Month: January 2021

Garth Brooks Revealed How Lady Gaga “Saved” Him at the Inauguration – Best Life
23Jan By No Comments
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Garth Brooks Revealed How Lady Gaga “Saved” Him at the Inauguration – Best Life

Much of the nation tuned into the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris this past Wednesday. Some, surely, were there to watch American history be made, where others may have been more motivated by the celebrity guest performers. Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, and Garth Brooks all lent their talents to the ceremony, and it's since come to light that one of them did another a major favor behind the scenes. In an effusively grateful tweet, Garth Brooks revealed that Lady Gaga and her team "saved" him on Inauguration Day. Keep reading to find out what the pop star did for the country legend, and for more from the event, check out The Most Striking Photos From Inauguration Day. S...
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NYC seniors desperate to get COVID-19 vaccine blast registration system – New York Post
23Jan By No Comments
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NYC seniors desperate to get COVID-19 vaccine blast registration system – New York Post

Eligible New York City seniors desperate to get the COVID-19 vaccine said Friday that they haven’t found any available slots and are fed up with the Big Apple’s convoluted online jab signup system. Frank Rodgers, 71, of Staten Island has repeatedly tried to make an appointment for him and his wife, 66, to get the vaccine since they became eligible earlier this month, but keeps running into walls. “We don’t have an appointment. We don’t know where to go,” said Rodgers. “All our avenues of getting an appointment for the vaccine — there are none.” Rodgers, a security officer for a private company, said he has tried to make an appointment at one of the city’s vaccine hubs in the borough. “There was no availability,” he said. “Then it went to February, the...
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Allegheny County Health Dept. to start vaccinating people 65 and older at its Monroeville clinic – WTAE Pittsburgh
23Jan By No Comments
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Allegheny County Health Dept. to start vaccinating people 65 and older at its Monroeville clinic – WTAE Pittsburgh

The Allegheny County Health Department announced Friday that individuals 65 years old and older will be able to be vaccinated at its Monroeville clinic starting Monday.Officials said an appointment is required for the site, and appointments will be extremely limited as the Health Department continues to vaccinate eligible health care workers and those returning for the second shot in the vaccination series. The appointment links provided by the ACHD were sent out at 7:16 p.m. Friday and all available slots were filled within minutes, Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs confirmed. "Notification of this went out first through Allegheny Alerts and it appears that all available slots have been claimed. Users may try to find an appointment at the Monroeville POD on another day and ma...
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Spinderella Trashes Salt-N-Pepa Biopic for Scrubbing Her – TMZ
22Jan By No Comments
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Spinderella Trashes Salt-N-Pepa Biopic for Scrubbing Her – TMZ

DJ Spinderella just went off on Lifetime's Salt-N-Pepa biopic ... a project she's got nothing to do with, and she's pissed about the level of disrespect. S-N-P's former DJ blew her top Friday, one day before the movie debuts, saying she was disappointed to learn "a decision was made to move forward with a Lifetime biopic that wrongfully excluded me from every aspect of development and production all the while using my image throughout, given that I played an integral role in the group's story and success." Spinderella said she felt compelled to speak out because "too often, Black women who have made meaningful contributions in their industry are left out of historical narratives." She's especially mad because ...
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If This Sounds Like You, Youre at Risk for Severe COVID, Says Doctor | Eat This Not That – Eat This, Not That
22Jan By No Comments
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If This Sounds Like You, Youre at Risk for Severe COVID, Says Doctor | Eat This Not That – Eat This, Not That

One of the most curious aspects of COVID-19 is that when infected, some people remain completely asymptomatic, while others end up hospitalized and unable to breathe. Since the start of the pandemic, health experts and researchers have been studying the highly infectious virus in hopes of understanding why the type of infections varies so dramatically on a person-by-person basis. According to one infectious disease expert, it boils down to three factors. Read on to find out the three most common factors that influence the type and severity of COVID symptoms—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had Coronavirus.  ShutterstockThe first and only controllable part of th...
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BYU researchers link poor 1918 pandemic intervention efforts to higher death rates. Why that matters now – KSL.com
22Jan By No Comments
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BYU researchers link poor 1918 pandemic intervention efforts to higher death rates. Why that matters now – KSL.com

Editor's note: This article is a part of a series reviewing Utah and U.S. history for KSL.com's Historic section. PROVO — A new dataset published by BYU researchers this week and a coinciding soon-to-be-published research paper give a better understanding of the impact public health interventions had during the 1918 influenza pandemic, including that death rates nearly doubled in cities where there were poor mitigation efforts. While it's a review of something that happened over a century ago, it could offer insights into measures regarding the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic today —considering the many parallels between the 1918-19 pandemic and the coronavirus outbreak. Researchers from BYU worked with the nonprofit genealogical organization FamilySearch on "Families of the 1918 Pandem...
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