Monthly Archives: January 2023

After more than 92,000 deaths and 8 million reported COVID-19 cases in Texas, the state remains one of less than a dozen still under a statewide disaster or public health emergency. by Karen Brooks Harper Dec. 8, 202211 AM Central Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on […]

Rock royalty will meet actual royalty after Queen guitarist Brian May was knighted in the New Year Honours. Artist Grayson Perry, Sixties fashion designer Dame Mary Quant and members of the Lionesses’ Euros-winning football squad are also recognised in King Charles III’s first honours list. Brian May, who receives his knighthood for services to music […]

Moment big cat trainer is savaged by a TIGER during performance at family circus show as the animal hauls him to the floor and bites his neck Shocking footage shows moment Ivan Orfei, 31, was pounced upon by the cat Tiger snuck up beside its master and bit into his leg before pulling him down  […]

COVID-19 cases increased by about 6,000 over the holidays throughout Florida, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The uptick comes while fewer than 10% of Floridians aged 5 and older have received their updated COVID booster shot, according to the CDC.Between Dec. 22 and Dec. 28, there were […]

The Associated Press A nurse at a University of Washington Medical Center clinic in Seattle gives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to a 20-month-old child on June 21. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption A nurse at a University of Washington Medical Center clinic in Seattle gives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to a 20-month-old child […]

Moment two passengers are kicked off Amtrak train from Oakland to Chicago after their pet Pomeranian ‘kept barking and pooped in the aisles’ Two sisters were forced off Amtrak after riders claimed their pet Pomeranian was barking and pooping on December 21 when traveling for Christmas holiday  The pair were heading to Chicago but, were […]

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Pictured: Hairdresser mother-of-two, 53, charged with murdering her husband, 54, who was stabbed to death at his £250,000 village home after spending Christmas with his family Paul Hanson, 54, was stabbed at his home West Cowick on December 28 He was rushed to hospital from the scene, but died in hospital a short time later  […]

Sign inChina’s zero-covid policy initially saved lives, kept hospitals from being overwhelmed and gave the country time to disseminate vaccines. But it essentially pushed much of the pandemic’s impact into the future.Now, that future has arrived.When China ended the drastic lockdowns and restrictions that were in place for the past three years, it triggered a […]

The original COVID-19 vaccines and boosters have done a great job preventing severe illness and hospitalization. But then came Omicron and its subvariants, which were more transmissible than the other strains of SARS-CoV-2. And because the Omicron BA.5 subvariant evaded infection and vaccine-provoked immunity, breakthrough infections and reinfections have become more common as the virus […]