Month: May 2021

Adele stuns in makeup-free photo shared in celebration of 33rd birthday – Fox News
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Adele stuns in makeup-free photo shared in celebration of 33rd birthday – Fox News

Adele celebrated her 33rd birthday with a makeup-free photo on social media. The Grammy-winner posted an album of new images Wednesday afternoon with the caption "Thirty Free." The first photo is a black-and-white shot of Adele looking flawless in a dark sweater while showing off her planet tattoo. The second is one of her swimming in the sea, and the third is one of herself dancing in a tie-dye dress at home. The post made no mention of her highly-anticipated upcoming album. ADELE FINALIZES DIVORCE FROM HUSBAND SIMON KONECKI: REPORT Back in October 2020, the Oscar winner hosted "Saturday Night Live" but didn't perform any new music.  "My album is not finished and I’m also too scared to do both [hosting and performing live on SNL]," she explained. "I would rather just put on some wi...
Elderly Nebraska woman dies from COVID-19, despite being vaccinated – 1011now
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Elderly Nebraska woman dies from COVID-19, despite being vaccinated – 1011now

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - An elderly Nebraska woman has died from the coronavirus, despite completing the vaccination process. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, a woman in her 80s with underlying medical conditions developed COVID-19 and was hospitalized more than 14 days after completing a vaccination series with the Pfizer vaccine. She was a resident of the Two Rivers Health District which includes Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, and Phelps Counties. Jeremy Eschliman, Health Director for Two Rivers, states, “While we know no vaccine can prevent 100% of illness, this still represents the best protection against the virus, and the vaccination process is still leading our entire state in returning to normal.” According to DHHS, this is the first dea...
Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response – NPR
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Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response – NPR

Mixing different kinds of COVID-19 vaccines might help boost immune responses, but the idea has been slow to catch on. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Mixing different kinds of COVID-19 vaccines might help boost immune responses, but the idea has been slow to catch on. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Typi...
10 reasons why young, healthy people really need to get vaccinated – CNN
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10 reasons why young, healthy people really need to get vaccinated – CNN

But many say they don't plan to get vaccinated -- which has bigger consequences than they might think. "We really need to get people 20 to 49 years old vaccinated because they are the ones driving the pandemic right now," said Dr. Carlos del Rio, executive associate dean at Emory University School of Medicine. -- Even if life is already starting to look more normal, the US will never reach herd immunity if young adults don't step it up. Health experts say we need at least 70% to 85% of the US population immunized to reach herd immunity and get this pandemic under control. -- More young people are suffering from "long Covid." Even healthy athletes have succumbed to long-term brain fog, chest pains and shortness of breath. -- By not getting vaccinated, young adults could make...
Blow Inspiration George Jung Dead at 78 – TMZ
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Blow Inspiration George Jung Dead at 78 – TMZ

George Jung -- the prolific cocaine smuggler portrayed by Johnny Depp in the movie "Blow" -- has died ... TMZ has learned. Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... George died Wednesday morning at home in the Boston area. The cause of death is currently not known, though he had recently been experiencing liver and kidney failure. We're told he had been in home hospice care since this past weekend and died with his girlfriend, Ronda, and friend, Roger, by his side. We're told he will be cremated. George's Twitter account tweeted a quote from the film Wednesday, “May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon you...
Amy Schumer shares heartfelt tribute to husband Chris Fischer on son Genes second birthday – Daily Mail
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Amy Schumer shares heartfelt tribute to husband Chris Fischer on son Genes second birthday – Daily Mail

Amy Schumer shared a heartfelt tribute to her chef husband Chris Fischer on their son Gene's second birthday this Wednesday. The 39-year-old comedienne wrote that her son will 'most likely' inherit his father's autism and encouraged fans to get tested. 'Today is our son’s birthday and I woke up emotional as hell thinking about my husband, Chris. In this first photo while I was having a 3 hour c section he held my hand and stared in my eyes so I never felt alone,' she began her note. 'I woke up emotional as hell': Amy Schumer shared a heartfelt tribute to her chef husband Chris Fischer on their son Gene's second birthday this Wednesday Mother and child: The 39-year-old wrote that her son will 'most likely' inherit his father's autism and encourage...
Kim Kardashian named in ‘looted’ Roman statue forfeiture claim – The Guardian
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Kim Kardashian named in ‘looted’ Roman statue forfeiture claim – The Guardian

Kim Kardashian West Reality TV star named in US court papers over relic bought in her name and sought by Italian authorities The US government has named Kim Kardashian in a civil forfeiture claim for an ancient Roman statue seized at Los Angeles port in June 2016 that Italian officials think was originally looted from Italy.According to the court documents, the statue, known as Fragment of Myron’s Samian Athena, was bought by Kardashian from a Belgian art dealer. It has been assessed to be an early to mid-Roman empire copy of a statue in the ancient Greek style.The forfeiture claim, filed in a federal court in Los Angeles last week, says the statue was seized by customs officials after the import broker failed to provide sufficient documentation about its origins.The statue was part of a...
CDC projects a surge in U.S. Covid cases through May due to variants before vaccinations drive a sharp decline – CNBC
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CDC projects a surge in U.S. Covid cases through May due to variants before vaccinations drive a sharp decline – CNBC

Medical workers wheel a patient into the emergency room at Maimonides Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, United States, March 8, 2021. Michael Nagle | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Covid-19 cases will likely surge again in the U.S. as the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant takes hold across the country, peaking in May before sharply declining by July, according to new data released Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rise in Covid cases is expected as states relax pandemic prevention strategies for businesses, large-scale gatherings and schools, and the B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the U.K., spreads more rapidly throughout the country, the CDC said in the report. The agency projected the tra...
Adults Race to Straighten Their Teeth, Bracing for Pandemic’s End – The Wall Street Journal
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Adults Race to Straighten Their Teeth, Bracing for Pandemic’s End – The Wall Street Journal

Annie Arment had been working from her parents’ Quincy, Ill., home for months when she decided to plunge back into another adolescent experience: getting a mouthful of metal. The 26-year-old accountant had spent her teen years wearing varying combinations of braces and retainers only to have her teeth go slightly crooked again in young adulthood. Staring at herself on daily Zoom calls throughout the pandemic routinely reminded her of every wayward incisor. But it has been the prospect of returning to semi-normal public life that pushed her to book an appointment with her childhood orthodontist. Calculating she would have just several more months of remote work before seeing her Chicago colleagues and friends in the flesh again, Ms. Arment opted in January ...
Protein ‘signature’ linked to severe COVID-19 outcomes identified, Mass General Hospital study says – The Boston Globe
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Protein ‘signature’ linked to severe COVID-19 outcomes identified, Mass General Hospital study says – The Boston Globe

They defined patients with severe COVID-19 as those who either required intubation or died within 28 days of admission to MGH, the Gazette article said. Researchers analyzed blood samples from 306 patients who tested positive for COVID-19, as well as samples from 78 patients with similar symptoms who tested negative, the article said. The team determined that “the most prevalent severity-associated protein, a pro-inflammatory protein called interleukin-6, or IL-6, rose steadily in patients who died, while it rose and then dropped in those with severe disease who survived,” the Gazette article said. The article said early attempts by other groups to treat COVID-19 patients suffering from acute respiratory distress with IL-6 blockers “were disappointing,” though more recent studies combini...