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WHO: Coronavirus ‘More Powerful’ Than Terrorism

After discouraging travel bans, World Health Organization now calls Coronavirus ‘more powerful’ than terrorism Feb 12, 2020 Breitbart – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Tuesday the newly discovered coronavirus ravaging China, or any viral outbreak, can have “more powerful consequences than any terrorist action” and encouraged global governments to “do whatever it can to stop it.” The remarks follow a month of WHO officials initially refusing to declare the outbreak a...

Death Toll Mounts In China, U.S. Braces For Long Fight

CBS News – The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the new coronavirus, which has killed almost 1,400 people and is still spreading in China, could be around for at least another year. With the Chinese government reporting 121 more deaths and more than 5,000 new cases Thursday alone, the illness dubbed COVID-19 didn't even appear to have peaked. Chinese health officials in the epicenter province of Hubei changed the way...

Biden’s Famous Last Words In NH

"I'm the guy that helped get Obamacare passed." – Joe Biden, Feb. 11, 2020 Biden wrapped himself in Obamacare ... it did not go well Headline Health – Joe Biden went down in spectacular defeat with a fifth-place finish in yesterday's first-in-the-nation New Hampshire presidential primary. In the final hours before he beat a hasty retreat out of the Granite State – leaving loyal supporters at his election night gathering in Nashua dazed and confused – the former...

Trump Rips Dems On Healthcare, Iowa SNAFU

"Democrats want to run your healthcare, but they can't even run a caucus in Iowa." – President Donald Trump, Manchester, NH, Feb 10, 2020 Trump Skewers Dems On Healthcare, Iowa The Sun – President Donald Trump mocked "mumbling" Nancy Pelosi at his New Hampshire rally, saying Democrats are "losing their minds" ahead of tomorrow's primary. During the Manchester rally, the president derided "radical socialist Democrats" and impersonated Pelosi's response to his State of the Union speech last...

Women Hunters Take Aim At NY’s Deer Overpopulation

Deer overpopulation meets its match: women who hunt | Suburban housewives have taken up gun and bow in record numbers. New York Times – A camo-clad pair of hunters slipped into the woods near Yaphank, Long Island, one Sunday this winter, to position themselves before sunset, when white-tailed deer are most active. One carried pink arrows, and the other had a purple bow. But the tree stand they planned to climb into was missing. It happens — the...

Alien Sues ICE Over Care For Tot Who Fell Out Of Grocery Cart

HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the medical care he has received in detention for a head injury suffered before the family was arrested. The lawsuit filed late Friday in California asks a judge to order the child to be taken to a pediatric neurologist or pediatric neurosurgeon. It also seeks to prevent ICE from trying to immediately deport the family. The boy fell out of...

Conservationists Seek Ban On Hunting Feral Hogs

"Feral hogs can carry or transmit several diseases to wildlife and humans. Three diseases that cause the most concern are swine brucellosis, pseudorabies, and tularemia, although feral hogs harbor other diseases as well." – USDA Why do officials in this state want to ban feral hog hunting? Jan 28, 2020 MissouriNet – Two southern Missouri state lawmakers are unhappy with a letter the state Department of Agriculture (MDA) director has sent to the U.S. Forest Service, in support...

Coronavirus: Could It Depopulate North Korea?

Coronavirus has been reported in nearly every Asian Pacific nation except North Korea – until today, when it was leaked by unofficial sources. Is this because they didn't have it, or they didn't report it? North Korea is notorious for a lack of validity and reliability in its health data. Infectious disease risks in North Korea remain largely unknown according to a 2018 report. Border crossings between North Korea and China are commonplace. Trade with...

Ins. Cos. Aren’t Doctors, But They Keep Practicing Medicine Anyway

By William E. Bennett Jr. Oct. 22, 2019 Washington Post – We know how important it is to have insurance so that we can get health care. As a physician, parent and patient, I cannot overemphasize that having insurance is not enough. As a gastroenterologist, I often prescribe expensive medications or tests for my patients. But for insurance companies to cover those treatments, I must submit a “prior authorization” to the companies, and it can...

Coronavirus Doubling Every 4 Days: On Track For Disaster

With infections doubling every 4 days, China goes house to house to round up sick | Feb 7, 2020 Kaiser Health News – China is now quarantining infected patients in enormous centers in a desperate attempt to make progress in the war against the fast-spreading coronavirus. There's a growing sense within the city that its residents are being sacrificed for the greater good of China. “There must be no deserters, or they will be nailed to the...

Military Hospital Chief Charged In Bribery Scandal

Walter Reed prosthetics chief allegedly took sports tickets GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted the former chief of prosthetics and orthotics at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Court records show David Laufer pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to five counts of making a false statement. The office of the U.S. Attorney in Maryland said Wednesday that the 63-year-old Pittsburgh resident failed to report financial benefits, including travel and tickets to sporting events,...

Wuhan Hospital Announces Death Of Whistleblower

Dr. Li Wenliang has died. Li was among eight physicians punished by Wuhan police for discussing the emergence of a SARS-like virus on social media in December. Disambiguation: This story is about the doctor whose warnings on the emergence of the deadly coronavirus were suppressed by Chinese state media. For news on presumed Trump whistleblower Eric Ciaramella, click here. Whistleblower doctor dies, China launches probe Feb 7, 2020 CBS News – China announced Friday that it would conduct an investigation after...

“Oral Copulation By Anesthesia” Case Dropped

Feb 4, 2020 Los Angeles Magazine – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced today that his office plans to drop all charges in a high-profile case in which a Newport Beach doctor and his girlfriend were accused of drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women. Spitzer said at a press conference that a review of the case by his office found “There’s insufficient evidence to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt.” Dr. Grant Robicheaux, 39, and...

Celebrity Death Pool: #2, #5 Pass A Day Apart

Icon of Hollywood's Golden Age dies at 103 | Feb 5, 2020 – Hollywood Reporter – The actor who starred in such films as 'Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,' 'Spartacus,' 'Champion,' 'The Bad and the Beautiful,' and 'Lust for Life,' to name just a few, has passed. Kirk Douglas, the son of a ragman who channeled a deep, personal anger through a chiseled jaw and steely blue eyes to forge one of the most indelible and indefatigable...

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