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Officials Ignore Supreme Court Ruling, Expand Vaccine Mandates

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Board of Regents voted 9-4 on Friday to direct Chancellor Melody Rose to send a letter to state lawmakers, health officials and Gov. Steve Sisolak in support of imposing a vaccine mandate on students enrolled in public colleges and universities in Nevada. The letter, although non-binding, signals that battles over coronavirus measures are likely to continue for the more than 100,000 students at public colleges and universities throughout the...

RIP Country Music Hall of Famer Ralph Emery, 88

ROLLING STONE – Ralph Emery, a radio and TV personality whose steady voice and buttoned-up likeness were synonymous with country music, has died. According to a statement from his family, Emery died Saturday at a Nashville hospital. He was 88. Along with being a DJ at Nashville radio stations like WSIX and the legendary WSM, the home of the Grand Ole Opry, Emery became the face of The Nashville Network (TNN). From 1983 until 1993,...

The Vaxxed Vs. The Unvaxxed: The New Apartheid?

London (CNN) Before Covid-19, Nicolas Rimoldi had never attended a protest. But somewhere along the pandemic's long and tortuous road, which saw his native Switzerland imposing first one lockdown, then another, and finally introducing vaccination certificates, Rimoldi decided he had had enough. Now he leads Mass-Voll, one of Europe's largest youth-orientated anti-vaccine passport groups. Because he has chosen not to get vaccinated, student and part-time supermarket cashier Rimoldi is -- for now, at least -- locked out...

Expect More Variants Soon, Scientists Say

Scientists warn that omicron's whirlwind advance practically ensures it won't be the last version of the coronavirus to worry the world.

Omicron Surge Fatality Rate: 1 In 1,000

TAMPA BAY TIMES – Florida reported 430,297 new coronavirus cases over the seven-day period from Jan. 7-13, an average of about 61,471 infections per day. That’s over 2 percent of Florida’s total population infected in the past week. It’s the third week in a row the state has shattered previous infection records. The seven-day average of omicron variant infections is more than double the 25,000 daily average the delta wave hit this past summer. Florida’s first omicron...

China Doubles Down On ‘Zero-Tolerance’ COVID Policy As Olympics Near

Locked-down China is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases as it prepares to host winter Olympics.

Airlines Take Huge Losses As Covid Ravages Flight Crews

Delta Air Lines is reporting a $408 million loss for the final quarter of 2021, dragged down by a COVID-19 surge that rocked the airline in December, and the carrier expects to suffer one more quarterly loss before travel picks up in the spring and summer.

Penis May Shrink After Covid, Experts Warn

A man claims his penis has shrunk by an inch-and-a-half due to Covid, and doctors say it can't be fixed.

Common Cold Can Protect Against COVID-19: Study

LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - High levels of T-cells from common cold coronaviruses can provide protection against COVID-19, which could inform approaches for second-generation vaccines. Immunity against COVID-19 is a complex picture, and while there is evidence of waning antibody levels six months after vaccination, T-cells are also believed to play a vital role in providing protection. The study looked at levels of cross-reactive T-cells generated by previous common colds in 52 household contacts of positive...

Should You Deliberately Catch Omicron To ‘Get It Over With’?

CTV NEWS – The question hung in the air like a bad odour, silencing the small group of fully vaccinated and boosted friends and family at my dinner table. "Why not just get Omicron and get it over with? It's mild, right? And it can boost immunity?" The fully vaccinated, boosted, well-educated friend who asked was sincere, echoing opinions heard on many social platforms. "It's caught on like wildfire," agreed Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the...

NY Jets Hall of Fame Receiver Don Maynard Dead At 86

Mr. Maynard made his biggest impact catching passes from Joe Namath for the New York Jets. He was the first receiver to reach 10,000 career yards.ASSOCIATED PRESS

Walensky Evasive on How Many Deaths Are Actually Caused by Covid

CDC director Rochelle Walensky on Sunday failed to clarify how many of the 836,000 U.S. patients whose deaths were attributed to Covid in the last two years had underlying medical conditions.

Pope: COVID Vaccines Part Of ‘Moral Obligation’

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a "moral obligation" and denounced how people had been swayed by "baseless information" to refuse one of the most effective measures to save lives. Francis used some of his strongest words yet calling for people to get vaccinated in a speech to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, an annual event in which he takes stock of the world and...

Moderna Gives Mexico 2.7 Million Shots As Deaths Near 460,000

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. company Moderna donated 2.7 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to Mexico Saturday as the country's official death toll topped 300,000. Mexico passed 300,000 test-confirmed coronavirus deaths this week, but so little testing is done in the country that a government review of death certificates puts to real toll at almost 460,000. Mexican officials welcomed the arrival of the shipment at the airport in Toluca, just west of Mexico City,...

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