The city of Shanghai prepared Thursday to reopen its eastern half and shut its western half, while authorities elsewhere announced the lifting of a citywide lockdown in the province hit hardest by China’s ongoing omicron-driven coronavirus outbreak. Residents of the city of Jilin will be able to move about freely… Read More
Bizarre beach trash includes braces, sex pills and fake eyeball
Volunteers picked up a record amount of trash from New Jersey’s beaches last year, with plastic items dominating the haul, and bizarre castoffs including male enhancement pills, a set of braces, a glow-in-the-dark condom and a Turkish Airlines hygiene kit found on the sand as well. The Clean Ocean Action… Read More
WHO: COVID deaths decline despite huge jump in case counts
The number of people killed by the coronavirus surged by more than 40% last week, likely due to changes in how COVID-19 deaths were reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India, according to a World Health Organization report released Wednesday. In its latest weekly report on… Read More
Recovering from a stabbing, Brazilian leader leaves hospital… again
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia on Tuesday morning, his office said. Bolsonaro went there on Monday for tests and was under observation after feeling discomfort in his stomach. Brazil’s president has been in and out of hospitals since he was stabbed in his abdomen… Read More
FDA approves a second booster shot for ages 50 and up
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to offer extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision opens a fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to that age group at… Read More
Another COVID search? Experts see mixed signals…
As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long it will take to detect. Despite disease monitoring improvements over the last two years, they say, some recent developments don’t bode well: —As… Read More
Oscars ceremony renews focus on this health condition
A disease that causes hair loss is at the center of the most talked-about moment at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith disclosed four years ago that she has alopecia and it’s the reason she has shaved her head or worn turbans in public. It’s unclear if comedian Chris… Read More
Hong Kong’s COVID spike leads some to eco-friendlier coffins
Hong Kong’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak has cost about 6,000 lives this year – and the city is now running out of coffins. Authorities have scrambled to order more, with the government saying 1,200 coffins had reached the city last week with more to come. Space constraints make cremation a common… Read More
Another White House aide tests positive for COVID-19
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said she tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday after returning from Europe with President Joe Biden, in the latest infiltration of the coronavirus into the West Wing’s protective bubble around Biden. Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy press secretary, said she last saw Biden “during a socially… Read More
Scientists make breakthrough on blood-drinking bats
Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. They compared the genome of common vampire bats to 26 other bat species and identified 13 genes that are missing or no longer work in vampire bats. Over the years,… Read More
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