Month: February 2021

Winter Weather, Record Cold Grips Much of Central-Southern US

More than 150 million people in the central and southern United States were under winter storm warnings or advisories Monday, with record-breaking cold temperatures gripping the nation from the Gulf …

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Hotel Quarantine Under Scrutiny as Australian State Races to Contain COVID-19 Outbreak 

As the Australian state of Victoria enters its third day of a snap COVID-19 lockdown, the national medical association is calling for urgent changes to infection control in hotel quarantine. …

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Britain Begins Quarantine for Travelers from ‘Red List’ Countries

Britain on Monday launched its quarantine program for travelers arriving from 33 “red list” countries determined to be a high risk for COVID-19, as part of its effort to keep …

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Good Dogs! 20 Years of Covering Westminster Kennel Club Show

To every sport, there’s a season, a spot on the calendar that fans mark for the big event. World Series, October. College hoops, March. Indy 500, Memorial Day. For dog …

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Entertainment Becomes Political as Politics Becomes Entertainment

The line between politics and entertainment is increasingly blurred in America, where a former reality TV star recently served as president and entertainment has become more political. The content people …

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Duchess of Sussex Expecting 2nd Child, A Sibling for Archie

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their second child, their office confirmed Sunday. A spokesperson for Prince Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, said in a statement: “We can …

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I Got Vaccinated Against COVID: What’s Next? 

What happens after you received both doses of the COVID vaccine? Lesia Bakalets looked into how much life changes, if at all. Anna Rice narrates her story.  …

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Historic Ongoing Search Fails to Find Climbers Missing on Pakistan’s K2 Mountain

The search for three climbers, who went missing on Pakistan’s K2 mountain earlier this month, has found no trace of them.Iceland’s John Snorri, 47, Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr, 33, and …

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Duchess of Sussex Expecting 2nd Child

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their second child, their office confirmed Sunday.A spokesperson for the couple said in a statement: “We can confirm that Archie is going …

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NASA Rover Faces ‘7 Minutes of Terror’ Before Landing on Mars 

When NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, a robotic astrobiology lab packed inside a space capsule, hits the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth this week, it is set to …

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Post-COVID Symptoms Will Have Profound Impact on Global Health 

The World Health Organization says debilitating post-COVID-19 symptoms in patients will have an impact on global health because of the magnitude of the pandemic.   The World Health Organization is …

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Ancient Mass Production Brewery Uncovered in Egypt 

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old brewery that could produce thousands of liters of beer in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos, Egypt’s Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said. The site in Egypt’s …

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Report: British Scientists Developing Universal COVID Vaccine

There are 108.5 million global COVID-19 infections, Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday. The U.S. has the most cases at 27.5 million, followed by India with 10.9 million …

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Doctors, Selfie Points Help Fight Vaccine Hesitancy in New Delhi

Azhoni Marina had witnessed the havoc wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic up close as she nursed patients in a COVID ward for seven months at New Delhi’s Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. …

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Cloning Diamonds: An Art and Rare Skill

Diamond cloning is said to be a vocation, an artform and a rare skill. New York artist John Hatleberg creates precise reproductions of famous diamonds, but one copy became his …

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More Than 50 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines Administered in US, CDC says

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered more than 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and delivered about …

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Guinea Sees First Ebola Deaths Since 2016 

Four people have died of Ebola in Guinea in the first resurgence of the disease in five years, the country’s health minister said Saturday.Remy Lamah told AFP that officials were …

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Poet Amanda Gorman Inspires Young People to Write and Express Themselves

As 17-year-old Darius Jackson watched TV, listening in rapt attention to 22-year-old Amanda Gorman recite her poem The Hill We Climb at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden last …

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Australia Leading Race to Save Endangered ‘Hedge-Trimmer’ Fish

New research has shown that Australia is the “last stronghold on Earth” for four out of five threatened species of sawfish. With their serrated snouts, these predatory fish are one …

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CDC: Evidence Is Strong That Schools Can Reopen Doors Safely

The top public health agency in the U.S. said Friday that in-person schooling could resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies but that vaccination of teachers, while important, …

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US Veteran Finds Way to Fight PTSD — and Help Homeless

After Navy veteran Maxwell Moore returned home to Los Angeles following numerous tours to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, the local Veterans Affairs office urged him to find a …

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Malawi Health Workers Face Harassment over COVID-19 Deaths

In Malawi, health care workers have come under attack several times recently while trying to bury victims of COVID-19 without spreading the coronavirus.Health care workers now want a review of …

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