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‘I was lucky’: British photographer, 72, speaks of his relief after surviving shooting by masked gunmen in St Lucia that killed his estate manager friend Peter Jackson, 72, was injured in shooting that killed his friend Donnie McKinnon The victims were on the balcony of Steve’s Bar in the town of Soufriere, St Lucia Mr Jackson, […]

The Morning Meeting with Al Tompkins is a daily Poynter briefing of story ideas worth considering and other timely context for journalists, written by senior faculty Al Tompkins. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning.To the surprise of nobody, COVID-19 cases are rising again in the United States.(New York […]

For latest News and updatesSelect Page Dec 6, 2022MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dynamically updating models can improve prediction of 28-day survival in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a study published online Nov. 10 in Nature Communications.Todd J. Levy, from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health in Manhasset, New York, […]

The city of Providence in Rhode Island has allocated $10 million in reparations for black and indigenous residents – but the move has sparked backlash because some white residents will also be eligible to apply.  Mayor Jorge Elorza signed the budget into law in November to deliver the funds to some of the city’s black […]

Translate SiteYou are here:Gov. Jay Inslee today announced the upcoming rescission of all remaining COVID-19 emergency proclamations and state of emergency by Oct. 31.Nearly three-quarters of the governor’s 85 COVID-19 emergency orders have already been lifted, and an additional 13 health care related orders will end Oct. 27. The remaining 10 orders to be lifted on […]

Covid-19 boosters could keep thousands of kids out of hospitals, but uptake remains low  CNNsource

Eddie Izzard FAILS in her bid to become an MP as Labour members opt against choosing comic as their election candidate in Sheffield Central Eddie Izzard fails in bid to be chosen as Labour’s candidate in Sheffield Central  Comic loses out to local councillor Abtisam Mohamed in Yorkshire constituency Contest to become Labour’s candidate had been […]

OHSU Social Hub OHSU uses the term “fully vaccinated” to describe the vaccination status of members and patients, and the CDC uses the term “up to date.” Individuals are considered “fully vaccinated” when they have: a) received both doses of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine, or b) one dose of a single-dose vaccine, and c) at least 14 […]

A multimillionaire author has accused a family of subjecting him to a ‘poison pen’ campaign in which he was labelled a ‘tw*t’ and compared to Prince Andrew and Harvey Weinstein. Former maths teacher Richard Alan Parsons, 56, who had built up a £115million fortune through his GCSE study guide series, was harassed and vilified publicly […]

New lab data suggest that vaccines and prior infections may not offer enough protection against several new COVID-19 variants cropping up in the U.S. and around the world.Dr. David Ho, director of Columbia University’s Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC), and his team reported the results from a set of studies at an ADARC symposium. […]