Allison Aubrey Gearing up for fall, health officials are recommending a new round of booster shots. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption Gearing up for fall, health officials are recommending a new round of booster shots.Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 5, 2022, and has been updated to include a podcast episode from […]
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China is flying blind as pandemic rages – Science
Most scientists believe China’s decision to end its zero-COVID policy was long overdue. But now they have a new worry: that the country is collecting and sharing far too little data about the rough transition to a new coexistence with the virus.China abruptly dropped virtually all controls a month ago, after protests, a sagging economy, […]
Continue readingD.C. mayor demands Biden bring government employees back to the office
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is calling on President Joe Biden to roll back the federal government’s liberal work-from-home policy out of concern swaths of semi-vacant office buildings could kill a downtown renaissance. Her remarks come as a report by the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management provided to Congress reveals that more than 1 […]
Continue readingProtection from previous natural infection compared with mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe … – The Lancet
Protection from previous natural infection compared with mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe … The Lancetsource
Continue readingMoment panicked Idaho 'killer' was pulled over by cops – 15 days before eventual arrest
Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger looked panicked as he was pulled over by Indiana State Police last month while sat next to his dad in his now-infamous white Hyundai Elantra. Police bodycam footage captured the moment an officer approached Kohberger’s sedan on December 15 on the I-70 just outside Indianapolis The footage was released […]
Continue readingBeijing threatens response to 'unacceptable' COVID testing on passengers from China – CTV News
The Chinese government sharply criticized COVID-19 testing requirements imposed on visitors from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved, which include the U.S. and several European nations. "We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning […]
Continue readingSon of college president killed in avalanche backcountry skiing with his father on New Year's Eve
Son, 22, of University of Northern Colorado president is killed in avalanche while backcountry skiing with his father on New Year’s Eve Nick Feinstein was backcountry skiing near the Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado with his father on Saturday when he was caught in an avalanche Andy Feinstein managed to dig himself out of the […]
Continue readingMorning Bid: China in spotlight as 2023 properly gets going – Reuters
[1/2] People wearing face masks walk on a street, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China, December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Aly SongJan 3 (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever.Global market trading properly kicks into gear on Tuesday, with the latest insight into how China's manufacturing sector closed […]
Continue readingMedicare Keeps Spending More on COVID-19 Testing. Fraud and Overspending Are Partly Why – Medscape
MedscapeUnivadisMedscapeUnivadisNo ResultsNo ResultsAnjeanette DamonJanuary 03, 2023 ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to churn, Medicare spending on testing for the virus continued to increase in 2022 […]
Continue readingALL pupils must study maths to the age of 18, declares Rishi Sunak
ALL pupils must study maths to the age of 18, declares Rishi Sunak, as the Prime Minister makes his first major intervention on education and tackles high rates of innumeracy in the UK PM will state aim to ensure young people better equipped for ‘jobs of the future’ Required maths will be delivered through new […]
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