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
Nevada toad declared endangered at site of upcoming power plant
In a rare emergency move, the U.S government temporarily declared a northern Nevada toad endangered Monday, saying a geothermal power plant in the works could result in its extinction. The Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is formally proposing a rule to list the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered… Read More
City official: China extends Shanghai lockdown amid ‘grim’ outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday. The director of Shanghai’s working group on epidemic control, Gu Honghui, was quoted by state media as saying that the outbreak… Read More
Brewers’ Severino suspended 80 games for using fertility drug
Milwaukee catcher Pedro Severino was suspended for 80 games on Tuesday following a positive drug test, the fourth major leaguer penalized in two days. Severino tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Clomiphene, the commissioner’s office said. The drug is used to induce ovulation. Eggs and senior brains: The surprising truth… Read More
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