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Trump's Pick To Run DEA Backs Out After Republicans Blast His COVID Enforcement
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump's Pick To Run DEA Backs Out After Republicans Blast His COVID Enforcement

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Drug Enforcement Administration has declined the role after Republican lawmakers blasted him for taking COVID measures seriously during the height of the pandemic in 2020. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, a Florida Republican, said in a statement Tuesday that he had decided to drop out after the “gravity of this …

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"Like COVID times...": Mickey Arthur terms extremely tight security for Pakistan team in India as 'tough ride' – India TV
1 year, 1 month ago

"Like COVID times...": Mickey Arthur terms extremely tight security for Pakistan team in India as 'tough ride' – India TV

India TV News  

Pakistan are set to face New Zealand in their penultimate league stage of the ongoing World Cup on Saturday at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. Meanwhile, their team director Mickey Arthur has compared their stay in India to COVID times when the players were not allowed out of their hotel rooms. While Arthur understands the importance of the security, …

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Done with masks? Too bad, because COVID isn't done with us
2 years ago

Done with masks? Too bad, because COVID isn't done with us

LA Times  

I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. I don’t know how else to respond, but what I have noticed is that people who would just rather not wear masks cite the disclaimers, caveats and qualifiers mentioned by highly regarded scientists such as Dr. Anthony Fauci and run with them — while ignoring that these experts strenuously favor …

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Sodhi: Don’t mind playing few extra games due to lost opportunities in COVID times
2 years, 1 month ago

Sodhi: Don’t mind playing few extra games due to lost opportunities in COVID times

The Hindu  

The cramped international calendar has been under the lens for some time now but senior New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi doesn’t mind playing a few extra games to compensate for the matches he lost out on during the COVID-19 pandemic. “To be honest, I haven’t looked at schedules hell of a lot, but it looks in last few years we …

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Expert Reveals Symptoms of Long Covid Among Vaccinated People
2 years, 4 months ago

Expert Reveals Symptoms of Long Covid Among Vaccinated People

News 18  

Even after two years of struggling and completely adapting to the new normal, we haven’t unfortunately found a cure for the deadly coronavirus. While the vaccines were introduced to safeguard the people from the virus, experts are suggesting that vaccinated people with mild infections can also experience what’s known as long Covid. In a candid conversation with the Hindustan Times, …

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J&J vaccine recipients were FIVE TIMES as likely to be hospitalized with Covid as Pfizer recipients
2 years, 9 months ago

J&J vaccine recipients were FIVE TIMES as likely to be hospitalized with Covid as Pfizer recipients

Daily Mail  

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was not nearly as effective as its peers at preventing hospitalization from the virus, a new study of elderly patients finds. A French research team found that 28 days after administration of the single-dose J&J shot, and the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the J&J recipients were 5.2 times more likely to be …

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Israeli experts recommend a fourth COVID vaccine dose for adults
2 years, 10 months ago

Israeli experts recommend a fourth COVID vaccine dose for adults

LA Times  

An Israeli panel said research shows a fourth COVID-19 shot provides three to five times as much protection against serious COVID-19 as three doses. An expert panel Tuesday advised the Israeli government to begin offering a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose to everyone over 18, citing research that it helps prevent infection and severe illness. The advisory committee said research shows …

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Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID, delaying trial against 'New York Times'
2 years, 11 months ago

Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID, delaying trial against 'New York Times'

NPR  

Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID, delaying trial against 'New York Times' Enlarge this image toggle caption Cliff Owen/AP Cliff Owen/AP Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, scheduled to open Monday, was pushed back until at least Feb. 3 after her attorneys informed the presiding judge that she tested positive for COVID-19. He disqualified an expert witness …

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New York City Rings In 2022 With Times Square Ball Drop Amid Smaller Crowd And COVID
2 years, 11 months ago

New York City Rings In 2022 With Times Square Ball Drop Amid Smaller Crowd And COVID

Huff Post  

People gather during New Year's Eve celebrations at Times Square in New York City on New Year's Eve. YUKI IWAMURA via Getty Images NEW YORK — New York City welcomed the new year — and bid good riddance to 2021 — as confetti and cheers spread across Times Square as a New Year’s Eve tradition returned to a city beleaguered …

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Ravi Shastri hints Virat Kohli might give up captaincy in other formats to focus on his batting
3 years, 1 month ago

Ravi Shastri hints Virat Kohli might give up captaincy in other formats to focus on his batting

India TV News  

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri says Virat Kohli might give up captaincy in other formats after doing so in the T20 version to deal with the intense pressure associated with the job, especially in COVID times. Kohli, who has taken rest for the T20 series and one Test against New Zealand to recover bubble fatigue in COVID times, has …

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Police reform by another name: COVID mandates causing cops to complain — and quit
3 years, 2 months ago

Police reform by another name: COVID mandates causing cops to complain — and quit

Salon  

One of the only federal legislative initiatives that had any hope for bipartisan agreement in the last few years was the police reform bill that was being negotiated by Senators Corey Booker, D-N.J., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., along with Rep. Karen Bass of California. One of the major sticking points in the legislation was the question of qualified immunity, the …

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China's Inhalable Covid Vaccine Taken As Booster Shot May Boost Antibodies 300-fold
3 years, 2 months ago

China's Inhalable Covid Vaccine Taken As Booster Shot May Boost Antibodies 300-fold

News 18  

An inhalable Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s CanSino Biologics has shown an increase of 250- to 300-fold in neutralising antibody levels as a booster shot, the media reported. According to latest lab studies by the Chinese drug maker, the aerosolised inhaled adenovirus Type-5 vector-based Covid-19 vaccine, taken after completing two doses of inactivated vaccine shots for half a year, is …

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Covid vaccines as effective with Delta variant as Alpha variant: Dutch health institute
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid vaccines as effective with Delta variant as Alpha variant: Dutch health institute

NL Times  

The Covid-19 vaccines prevent hospitalization and ICU admission at the same rate regardless if the recipient is infected with the Delta variant of the coronavirus or the Alpha variant, the RIVM says on the basis of research using Dutch vaccination and hospital figures. The chance of being admitted to a hospital as a fully vaccinated person after infection is twenty …

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Next Covid vaccine in pill form? Israeli company to start clinical trial - Here's the Indian connect
3 years, 5 months ago

Next Covid vaccine in pill form? Israeli company to start clinical trial - Here's the Indian connect

India TV News  

The next generation of Covid19 vaccines may come in pill form as an Israeli company named Oramed Pharmaceuticals is all set to start clinical trials of an oral version in Tel Aviv, according to The Times of Israel, but there is an Indian connection too. Meanwhile, the government has recently said that vaccines currently being used in the country, are …

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Bangkok so near, yet so far
3 years, 6 months ago

Bangkok so near, yet so far

Deccan Chronicle  

Covid does strange, surreal things. The main thing to remember both ways, in Covid times, is that the ticket availability is decided, not by the airline, but by the respective embassy, and it’s they who enumerate the rules and regulations. Two other mandatory documents needed to enter Thailand, during Covid times, are an insurance policy for $100,000, and an ASQ …

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Black fungus: Top doctors answer all FAQs about new threat in Covid times
3 years, 7 months ago

Black fungus: Top doctors answer all FAQs about new threat in Covid times

India Today  

At Doctors’ Roundtable with India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, top experts answer all your FAQs as black fungus or mucormycosis becomes a new threat across states in Covid times. DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMINATHAN, DIRECTOR, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, GLENEAGLES GLOBAL HEALTH CITY, CHENNAI: We have been aware of such fungal infections in most vulnerable, including diabetics with poorly controlled sugar levels …

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Kumbh in the Times of Covid: How World’s Largest Religious Festival Turned Super-spreader in the Past
3 years, 8 months ago

Kumbh in the Times of Covid: How World’s Largest Religious Festival Turned Super-spreader in the Past

News 18  

After many decades, Kumbh Mela is again being held during a pandemic which is also the most significant health epidemic since the 1918 influenza or Spanish Flu outbreak. In 1879 Kumbh year in Haridwar, death rate was over 1 per 1,000 inhabitants in United Province, twice as that of the cholera death rate in the province in 1878. In 1882 …

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Wondering why Railways charging higher fares for short distance travel? Here's the reason
3 years, 9 months ago

Wondering why Railways charging higher fares for short distance travel? Here's the reason

India TV News  

The Indian Railways on Wednesday issued a clarification over increased train fare saying slightly higher fares for short-distance passenger trains done only to discourage people from travel which is not most necessary. In a statement, Railways said, "Slightly higher fares only in less than 3 per cent of total trains running Covid is still around and in fact worsening in …

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Healthcare workers face waiting times for Covid test despite priority: report
4 years, 2 months ago

Healthcare workers face waiting times for Covid test despite priority: report

NL Times  

Despite the fact that healthcare- and education personnel are given priority in getting tested for the coronavirus, they still often have to wait a long time before getting an appointment. There are "signals" of people abusing the priority testing, newspaper AD reports based on an unpublished letter from the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports The letter states that …

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IPL 2020 is the 'much needed chaos' which everyone wants amid this coronavirus pandemic: Ravi Shastri
4 years, 4 months ago

IPL 2020 is the 'much needed chaos' which everyone wants amid this coronavirus pandemic: Ravi Shastri

India Today  

India's head coach Ravi Shastri feels that the Indian Premier League in the United Arab Emirates is the "much needed chaos" that everyone needs in these times when COVID-19 has literally brought the world to a grinding halt during the first half of the year. "You know with this COVID thing happening, once this IPL starts in the UAE, you …

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