a bit liberating.”
Anne Helen Petersen
Cardi B Accused Celebrities Of "Causing Confusion" By Announcing They've Tested Positive For The Coronavirus With No Symptoms
"A lot of celebrities, y'all have the luxury to pay $34,000 to get tested and get treated. A lot of these people, they don't have that money."
Ben Henry
Paramedics Are Shaving Their Beards To Help You During The Coronavirus
Beards can interfere with protective masks — so lots of paramedics have pulled out the razor.
Hannah Ryan
