Pope Leo XIV called for the “pandemic of arms, large and small” to end during a weekly public prayer with crowds in St Peter’s Square on Sunday that also addressed the plague of mass shootings in the US. The first US pope in history, a native of Chicago, spoke in English as he prayed for the victims of last week’s …
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By many measures, the coronavirus is a thing of the past. Masks have been stored away. Social distancing is just a vague memory. Interest in vaccines is waning. COVID, for many, feels like an inevitable annoyance, like the flu. Then, each summer, we get a rude reminder. The season of travel and fun continues to bring a spike in COVID-19 …
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The soaring number of young people who have engaged in carjacking is indeed one of the key factors that has driven the surge in the Washington area and beyond, according to interviews with more than a half-dozen police officials, criminologists and youth advocates. Some of these perpetrators stole vehicles to use them to commit more crimes. Many others commit carjackings …
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In what sounds like the plot from a sci-fi movie, scientists have isolated an incredibly rare immune mutation to create a universal antiviral treatment. Only present in a few dozen people worldwide, ISG15 immunodeficiency causes people to be more susceptible to certain bacterial illnesses, but it also grants the people with this condition immunity to known viruses. Researchers think that …
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An Australian court has fined airline giant Qantas A$90m (£43m; $59m) for illegally sacking some 1,700 ground workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Australia’s Transport Workers’ Union said it welcomed the ruling, which it said marked the largest employer penalty in the country’s history. Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said in the judgement that he wanted the fine to act as …
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Authorities in China are using nets, insecticide and drones to fight the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus which has infected thousands of people. There were more than 7,000 cases of the virus recorded by officials as of Wednesday (August 13). These were mostly in the southern Chinese manufacturing hub of Foshan, which is about 105 miles (170km) from Hong Kong. The number …
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President Donald Trump’s Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., refused to directly answer when asked during an interview with Scripps News on Monday what message he had for CDC employees who are worried about the culture of misinformation and skepticism around vaccines. READ MORE: Shooter attacked CDC headquarters to protest COVID-19 vaccines, authorities say Although law enforcement officials have made …
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China has recorded 10,000 cases in an outbreak of a virus that is thought to be the largest of its kind on record in the country. The chikungunya virus is spread via mosquito bites, and symptoms can include fever, joint pain, headache, muscle pain, joint swelling and rash. Similar to dengue fever, the young and older people, as well as …
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The Stitch Fix logo on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earning on June 7. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/ | Bloomberg | Getty Images Could Stitch Fix be on the path to a comeback? The clothing subscription service, one of the many pandemic winners that’s struggled to find …
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