Maine lobsters have long delighted tourists as the state’s most beloved seafood. But one company thinks the crustaceans can save human lives by providing their blood for use in new drugs. Urgent: Common prescription drug now linked to Alzheimer’s? [sponsored] The effort, involving a longtime lobster scientist, wouldn’t be the first example of coastal invertebrates […]
2020 flu season especially dangerous, health experts say
It may end up being a bad flu season for kids, even if early signs suggest the vaccine is working OK. New Formula For Making Your Brain Younger?! [Sponsored] The vaccine has been more than 50% effective in preventing flu illness severe enough to send a child to the doctor’s office, the U.S. Centers for […]
Bernie Sanders has a big Union problem
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.T., is flying high after winning the New Hampshire primary last week. His supporters are energized and he’s the Democratic frontrunner in the polls. But this week could tell another story altogether – and it’s one that has the potential to spell the beginning of the end for his 2020 presidential hopes […]
Coronavirus contained? Health officials say numbers promising
The number of new cases in China dropped for a second straight day in the virus outbreak that has infected about 45,000 people and killed more than 1,100, health officials said Wednesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping promised tax cuts and other aid to industry as the government tries to limit growing damage to the economy. […]
NHL game halted after player suffers cardiac episode
St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was hospitalized and undergoing tests early Wednesday after suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during the first period of the Blues’ game against the Ducks. The team said in a statement late Tuesday night that the 36-year-old Bouwmeester was conscious and alert. Blues general manager Doug Armstrong […]
U.S. releases nearly 200 from coronavirus quarantine
Nearly 200 evacuees prepared Tuesday to end their two-week quarantine at a Southern California military base where they have been living since flying out of China during a deadly viral outbreak. None of those who flew into March Air Reserve Base have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, health authorities said, although one evacuee at […]
China’s official coronavirus narrative challenged by online leaks
After nearly a week of roaming China’s epidemic-struck city, filming the dead and the sickened in overwhelmed hospitals, the strain of being hounded by both the new virus and the country’s dissent-quelling police started to tell. Chen Qiushi looked haggard and disheveled in his online posts, an almost unrecognizable shadow of the energetic young man […]
Number of infected coronavirus victims climbs to 40,000
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 40,600 people globally. Sponsored: Be the 1st to try this “smart pill” for seniors The latest figures reported by global health authorities as of Monday in Beijing: — China: 908 deaths among 40,171 confirmed cases on the mainland. In addition, Hong Kong has had […]
Infected doctor, who first warned of coronavirus epidemic, dies
The doctor who first warned about the deadly coronavirus has died, according to reports out of China. In death, Dr. Li Wenliang became the face of simmering anger at the ruling Communist Party’s controls over information and complaints that officials lie about or hide disease outbreaks, chemical spills, dangerous consumer products or financial frauds. Sponsored: […]
90s T.V. star battling stage 4 breast cancer
Shannen Doherty is battling a recurrence of breast cancer that has progressed to stage four, telling fans “it’s a bitter pill to swallow.” “I definitely have days where I say, ‘Why me?’ And then I go, ‘Well, why not me? Who else? Who else besides me deserves this?’ None of us do,” Doherty told “Good […]
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