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Answer your freakin’ phone.That’s the message contact tracers are trying to get through to people they’re calling who have tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. One public service announcement tweeted out by the state Health Department shows two iphones side by side, one with an incoming call from “Your Ex” and another from…

Remember back in mid-March, right as the coronavirus pandemic was taking off in the US, New York City officials issued some helpful advice on sex practices during the outbreak?The guide, issued by the New York City Health Department, advised residents on "how to enjoy sex and avoid spreading COVID-19," by essentially sticking to masturbation and…

New York nurses and doctors, hailed as heroes for fighting the coronavirus outbreak, are denouncing racial segregation in the public health system by joining the George Floyd protests.Wearing masks, hospital scrubs and other personal protective equipment such as face visors, about a hundred-something medical workers briefly walked out of Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital Thursday to demonstrate…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that three young children in New York have died after being hospitalized with a rare and mysterious COVID-19 related illness.One of the deaths was a 5-year-old boy on Thursday.At his daily coronavirus briefing in Manhattan,…