BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – XBB.1.5 is the first new COVID-19 variant since Omicron and is driving up cases across the country.Dr. Wesley Willeford is the Medical Director of Disease Control at the Jefferson County Health Department. He said XBB.1.5 is the most contagious variant of COVID-19 we have seen so far.Symptoms of the new variant […]
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Boujis is back! The notorious 'Noughties' club where Harry and William had many wild nights returns
It’s the nightclub Prince Harry notoriously fell out of and into the gutter – and where Kate Middleton would go ‘fairly wild’. Harry and William had a regular table which was often surrounded by pretty girls, including Kate and her sister Pippa. And regulars included the pop star Prince, Cameron Diaz, Paris Hilton, Will Smith […]
Continue readingPentagon formally drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops – KCRA Sacramento
Sign up for daily emails with local updates and other important news.The Pentagon formally dropped its COVID-19 vaccination mandate Tuesday, but a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whether to deploy troops who are not vaccinated. Austin’s memo has been widely anticipated ever since legislation […]
Continue readingChild Care Disruptions Continue With ‘Tripledemic’ – VOA Learning English
Child Care Disruptions Continue With ‘Tripledemic’ VOA Learning Englishsource
Continue readingBody found by council workers in boarded up home may have been lying there for 20 years
Body found by council workers in boarded up home may have been lying there for 20 years Skeletal remains were found in a bed by council staff who raised the alarm Butter from 2001 was found in the fridge by officers investigating the discovery The remains, found in County Cork, Ireland, have been taken to […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 cases in Springfield declining after the holidays – Western Massachusetts News
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – As Springfield schools continue their mask advisory for students, the latest COVID-19 numbers across the city have gone down.Doctors said the new XBB 1.5 variant is more transmissable than all other forms of COVID-19 and with the potential of a post-holiday COVID-19 surge, the city’s Department of Health and Human Services […]
Continue readingQuiet hiring trend infiltrates offices: Here's how you can stop it from happening to you
Hot off the heels of ‘quiet quitting,’ the new workplace trend of ‘quiet hiring’ has emerged as employees struggle to backfill roles and attract new staff. On TikTok, Gen Z and millennial workers say the new trend could lead to burnout and increased workloads without the financial payoff. But others say there could be a […]
Continue readingSyracuse judge strikes down NY vaccine mandate for health workers, rules state overstepped its authority – syracuse.com
Dr. Muhammad Asad Kahn, a vascular surgeon, gets his covid vaccine shot at St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse in December 2020. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)Syracuse, N.Y. — A state Supreme Court judge in Syracuse on Friday struck down a statewide mandate for medical staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19.Judge Gerard Neri ruled that Gov. Kathy […]
Continue readingThe 'Kraken' COVID subvariant: What to know about quickly rising omicron descendant – Livescience.com
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.Here’s what you need to know about the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, which is causing an increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.Editor’s note: This page will be updated as new data about XBB.1.5 emerges.A new flavor of […]
Continue readingLuxury watch shop has '£10M worth of stock seized by Britain's FBI in money laundering probe'
Luxury watch shop to the stars including Premier League footballers and rappers has ‘£10 million worth of stock seized by Britain’s FBI in a suspected money laundering probe’ NCA seized more than 300 luxury watches from WatchTrader & Co last October Britain’s FBI took £10 million worth of stock from the Newcastle-based store Store allegedly traded […]
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