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World’s oldest man dead at 112

Saturnino de la Fuente, a Spaniard described by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest man, died Tuesday at the age of 112, a Spanish news report said. De la Fuente passed away at home in León, a city in northwest Spain, the state-owned news agency EFE said. Guinness World… Read More

UK prime minister violates lockdown rules at a party

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday denied misleading Parliament about lockdown-breaching parties, as senior government ministers said he would have to resign if he is proven to have lied. Former Johnson aide Dominic Cummings has said he is willing to “swear under oath” that the prime minister was warned… Read More

Epstein-Barr and multiple sclerosis

There’s more evidence that one of the world’s most common viruses may set some people on the path to developing multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a potentially disabling disease that occurs when immune system cells mistakenly attack the protective coating on nerve fibers, gradually eroding them. The Epstein-Barr virus has… Read More

Pro athletes enlist in the vaccination culture war

The pandemic-era saga of tennis star Novak Djokovic in Australia this week is but one of many: Pro athletes who have refused to be vaccinated have been put at center court in a larger contest — as famous faces who are becoming proxy players in the accelerating worldwide cultural battles… Read More

Supreme Court deals major blow to Biden admin

The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to forcibly increase the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job. At the same time, the court is allowing the administration… Read More

Europe tightens mask rules amid seasonal COVID wave

To mask or not to mask is a question Italy settled early in the COVID-19 outbreak with a vigorous “yes.” Now the onetime epicenter of the pandemic in Europe hopes even stricter mask rules will help it beat the latest infection surge. Other countries are taking similar action as the… Read More

COVID-19 pill deployment stopped by supply chain issues

Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the U.S. are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the omicron wave of infections. The problem, in part, is that production is still being ramped up and the… Read More

Conservative radio star has COVID (spread to lungs)

Conservative radio star and former Fox News host Glenn Beck announced that he has been diagnosed with COVID-19… a second time. Beck appeared on Mark Levin’s popular radio talk show this week where he told Levin he has been battling an infection over the past week. CAUTION — Do NOT… Read More

Cyprus resorts to drastic measures to keep schools open

Cyprus is changing its compulsory quarantine rules for school children in an effort to keep pupils in school amid surging coronavirus infections, the country’s health minister said Wednesday. Under the new system, schoolkids who were in close contact with classmates who test positive will no longer face compulsory quarantine. Instead,… Read More