Getty Image If there’s one thing Donald Trump cares about more than showing the “losers” and “haters” that he can be president again if he wants to, it’s his hair (it certainly takes priority over his kids). He spent more than $70,000 a year maintaining his unmistakable comb-over coif, and it’s the reason for his …
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Contamination, Bad Design Failed CDC’s First COVID Tests
The early failure of the CDC’s very first COVID-19 test kits was due to contamination and a design flaw, agency scientists said on Wednesday. This is the CDC’s first public explanation for the high-profile misstep early in the US’s troubled pandemic response, detailed recently in a BuzzFeed News investigation. In February 2020, the CDC sent …
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COVID Vaccines Offer Only Some Protection for People With Myeloma
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccination provides far less protection to people with multiple myeloma than to survivors of other types of cancer, new research shows. The findings highlight the need for multiple myeloma patients “to be especially careful — to take social distancing seriously and utilize masking …
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Tips for Another COVID Holiday
Dec. 15, 2021 — ‘Tis the season — again — for holiday travel and get-togethers with friends and family amid the challenges of a global pandemic. Yes, personal and public protection measures remain essential, but that doesn’t mean you have to be a Scrooge about traveling and spending time with loved ones. You can still …
Final Data Shows COVID Pill Stays Strong Against Severe Illness
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that a final analysis shows its experimental antiviral pill Paxlovid sharply reduced hospitalizations and deaths among people at high risk for severe illness. The latest results, which reinforce an earlier analysis released in November, Pfizer’s drug cut hospitalizations and deaths by nearly 90 …
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Lil Nas X Is The Latest Artist To Pull Out Of The Jingle Ball Tour Due To Positive COVID Tests
Getty Image iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball Tour already suffered a huge loss last week with the announcement that Doja Cat had to pull out of the remaining performances due to a positive COVID test, but over the weekend, the tour’s organizers received even more bad news as members of Lil Nas X’s show crew also tested …
The NBA Has Postponed The Bulls Next Two Games Amid COVID Outbreak
Getty Image The Chicago Bulls have been one of the best teams of the early NBA season, but over the last week they have seen a COVID-19 outbreak derail things, sending 10 players including stars DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine into the league’s health and safety protocols. The shorthanded Bulls dropped back-to-back games against the …
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COVID Robot Helps Keep People 6 Feet Apart During Pandemic
Dec. 13, 2021 — A new robot that can spot two or more people standing within 6 feet of each other could play an important role in maintaining social distancing requirements during the current or a future pandemic. The robot located, approached, and notified groups of two to six people who were standing too near …
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Zach LaVine Is The Ninth Bulls Player To Enter COVID Protocols
Getty Image As the 2021-22 NBA season enters its third month, any hopes that the COVID-19 pandemic would be less impactful this season than last have been dashed. Many of the games top stars have found themselves in the league’s health and safety protocols early this season, including some who have had difficult battles with …
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Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandates: Where Do They Stand?
Dec. 10, 2021 — Enforcement of President Joe Biden’s sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandates has been quite the challenge. On Nov. 4, the Biden administration ordered federal contractors, certain health care workers, and employees of businesses with 100 employees or more to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination, or get weekly COVID-19 testing, by Jan 4, …
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Drop in COVID Vaccine Effectiveness Suggests Need for Boosters
Dec. 10, 2021 — The effectiveness of the two most common COVID-19 vaccines declined over time in an older group of patients, suggesting that booster doses may be needed to protect recipients over the long term, according to a new study. Also seen in that group of U.S. veterans, who had a median age of …
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The Second ‘South Park’ Paramount+ Movie Will Resolve That ‘Post Covid’ Cliffhanger Awfully Soon
Comedy Central When Trey Parker and Matt Stone inked a cartoonishly lucrative deal to keep making South Park for Paramount through 2027, they didn’t set themselves an easy task. They didn’t only promise new episodes; they agreed to do a whopping 14 movies exclusive to the company’s newish streamer. The first one dropped over Thanksgiving, …