What do we know about “stealth omicron” so far? It’s an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant, but it doesn’t seem to cause more severe disease. Sponsored: What eggs do to senior brains Since it was first identified in November, BA.2 has been spreading around the globe, driving new surges in parts of… Read More
Pelosi infected by COVID-19
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 82, has tested positive for COVID-19, her spokesman Drew Hammill tweeted Thursday. A day earlier, Pelosi appeared at an unmasked, indoor gathering with President Joe Biden, 79, as he signed the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act. Sponsored: 100-YEAR-OLDS Rewind Aging Using THIS “The Speaker is fully… Read More
Gravely injured Ukrainian boy finds hope in Polish hospital
Unable to walk or move half his face after being injured by the same Russian shell that killed his father as they tried to flee Kyiv, a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy has found new hope in a Polish hospital. Pediatric surgeon Professor Jan Godzinski, of the T. Marciniak hospital in Wroclaw,… Read More
WHO: Up to 65% of Africans have had COVID, more than once thought
The World Health Organization said that up to 65% of people in Africa have been infected with the coronavirus and estimates the number of actual cases may have been nearly 100 times more cases than those reported. In a new analysis released Thursday, the U.N. health agency reviewed 151 studies… Read More
EU officials warn of salmonella cases linked to chocolate eggs
European health officials say they are investigating a “rapidly evolving” outbreak of salmonella in 134 children that appears to be linked to chocolate Easter eggs that normally contain a surprise toy inside. In a statement on Wednesday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said chocolate products were identified… Read More
Zoos hide their fowls as bird flu spreads in North America
Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can see right now, because they already are kept inside… Read More
Longtime Putin ally dead at 75, Russia announces
Russian nationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a senior lawmaker whose fiery rhetoric and cartoonish antics alarmed the West but appealed to Russians’ feelings of inferiority and wounded pride, has died at age 75, the speaker of the lower house of Russia’s parliament said Wednesday. State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said Zhirinovsky… Read More
Top Dem leader tests positive for COVID-19
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. “I’m feeling fine, and grateful to be vaccinated and boosted,” the 61-year-old Schiff tweeted. “In the coming days, I will quarantine and follow CDC guidelines. And remember, please get vaccinated!” Schiff didn’t indicate where he… Read More
Pandemystery: Joe Biden tries to tackle the long COVID
Confronting the pandemic’s lasting shadow, President Joe Biden has ordered a new national research push on long COVID, while also directing federal agencies to support patients dealing with the mysterious and debilitating condition. Biden assigned the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday to coordinate an urgent new initiative across… Read More
Congressman bitten by fox on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill has a fox problem. And that’s not the lead-in to a joke. Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., learned firsthand Monday evening while walking to the Capitol for votes. Now he’s undergoing a series of four rabies shots out of an abundance of caution. Seniors: Take THIS With Your Coffee… Read More
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