He’s watched countless bouts, but even UFC President Dana White found this one tough viewing. Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Ultimate Fighting Championship held its second of three events with no spectators Wednesday, this one in Jacksonville, Florida. Veteran light heavyweight contenders Glover Teixeira and Anthony Smith battled in the main event, with the
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Rick Bright, the ousted director of a crucial federal office charged with developing countermeasures to infectious diseases, testified before Congress on Thursday that the US will face an even worse crisis without additional preparations to curb the coronavirus pandemic. “Our window of opportunity is closing,” Bright said. “Without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest
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Whitney Rutz was sheltering in place and going out of her mind. “I was still working full-time, and my husband was trying to figure out how to be a first-grade teacher for our 7-year-old daughter,” she told CNN. Plus, two of Rutz’s friends had just been diagnosed with Covid-19. “I just lost it. I had
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There is a “high prevalence” of mental distress in countries across the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic, especially among health care workers and children, according to the United Nations and the World Health Organization. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is already extremely concerning,” WHO Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in
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Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of a crucial federal office charged with developing countermeasures to infectious diseases, testified before Congress on Thursday that the US will face an even worse crisis without additional preparations to curb the coronavirus pandemic. “Our window of opportunity is closing,” Bright said. “Without better planning, 2020 could be the
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A new study suggests that the Covid-19 diagnostic test being used by the White House frequently misses cases of the virus. The Abbott ID NOW test, which has been touted by President Trump on several occasions, is faster than other tests, showing results within 13 minutes. The study authors at NYU Langone Health in New
Continue Reading A new study suggests that the Covid-19 diagnostic test being used by the White House frequently misses cases of the virus. The Abbott ID NOW test, which has been touted by President Trump on several occasions, is faster than other tests, showing results within 13 minutes. The study authors at NYU Langone Health in New
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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has shared a new video of the mobile Covid-19 testing sites she set up with her mother Tina Knowles-Lawson in their hometown of Houston, Texas. The “Formation” singer ramped up her charitable efforts to fight the pandemic with the launch of the #IDIDMYPART campaign, which encourages black communities to prioritize health whilst giving
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become one of America’s biggest return-to-work cheerleaders, but some of his employees aren’t as super stoked about going back to the factory. After winning a public standoff with California’s Alameda County officials, Tesla will reopen its Freemont factory Monday so it can start making cars again. Musk essentially dared county
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become one of America’s biggest return-to-work cheerleaders, but some of his employees aren’t as super stoked about going back to the factory. After winning a public standoff with California’s Alameda County officials, Tesla will reopen its Freemont factory Monday so it can start making cars again. Musk essentially dared county
Continue Reading The famed Hollywood Bowl amphitheater in Los Angeles announced Wednesday it will not open for the 2020 season. The venue says the decision was made “in response to the latests guidance of public health officials and in an effort to protect artists, audiences, and staff from the spread of Covid-19.” With a seating capacity of
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CNN on Saturday will air a two-hour, primetime special honoring the class of 2020, as millions of students across the nation have had their graduating ceremonies canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Class of 2020: In This Together” will air Saturday, May 16 at 7 p.m. ET on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español.
Continue Reading When Sean Daly saw that his daughter’s lips had turned blue and her limbs were cold, he knew she wasn’t fighting a normal flu. Later that day, Juliet’s heart stopped beating in the emergency room and doctors had to perform CPR to revive the 12-year-old. She was suffering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or
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When Sean Daly saw that his daughter’s lips had turned blue and her limbs were cold, he knew she wasn’t fighting a normal flu. Later that day, Juliet’s heart stopped beating in the emergency room and doctors had to perform CPR to revive the 12-year-old. She was suffering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned the state’s stay-at-home order, ruling it “unlawful” and “unenforceable” in a high-profile win for the state’s Republican-led Legislature. In a 4-3 decision Wednesday, the court ruled that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration overstepped its authority when the state Department of Health Services extended the order to May 26. The
Continue Reading The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned the state’s stay-at-home order, ruling it “unlawful” and “unenforceable” in a high-profile win for the state’s Republican-led Legislature. In a 4-3 decision Wednesday, the court ruled that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration overstepped its authority when the state Department of Health Services extended the order to May 26. The
Continue Reading Even one serving daily of a sugary soft drink is associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease. That’s according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. In the study, researchers cataloged answers from about 106,000 women who filled out a food questionnaire. The survey included questions about how
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President Donald Trump’s repudiation of Dr. Anthony Fauci has long been probable. Once the trusted doctor warned of the human cost of Trump’s push to quickly reopen the country, it became inevitable. Trump broke with Fauci, who has served under six presidents, on Wednesday over the infectious disease expert’s warnings that getting businesses and schools
Continue Reading Sharon Osbourne has praised Adele’s weight loss, adding that she does not believe “really big women” are “really happy” in their bodies. The 67-year-old TV personality discussed the British singer’s dramatic change in appearance on Tuesday’s episode of her CBS virtual chat show “The Talk.” Her comments come after an Instagram photo Adele shared last
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In prepared testimony for his appearance before the US House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Health on Thursday, Rick Bright said he was removed as the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority because he was raising the alarm about the coronavirus early this year and also resisting pressure from the Trump administration
Continue Reading Elle Fanning may have won the Doppelgänger Challenge. The actress channeled her “Maleficent” co-star Angelina Jolie’s ex, Brad Pitt, and Fanning’s resemblance to Pitt was kind of spot on. Fanning appeared recently on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” where she explained that she and her fellow cast members from her Hulu series “The Great”
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Rovers exploring planetary surfaces like Mars or the moon can encounter soft, loose and steep soils, the perfect ingredients for getting stuck. But the “Mini Rover,” a scaled down 3D-printed model of a NASA rover concept, built and tested by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has a gait that allows it to crawl
Continue Reading Rovers exploring planetary surfaces like Mars or the moon can encounter soft, loose and steep soils, the perfect ingredients for getting stuck. But the “Mini Rover,” a scaled down 3D-printed model of a NASA rover concept, built and tested by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has a gait that allows it to crawl
Continue Reading Rovers exploring planetary surfaces like Mars or the moon can encounter soft, loose and steep soils, the perfect ingredients for getting stuck. But the “Mini Rover,” a scaled down 3D-printed model of a NASA rover concept, built and tested by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has a gait that allows it to crawl
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and stabbing multiple people during a rampage through Rancho Cucamonga, California. Sergio Rodriguez, 46, is being held on $4 million bail, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. It’s unclear if he has an attorney. Officers responded to an incident early Wednesday
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Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of a crucial federal office charged with developing countermeasures to infectious diseases, will testify before Congress on Thursday that the US will face “unprecedented illness and fatalities” without additional preparations to curb the coronavirus pandemic. “Our window of opportunity is closing,” Bright is expected to testify, according to his
Continue Reading The teens of “Riverdale” will be all grown up when the show returns for season five. The CW drama will time-jump early on in the upcoming season, the show’s creator tells TVLine. “We’ve been talking and planning on doing a time jump,” executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa told the publication, adding, “and of course, usually time
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday released a list of Obama administration officials who sought to “unmask” names of Americans in intelligence reports in the weeks before President Donald Trump took office, the latest salvo to discredit the FBI’s Russia investigation and accuse the previous administration of wrongdoing over the prosecution of Trump’s first national security adviser,
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The warm dry, breezy quiet weather pattern will continue through the weekend. Skies will be mostly cloudy today with plenty of passing clouds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible next Tuesday.
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Doctors in Italy have become the latest to raise the alarm over a worrying spike in children getting sick with a rare but serious inflammatory syndrome they say is tied to the coronavirus pandemic. A new study, published in the medical journal The Lancet on Wednesday, found a 30-fold rise in the number of cases
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