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Editor’s note: See cold and flu activity in your location with the WebMD tracker. Nov. 21, 2022 — The 2022-2023 flu season continues its early start as respiratory illness activity climbed to levels typically seen in January or February, according to a new report from the CDC. One important measure of the season’s severity, the proportion of …
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Getty Image Twitter had almost become a nice place to hang. A certain former president, infamous for spewing nonsense and inspiring violence, was permanently banned. The same went for other purveyors of misinformation. It wasn’t perfect, but it was something. Then Elon Musk, who appeared to be trying to back out of a deal he …
Janelle Story, 35, told BuzzFeed News she was going on a bar crawl when she came across the crowds in the street. By 8:30 p.m., Story, an American who lives in Seoul, said the area was already full of people. “Even just getting out of the subway station was intimidating,” she said via Twitter messages …
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Children under 2 are more at risk of getting severe illness and developing bronchiolitis, an infection that narrows the airways in the lungs, making breathing difficult, Gambill told BuzzFeed News. Adrienne Randolph, a senior associate in critical care at the Boston Children’s Hospital department of anesthesiology and professor of anesthesia and pediatrics at Harvard Medical …
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Oct. 25, 2022 — In early October, respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, tore through Victoria Thiele’s Indiana home. Her three older children had manageable symptoms. But her 8-week-old newborn ended up developing a severe case. Thiele, whose family lives in Fort Wayne, said the baby experienced chest retractions while breathing and was taken to the …
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Though almost everyone knows that hurricanes are extremely destructive, it can be tough to imagine what it’s like to experience one firsthand unless you’ve been unfortunate enough to actually see it. That said, modern technology like webcam footage can go a long way toward making the rest of us feel as if we’re actually there. …
Here is a time-lapse of the #StormSurge coming in on Sanibel Island, #Florida caught on a live traffic cam. This was only 30mins condensed down, it deteriorated quickly. 😬 #HurricaneIan #Hurricane #Ian 05:46 PM – 28 Sep 2022 Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/storm-surge-pics
Getty Image The Sacramento Kings picked Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Brown as the next head coach of their franchise. Brown, who is still in the midst of serving on Steve Kerr’s staff during the Warriors’ playoff run and filled in as acting head coach against the Memphis Grizzlies while Kerr has battled COVID-19, will …
May 10, 2022 — Rising COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations likely mean we’re in a new phase of the pandemic. And the number of Americans dying from COVID-19 is also anticipated to grow, although the surge in the short term is not expected to look like previous waves. That’s the takeaway from a team of …
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Twitter users want to find out why it appears as if right-wing users are experiencing a surge in new followers while left-wing users are seeing the opposite. In a thread on Tuesday, software developer Christopher Bouzy shared statistics suggesting that users had either lost or gained followers based on their political leanings. “Over the past …
April 6, 2022 The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is causing the lion’s share of COVID infections in the United States now, but so far it hasn’t resulted in a surge of cases. BA.2 accounted for 72% of cases last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while the overall number of cases has …
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A TikToker says that she was drugged while out at a bar in Austin, Texas on March 11. Her video comes after multiple women have taken to TikTok warning those in Austin for SXSW to be careful with their drinks when out at bars in the city. Kara Halderman, a TikToker based in Austin, says …
