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Enlarge / World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (credit: Getty | Fabrice Coffrini ) The director-general for the World Health Organization on Wednesday called for a longer moratorium on high-income countries administering COVID-19 booster shots—extending the agency’s requested moratorium from the end of September to at least the end of 2021. The call is […]
Jedidiah ‘Jed’ Duggar is facing some not-so-nice internet backlash right now — though, to be fair, he did make a pretty tone-deaf comment to cause this whole situation. The 22-year-old husband and his wife, Katey (Nakatsu) Duggar, created quite a stir on Sunday when they announced that they are pregnant with their first child, due sometime next […]
Tom Brady has revealed that he tested positive for COVID-19 and spent some time quarantining because of the disease late this past February, after his Tampa Bay Buccaneers had won the Super Bowl. In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times published on Saturday, the legendary quarterback revealed that not only did he test positive for COVID-19 after […]
Enlarge / Two classrooms had to be shut down due to a series of problems with maintaining policies meant to limit the spread of the pandemic. (credit: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty Images ) On Friday, the CDC released a report that traced the spread of the Delta variant through a California elementary school. It’s tempting […]
Enlarge / You can’t see the part number which distinguishes the newer, slower drive from the older, faster one on the box—you need to check the PN field in the top center of the label on the drive itself. (credit: Jim Salter) Recently, major SSD vendors Crucial and Western Digital have both been caught swapping […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuriko Nakao ) Reddit yesterday defended its stance on allowing pandemic misinformation after hundreds of subreddit moderators joined an open letter urging the company to “take action against the rampant Coronavirus misinformation on their website. ” The open letter on r/VaxxHappened was joined by over 450 moderators and said that […]
This is so awful… The Real Housewives of Miami star Alexia Echevarria is mourning the loss of her mother after a long bout with COVID-19 on Wednesday. Worse still, the tragic death came on what should’ve been the greatest day of her life: it was originally scheduled to have been her wedding day. Related: Tiffany Moot […]
Close call! Country crooner Reba McEntire was all but certain she’ d come down with COVID-19 recently after displaying all the symptoms. The 66-year-old wasn’ t super excited about it, either, considering she had already been vaccinated earlier in the pandemic. Related: Hilary Duff Reveals She Tested Positive For COVID-19, Calls The Delta Variant ‘ […]
Melissa Joan Hart is dealing with the coronavirus, and she’s not happy about it — nor should she be, considering she’s fully vaccinated and yet nevertheless came down with a “bad” version of a breakthrough case. The 45-year-old TV star and mom of three children opened up about her diagnosis in an Instagram video posted to […]
Enlarge / Scott Harris, Alabama’s State Health Officer, discusses his state’s vaccination data in his office on June 29, 2021, in Montgomery, Alabama. (credit: Getty | ELIJAH NOUVELAGE) Medical professionals in Alabama are sounding the alarm over the monstrous surge of COVID-19 cases that is overwhelming the state’s hospitals—which are quickly running short on staff […]