Month: August 2020

The downward spiral of Ellen DeGeneres’s public persona: A complete guide – The Washington Post
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The downward spiral of Ellen DeGeneres’s public persona: A complete guide – The Washington Post

But that was just one in a series of controversial incidents surrounding DeGeneres, which culminated in a much more serious way last week after a pair of BuzzFeed articles alleged a toxic work environment on the daily talk show, as well as allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct by producers. Warner Bros. launched an internal investigation. DeGeneres sent an email to staff that said she took responsibility as the face of the show, but criticized her employees for not “do[ing] their jobs as they knew I’d want them done.” As a result, she wrote, she and the production company will be “taking steps, together, to correct the issues.” If you’re curious about how things got to this point, here’s a guide to how DeGeneres’s public persona went from the “new Queen of Nice” to even fello...
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Ancient Part of Immune System May Underpin Severe COVID-19 – Key May Be in Your Eyes – SciTechDaily
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Ancient Part of Immune System May Underpin Severe COVID-19 – Key May Be in Your Eyes – SciTechDaily

Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the center of the visual field. One of the immune system’s oldest branches, called complement, may be influencing the severity of COVID-19 disease, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Among other findings linking complement to COVID, the researchers found that people with age-related macular degeneration — a disorder caused by overactive complement — are at greater risk of developing severe complications and dying from COVID. The connection with complement suggests that existing drugs that inhibit the complement system could help treat patients with severe disease. The study wa...
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Common painkillers for chronic discomfort could ‘do more harm than good’, says Nice – Yahoo Lifestyle
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Common painkillers for chronic discomfort could ‘do more harm than good’, says Nice – Yahoo Lifestyle

Many turn to painkillers to relieve their discomfort, however, the pills may do 'more harm than good'. (Getty Images)Chronic-pain patients should not turn to analgesics to ease their discomfort, an official health body has said. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), which offers guidance for the NHS, has stressed commonly-prescribed painkillers like paracetamol, aspirin and opioids “have little or no evidence they work”. The treatments could even do “more harm than good” if a patient develops an addiction, it warned. Read more: Boxer's agonising skin condition 'cured by a skin graft from his backside' Nearly six million people in England and Wales were prescribed opioids in 2019, twice as many as 20 years ago. While the UK situation is considerably less severe tha...
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Long-term complications of COVID-19 signals billions in healthcare costs ahead – Reuters
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Long-term complications of COVID-19 signals billions in healthcare costs ahead – Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Late in March, Laura Gross, 72, was recovering from gall bladder surgery in her Fort Lee, New Jersey, home when she became sick again. FILE PHOTO: Laura Gross looks out from her balcony in Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S., July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Her throat, head and eyes hurt, her muscles and joints ached and she felt like she was in a fog. Her diagnosis was COVID-19. Four months later, these symptoms remain. Gross sees a primary care doctor and specialists including a cardiologist, pulmonologist, endocrinologist, neurologist, and gastroenterologist. “I’ve had a headache since April. I’ve never stopped running a low-grade temperature,” she said. Studies of COVID-19 patients keep uncovering new complications associate...
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High odds severe Covid-19 can lead to kidney injury or failure, medical studies reveal – CNBC
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High odds severe Covid-19 can lead to kidney injury or failure, medical studies reveal – CNBC

Patient receives dialysis at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Mount Sinai Sonia Toure remembers the exact moment when her life changed forever. She was on a Zoom call in mid-March with her work colleagues when she coughed. It was a deep, strange-sounding cough that startled everyone. Later that night she got a 103-degree fever and pain shot all over her body. "These were not body aches," she recalls. "My body hurt so bad it felt like I was beaten by a group of people. I could barely walk to the bathroom or catch my breath." Toure, a 54-year-old project coordinator for the CUNY Research Foundation in New York, was sick 12 days before she went to the hospital. By then she lost her sense of taste and smell, and nausea and vomiting had kicked in. She had  ...
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This Is How Justin And Hailey Bieber Are Going To Raise Their Kids To Be Anti-Racist – BuzzFeed
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This Is How Justin And Hailey Bieber Are Going To Raise Their Kids To Be Anti-Racist – BuzzFeed

Celebrity ·Updated 4 hours ago. Posted 6 hours ago "It was time to look inside and reflect." Right now, Justin and Hailey Bieber are just enjoying each other's company as a married couple — as the pop artist told the world last July — but one day they plan on having children. James Devaney / GC Images The idea of having babies together was one of the reasons Justin knew Hailey was the one for him, as he revealed to Apple Music's Zane Lowe earlier this year. James Devaney / GC Images "I'd seen her with a baby and something just click...
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Frank Ocean’s Younger Brother Ryan Breaux Reportedly Killed In Crash Alongside Classmate Ezekial Bishop – CBS Los Angeles
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Frank Ocean’s Younger Brother Ryan Breaux Reportedly Killed In Crash Alongside Classmate Ezekial Bishop – CBS Los Angeles

WESTLAKE VILLAGE (CBSLA) — A memorial was held on Sunday night for two people killed overnight in a fiery one-vehicle crash in Westlake Village. Loved ones gathered near the site of a deadly crash that friends said took the lives of Ryan Breaux and Ezekial “Zeek” Bishop on August 2. (Courtesy: CBS) Deputies responded to a call of smoke in the area around 1:30 a.m. near Skelton Canyon Circle. When officials arrived, the vehicle had been fully engulfed in flames and two occupants were pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle was severely damaged and hit a tree before getting cut in half on impact. Several messages of condolences were shared on social media on Sunday after news of the crash’s reported victims, who some friends gathered nearby for a memorial told CBS2/KCAL9 were...
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Billie Eilish On Track For U.K. Top 5 Debut With My Future – Billboard
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Billie Eilish On Track For U.K. Top 5 Debut With My Future – Billboard

Billie Eilish’s future is bright. And her latest single “My Future” is heading for a lofty debut in the U.K. The new track opens at No. 3 on the First Look chart, based on downloads and streams across Friday and Saturday. It’s on track for what should be Eilish’s fifth U.K. Top 10 single, though its some way from emulating her chart-topping success with the James Bond track “No Time To Die,” which is recognized as the biggest No. 1 of 2020 so far. Joel Corry & MNEK’s “Head & Heart” leads the preliminary tally and is the most downloaded and streamed song in the early stage of the week. It’s charging towards a third week at No. 1, with a lead of 4,500 chart sales over the No. 2 placed “Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)” by New Zealand producer Jawsh 685 and Jason Derul...
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Vietnam says early August decisive in containing coronavirus – Reuters
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Vietnam says early August decisive in containing coronavirus – Reuters

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam is in the midst of a “decisive” fight against the novel coronavirus, the prime minister said on Monday, with the focus on Danang city where infections have appeared in four factories with a combined workforce of about 3,700 people. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A man wears a protective mask as he drives past a banner promoting prevention against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hanoi, Vietnam July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo Vietnam, widely praised for its mitigation efforts since the coronavirus appeared in late January, is battling several new clusters of infection linked to Danang after going more than three months without detecting any domestic transmission. “We have to deploy full force to curb all known epicentres, especially those in Danang,” t...
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