(CNN Español) — México anunció este viernes que la Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (Cofepris) autorizó el uso de emergencia de la vacuna contra el covid-19 desarrollada por Pfizer y BioNTech. “El Comité de Moléculas Nuevas sesionó el 11 de diciembre de 2020, donde sus 24 miembros votaron y emitieron una opinión
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The nation’s social inequities are clear in hospitals and health care facilities and the United States must not remain complacent of it, the chair of President-elect Joe Biden‘s Covid-19 equity task force says. “Health care free of racism and discrimination is a right and not a privilege,” Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, the task force’s chair, said
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Christine Danderand knows how hard nurses like her mother have been working during the coronavirus pandemic and wanted to do something to let them know how much their sacrifices are appreciated. “I just saw how kind of stressed and overworked her and her co-workers were and I thought, you know, what’s a way that we
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DENTON, Texas – Playing with their backup quarterback on the road, UTEP’s offense scored enough points to win. The only problem was the Miners’ defense, also playing a rotation made up of backups, was exposed all night. Jaelon Darn accounted for 4 total Mean Green as North Texas hung on for a 45-43 victory. UTEP
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday night issued an emergency use authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine, calling it safe and strongly protective. The EUA allows shipping to begin, but shots still can’t be administered until the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets and recommends the vaccine. Dr. Amanda
Continue Reading (CNN) — La Corte Suprema actuó con una velocidad inusual para rechazar una demanda del fiscal general de Texas, respaldada por el presidente Donald Trump, para bloquear las boletas de millones de votantes en estados en disputa que se inclinaron a favor del presidente electo Joe Biden. La decisión de la corte de desestimar la
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EL PASO, Texas – More than 100,000 counterfeit surgical masks that were slated to be used by hospital workers were seized by Customs and Border Protection officers and investigators with Homeland Security this week. A shipment of 100,080 surgical masks were initially intercepted at the Ysleta Cargo Facility. The masks had a manufacturer’s suggested retail
Continue Reading (CNN) — El secretario general de la Casa Blanca, Mark Meadows, le dijo al comisionado de la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés), el Dr. Stephen Hahn, que debía otorgar una autorización de uso de emergencia para la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Pfizer y BioNTech para el final del
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Alfred Bourgeois was executed by the federal government Friday evening at the Federal Correctional Center in Terre Haute, Indiana, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Bourgeois, 56, was sentenced to death in 2004 for torturing and killing his 2-year-old daughter in Texas. He was pronounced dead at 8:21 p.m. ET. In his last words, Bourgeois
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EL PASO, Texas – A teenager who spent more than a month in intensive care at an El Paso hospital while battling Covid-19 was released Friday to cheers from her health-care team. Jennifer Morales spent 39 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Providence Children’s Hospital. Jennifer was wheeled out past a team
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EL PASO, Texas – High school football playoffs are here, as bi-district action involves teams from the Borderland across multiple classes and divisions. 6A Divison I Franklin 26 – Odessa-Permian 37 Midland Lee 66 – Montwood 21 6A Divison II San Angelo Central 54 – Eastlake 35 Eastwood- Abilene High (Sat. 4pm) 5A Division I
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The University of Pittsburgh on Friday became the second college football team in two days to opt out of an opportunity to play in a bowl game. Pitt joined Boston College’s team, which opted out on Thursday, marking the latest change in this year’s football season which was upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Pitt finished
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico on Friday evening approved emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTec coronavirus vaccine, becoming the fourth country to do so. Mexico’s medical safety commission approved its’ use, which had already been cleared in Britain, Canada and Bahrain. Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell said Mexico is set to receive 250,000 doses of the
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — La autorización inminente a la vacuna de Pfizer contra el covid-19 en Estados Unidos es una ocasión trascendental para la ciencia, la economía y la humanidad. Este hito también es una importante fuente de dinero para las empresas que desarrollaron las vacunas. Los analistas de Wall Street proyectan que Pfizer y Moderna
Continue Reading Tony and Lisa Vasquez were high school sweethearts. Last week, within hours of each other, the two died from Covid-19. Tony and Lisa both grew up in Superior, Arizona, according to the funeral pamphlet obtained by CNN. They met in high school, where both were very active — participating in marching band and running track.
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(Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to clarify the remarks of hospital.) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Three Crosses Regional Hospital in Las Cruces will not perform elective surgeries under the state’s new restrictions, a doctor has clarified. The hospital, which just opened, will only hold “urgent and emergent surgical cases that cannot wait
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Corte de Casación de Milán confirmó este jueves en segunda instancia la condena al futbolista Robson de Souza, más conocido como Robinho, por una presunta violación grupal perpetrada a una mujer en 2013 en una discoteca de esa ciudad de Italia. La información fue confirmada a CNN por Jacopo Gnocchi, abogado
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More than 50 years after the so-called Zodiac Killer first began terrorizing the streets of Northern California, a code-breaking team is believed to have finally cracked one of the killer’s mysterious coded messages sent to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969. Dubbed the “340 cipher,” the message was unraveled by a trio of code breakers
Continue Reading Farmers in India have reached a stalemate with the government over its proposed amendments to laws the farmers feel will ravage their livelihoods and create an opportunity for large, private companies to enter and exploit the entire agriculture sector. The laws directly impact the farmers in India, but they could also have a significant impact
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Rapper Lil Wayne faces up to 10 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty Friday to illegal gun possession, prosecutors said. Lil Wayne had been charged with criminal possession of a firearm and ammunition as a prior felony offender. Prosecutors said the gold-plated, .45-caliber handgun carried in a bag on a private flight was
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Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has invited former independent counsel Ken Starr and attorneys in key battleground states to testify at a controversial hearing next week where he plans to probe the 2020 election that President-elect Joe Biden won. The hearing, which has prompted sharp criticism from
Continue Reading President Donald Trump signed a one-week stopgap funding bill, passed by the Senate earlier Friday, to avert a government shutdown at midnight. The short-term spending bill, which the Senate passed by voice vote, extends government funding by a week to December 18 and is aimed at giving lawmakers more time to reach an agreement on
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President Donald Trump signed a one-week stopgap funding bill, passed by the Senate earlier Friday, to avert a government shutdown at midnight. The short-term spending bill, which the Senate passed by voice vote, extends government funding by a week to December 18 and is aimed at giving lawmakers more time to reach an agreement on
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Algunos negros y latinos en EE.UU. respiran con mayor alivio desde las elecciones presidenciales, según un nuevo estudio. A medida que en el verano aumentaban los casos de covid-19 y se desataba un descontento racial, más de la mitad de los adultos negros y latinos se sintieron enojados por el estado del país.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — In an order late Friday afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton – and supported by President Donald Trump – seeking to overturn presidential election results in four key battleground states. The high court said the state of Texas lacked standing to file the
Continue Reading This week, President Donald Trump pushed more lawsuits, even asking the Supreme Court to invalidate millions of votes in battleground states, in a long-shot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. All eyes remain on the Georgia Senate races, where early voting officially begins December 14. Meanwhile, coronavirus continues to ravage the country, infecting more
Continue Reading (CNN) — Harrison Ford agarrará su látigo y se pondrá el sombrero para una quinta película de «Indiana Jones», confirmó Disney, 41 años después del estreno de la primera entrega, «Raiders of the Lost Ark». Disney informó en un tuit este viernes que la película será producida por su brazo de producción Lucasfilm y que
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AUSTIN, Texas — Oracle is joining the growing exodus from Silicon Valley to Texas. The company will move its corporate headquarters to the state’s capital, Austin, it said Friday. It also instituted a more flexible work policy for its employees, who can choose their office location or continue to work from home. “We believe these
Continue Reading (CNN) — Otro gran felino dio positivo por coronavirus. Esta vez se trata de un leopardo de las nieves en un zoológico de Kentucky. Es la sexta especie animal que se confirma que ha sido infectada con el virus después de tener contacto con humanos. Este leopardo de las nieves hembra de 5 años pertenece
Continue Reading Investigators with the Manhattan district attorney’s office have interviewed several employees at President Donald Trump’s lender and insurance broker in recent weeks as part of a wide-ranging investigation into the Trump Organization, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. Two employees of Deutsche Bank, which has loaned more than $300 million to the Trump
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