A search has been launched for the daughter and a grandson of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the eldest daughter of Robert F Kennedy, after a canoe… Read More »Robert F Kennedy’s granddaughter and her son missing after kayak incident

From the moment we approach Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, there are people everywhere. Doctors and nurses spilling out on to the streets, intensely huddled… Read More »How one New York hospital is coping at the epicentre of crisis

The captain of a US aircraft carrier infected by coronavirus has been sacked after sending a memo to naval leaders asking them to remove 4,000… Read More »US warship captain ‘relieved of duty’ over COVID-19 memo

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has said the state has enough ventilators to last “six days” as he made a further appeal to manufacturers for… Read More »New York governor warns ‘six days’ of ventilators left

Animal rights campaigners have urged producers working on a drama adaption of Netflix documentary Tiger King not to use wild creatures in their version. PETA… Read More »PETA warns against using live animals in Tiger King adaptation

New York City is investigating online retail giant Amazon after it fired a warehouse worker on the same day he participated in a strike protesting… Read More »Amazon investigated after firing worker who went on strike over coronavirus

The number of people who have died in the US after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 3,393, surpassing China’s 3,305 reported fatalities. It… Read More »US deaths linked to coronavirus now exceed China

A world-renowned surgeon who separated conjoined twins four years ago has died after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Dr James Goodrich, a paediatric neurosurgeon at New… Read More »World-renowned neurosurgeon dies after being diagnosed with COVID-19