Fox News – Trini Lopez, who was known for his hit "If I Had a Hammer," is dead. He was 83.
Lopez's close friend and collaborator Joe Chavira confirmed the death to Fox News on Tuesday and explained that he died due to coronavirus complications.
According to Chavira, Lopez had been "in and out" of the hospital for about two months and was working on a local 30-minute television special to raise funds for food banks,...
"I'm opposed to any policy that would deny in our country any human being from access to public safety, public education, or public health. Period."
– Sen. Kamala Harris, May 12, 2019
"I stand to make transformative change."
Kamala Harris on healthcare policy
Modern Healthcare, August 11, 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris was initially a co-sponsor of Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) Medicare for All proposal that much of the healthcare industry opposes.
However, she eventually backed off of full-throated support of...
“If Brian Stelter wants to improve the quality of dialogue in the nation he should start with his own network.” — William A. Jacobson
Aug 10, 2020
Fox News – CNN’s Brian Stelter baffled media watchdogs on Sunday who now question if the liberal pundit has ever watched his own network.
During his “Reliable Sources” media show, Stelter criticized conservative pundits and talk radio hosts for speculating about presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s mental health and fitness...
Aug 11, 2020, The Associated Press |
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar has redoubled accusations that China failed to adequately warn of the coronavirus after it was first detected in Wuhan.
Azar says China's ruling Communist Party "had the chance to warn the world and work with the world on battling the virus. But they chose not to, and the costs of that choice mount higher every day."
The Trump administration has...
“The tick has evolved to go into places where humans can’t check very easily.”
Aug 11, 2020
NYUp.com – When you check your body for ticks after being outdoors, start with your thighs.
That’s the most likely spot to find ticks, according to a survey by Upstate Medical University’s tick-borne disease lab.
Of the 748 black-legged ticks sent over this spring and summer that had been attached to humans, nearly 16% of them were pulled off the thigh....
‘I’m heartbroken’
WWE legends Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, Goldberg express grief as ex-wrestler Kamala dies at 70 |
High blood pressure, diabetes, Covid-19 contribute to death of "The Ugandan Giant"
Aug 10, 2020 |
Hindustan Times – World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) lost another legend on Monday.
It was announced by the professional wrestling giants that former wrestler James Harris, better known as Kamala, has died at the age of 70.
Harris was battling a lot of health issues since 2011. Harris...
Aug 09, 2020
New York Daily News – Not all masks are created equal.
Researchers at Duke University have tested 14 types of masks and other facial coverings and found that some are wanting when it comes to coronavirus protection, while others are quite good.
Using an easy-to-assemble laser and cellphone system, the team shined precise light onto the droplets emitted by someone wearing all varieties of mask, from none to the high-concept N95 that health care workers...
Bill Gates on Covid: Most US Tests Are ‘Completely Garbage’ |
The techie-turned-philanthropist on vaccines, Trump, and why social media is “a poisoned chalice.” |
August 7, 2020
WIRED – My first interview with Gates was in 1983, and I’ve long lost count of how many times I’ve spoken to him since.
He’s yelled at me (more in the earlier years) and made me laugh (more in the latter years).
But I’ve never looked forward to speaking...
CDC closes some offices over bacteria discovery
Aug 8, 2020 |
New York Times – The nation’s foremost public health agency is learning that it is not immune to the complex effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told employees that some office space it leases in the Atlanta area would be closed again after property managers of the buildings discovered Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, in water sources...
Given that myths about the origin of the novel coronavirus are as prevalent today as ever, this review published by Live Science back in March is worth another look ...
By Jeanna Bryner - Live Science Editor-in-Chief
March 21, 2020
Live Science – As the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 spreads across the globe, with cases surpassing 284,000 worldwide today (March 20), misinformation is spreading almost as fast.
One persistent myth is that this virus, called SARS-CoV-2, was...
GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING |
What a pit bull can do to a child |
Lucky just to be alive |
Aug 6, 2020
The Sun – Camdon Bozell, age six, suffered life-changing injuries when he was mauled by pet dog, Chaos, 5, at his grandma's home in Schoolcraft, Michigan.
The dog was ordered to be put down.
The pet dog attacked Camdon’s face last April in a fit of rage after he got up to get a snack and had to...
A recent scientific article reports that exposure to cold viruses "can train the immune system " to recognize and fight the coronavirus. If that's true, opponents of mandatory masks may have their best argument ever ...
August 5, 2020
Live Science – Previous infections with common cold viruses can train the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study.
The study, published Aug. 4 in the journal Science, found that...
HOUSTON (AP) — When officers led them out of a detention facility near the U.S.-Mexico border and onto a bus last month, the 12-year-old from Honduras and his 9-year-old sister believed they were going to a shelter so they could be reunited with their mother in the Midwest.
They had been told to sign a paper they thought would tell the shelter they didn't have the coronavirus, the boy said. The form was in English,...
"The overall theme from earnings has been 'not as bad as we feared.'"
Wall Street rallies again; S&P 500 pulls within 2% of record
Aug 5, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed again on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 index its fourth straight gain and pulling it within 2% of the record high it set in February.
The benchmark index added 0.6% Wednesday, following up on gains in European markets and across much of Asia....