Health

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is deploying vending machines for personal protective equipment (PPE) in selected metro stations as part of a pilot program. Initially, there will be a dozen vending machines deployed at 10 subway stations. The machines will dispense reusable masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, and …

In an effort to get people off the streets and shelters during the coronavirus pandemic, the state has moved about 14,200 homeless Californians to hotels and motels since April, Governor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. The state has secured more than 15,670 rooms as part of its Project Roomkey initiative, exceeding …

At least five restaurants on Hatteras Island are currently closed after a series of positive COVID-19 tests among employees who attended a recent private meeting. The Quarterdeck Restaurant & Bar and the Frisco Sandwich Company were the first to announce that they would temporarily close last week after learning that …

At first glance, everything seems to plan for the Kremlin. In March Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian deputy from the ruling United Russia party, called in a theatrically prepared parliamentary session for a constitutional amendment that would allow Putin to run for president again after his current term ends in 2024. …

The number two official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave a grim assessment Monday of the spread of the coronavirus in the US, warning that the country “is not even beginning to overcome this” and “clearly is not At a point where there is so much, a …