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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to overwhelm communities across the United States, Rolling Stone reached out to a doctor specializing in neurocritical care at a Philadelphia hospital serving a low-income portion of the city. We discussed how the facility has struggled to prepare, how they see the coming weeks playing …

On Friday, March 13th, New Orleans-based drag performer Laveau Contraire put on her last drag show for the foreseeable future. “That’s a good, ominous date,” she jokes a week later. Up until then, the coronavirus pandemic felt like a “distant threat” for the city she calls home. Even so, the …

Monday, Mia Farrow tweeted a video of her son Ronan as a teenager singing “Not While I’m Around” from the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The actress tweeted the clip in honor of Stephen Sondheim, the musical theater icon who turned 90 on Sunday. “Ronan will …

As coronavirus spreads across the globe — with Chinese authorities confirming nearly 6,000 cases and 132 people dead as of Wednesday — the reaction on social media in particular has largely been marked by fear and panic. For some conspiracy theorists, however, it has also served as a prime opportunity …

The popular e-cigarette Juul reportedly delivers more nicotine per puff than cigarettes or other e-cigarettes, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California San Francisco. In a report published in the new issue of Tobacco Regulatory Science, the researchers found that rodents exposed to Juul showed …

President Donald Trump’s “I want nothing” notes went viral this past week — a sheet of paper scrawled with “I WANT NOTHING. I WANT NOTHING. I WANT NO QUID PRO QUO,” which Trump brought to this week’s impeachment hearings. While the notes don’t say all that much, the way the …

Authorities in the U.S. and South Korea busted one of the largest child pornography markets on the internet last year partly by analyzing Bitcoin transactions, Bloomberg reports. Agents shut down the site in March 2018, though the story only surfaced Wednesday after the United States unsealed an indictment against its …

If imitation is the highest form of flattery, you’d think Kingpen, a popular California-based cannabis brand, would be positively tickled by the fact that they make one of the most widely counterfeited vape cartridges on the market. But with a mysterious lung disease putting both manufacturers and consumers on high …

Update: The death-metal version of Greta Thunberg‘s speech is now available as an official single with all proceeds benefiting Greenpeace. The single (with new artwork) is available on YouTube, major streaming services and Bandcamp. Original story: When thrash-metal drummer John Meredith watched teenage climate-change activist Greta Thunberg give her fiery …

Oprah Winfrey has announced her 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour, in partnership with WW (Weight Watchers Reimagined). Her first national tour in five years, Oprah’s 2020 Vision will feature “full day wellness events” in nine U.S. cities, where Oprah will be joined by a different lineup of special …