Month: August 2021

Mama June’s BF Sentenced to 16 Months in Crack Cocaine Case – TMZ
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Mama June’s BF Sentenced to 16 Months in Crack Cocaine Case – TMZ

Mama June's boyfriend won't enjoy his usual freedoms over the next year and change ... because he was sentenced in his crack cocaine case in Alabama. According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ ... Mama's BF Geno Doak was sentenced to 16 months in Macon Community Corrections after copping a plea deal. We're told that while Geno is registered as an inmate, he will not be physically behind bars, but has a set of rules to follow. If he messes up, he'll be locked up. TMZ broke the story...
Marvels Chloe Bennet Leaves the Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Series – Gizmodo
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Marvels Chloe Bennet Leaves the Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Series – Gizmodo

Chloe Bennet at a YouTube Originals event in 2019.Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for YouTube Originals (Getty Images) The jury’s still out on whether the world wants or needs a live-action version of Craig McCracken’s beloved Cartoon Network series The Powerpuff Girls—especially one that casts the li’l superheroes as resentful twentysomethings. But when and if the CW pilot for Powerpuff makes it to the airwaves, it’ll be without one of the biggest names in its previously announced cast: Agents of SHIELD’s Chloe Bennet, who has left the show. And since we know you’re wondering, the reason given was that old standby of vagueness: “scheduling conflicts,” according to Variety, which broke the news. The trade also reminds us that the initial Powerpuff pilot (directed by Maggie Kiley, co...
Third Moderna Shot Boosts Transplant Recipients Immune Response, Canadian Trial Finds – Gizmodo
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Third Moderna Shot Boosts Transplant Recipients Immune Response, Canadian Trial Finds – Gizmodo

Vials of the Moderna covid-19 vaccine.Image: Michael Sohn (AP) A randomized clinical trial in Canada has found that three doses of the Moderna vaccine are effective at boosting organ transplant recipients’ immune response to the coronavirus, suggesting they would be better protected from illness and infection. The finding could result in the expedited approval of third jabs for this vulnerable population. Solid organ transplant recipients on immune-suppressing medications are often excluded from clinical trials of vaccines, but as the CDC’s Anthony Fauci told CNN’s State of the Union last month, a third jab would likely go a long way toward protecting immunocompromised individuals from covid-19. The challenge is to make sure that vaccines are both safe and effective for transplant pa...
Some parents are slipping young kids in for the COVID-19 vaccine, but doctors discourage the move as risky – USA TODAY
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Some parents are slipping young kids in for the COVID-19 vaccine, but doctors discourage the move as risky – USA TODAY

Mimi Allen has two daughters, 14 and 10. She is raising them alone. They are her world. So while the Phoenix financial advisor doesn’t normally go for rule-breaking, she recently decided to slip into a local pharmacy and get her younger daughter a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination, which is currently limited to those 12 and older. Allen told her immunocompromised daughter the plan, fibbed about her child’s age at the counter, and walked out relieved. “I’m a mother who needs to keep her children safe, and if the governor here had mandated masks in school I might have thought differently,” said Allen, 55, who declined to give her daughters’ names out of concern for any backlash. “I’m an ethical person. But after my daughters, my concern is me. If they get it and pass it on and I’m hospitalized or...
FDA poised to authorize 3rd vaccine dose for immune-compromised people: Source – ABC News
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FDA poised to authorize 3rd vaccine dose for immune-compromised people: Source – ABC News

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to authorize a third shot for the immune-compromised on Thursday, two sources familiar with the plans confirmed to ABC News. If the FDA green-lights the additional shots -- first reported by NBC News -- it’s up to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the Centers for Disease Control's expert advisory panel, to make its own recommendation on who should get the shot and what factors they might want to consider. Those recommendations are typically adopted by the CDC as nationwide public health guidance. The ACIP is scheduled to meet on Friday, though it is not currently scheduled to vote. Many immunocompromised Americans have not had high immune responses to the vaccines, leaving them vulnerable to the virus even after getting a shot...
Machine Gun Kelly Apparently Shaved His Head And Is Sporting A Massive Head Tattoo – HuffPost
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Machine Gun Kelly Apparently Shaved His Head And Is Sporting A Massive Head Tattoo – HuffPost

Machine Gun Kelly may need to rebrand himself as “the Bald Don.” The musician and “twin-flame” to Megan Fox shared a photo of his enormous head tattoo this week in a social media post declaring that he’d shaved his head. The move is a bit of a departure for the artist born as Colson Baker. He still calls himself the “Blonde Don” online because of his formerly wild blond locks and has also been seen rocking green hair, various shades of blond, and even various iterations of a mohawk. The post of Kelly’s bald head also promoted the music video for “papercuts,” the first single from his upcoming album, “Born With Horns.” The video was directed by Cole Bennett, who is also featured in the image Kelly posted online. i shaved my head for this @_ColeBennett_ “papercuts”tomorrow 9pm 🎬...
Inside Kylie Jenners luxe 24th birthday at home – Page Six
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Inside Kylie Jenners luxe 24th birthday at home – Page Six

Kylie Jenner said, “Cheers to 24,” with all-day festivities alongside close friends and family. The beauty mogul celebrated her 24th birthday at her Hollywood home surrounded by close friends and family on Tuesday, and naturally there were plenty of snaps to share with fans throughout her day. “Cheers to 24 🥂,” the reality TV star wrote on Instagram under a photo of her in a green dress, sipping on some bubbly. Jenner treated her guests to a decadent display of treats for breakfast, including cupcakes with fake gold coins reading “24.” InstagramThe Kylie Cosmetics founder treated her guests to a breakfast spread — including donuts, cinnamon buns and avocado toast — to start off her special day.  The celebration continued with a painting class led by artis...
‘Powerpuff’: Chloe Bennet Exits CW Live-Action Reboot Pilot – Deadline
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‘Powerpuff’: Chloe Bennet Exits CW Live-Action Reboot Pilot – Deadline

The CW’s Powerpuff live-action pilot has lost one of its crimefighters as star Chloe Bennet exits from the project, Deadline has confirmed. The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. alum was set to star as Blossom, opposite Dove Cameron and Yana Perrault who will appear as Bubbles and Buttercup, respectively. Sources say that the actress did not sign a new deal to stay on the project due to scheduling issues. Cameron and Perrault will stay on as the remaining Powerpuff Girls but the search for a new Blossom will begin in the coming months. Her exit from the reboot comes about three months after The CW’s Mark Pedowitz explained that the live-action pilot will be reworked.  Written by Diablo Cody and Heather Regnier and directed by Maggie Kiley based on the original Cartoon Network anima...
Pfizer vaccine much less effective against delta variant compared to Moderna, study finds – SFGate
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Pfizer vaccine much less effective against delta variant compared to Moderna, study finds – SFGate

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is significantly less effective against the delta variant than the Moderna vaccine, according to a new preprint study from the Mayo Clinic that has yet to be peer-reviewed. Both vaccines are still highly effective against severe disease from the delta variant COVID-19, the study authors stressed. However, Moderna was found to be, on average, 76% effective against infection from the delta variant compared to Pfizer, which was 42% effective against infection from the variant. "The elephant in the room is the amount of mRNA in the vaccines," said Venky Soundarajan, the cofounder and chief scientist at Nference, the data analytics arm of the Mayo Clinic based in Cambrdige, Massachusetts.  The Moderna vaccine has a ...
Mosquitoes in Louisville test positive for West Nile Virus – WLKY Louisville
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Mosquitoes in Louisville test positive for West Nile Virus – WLKY Louisville

Mosquitoes in Louisville test positive for West Nile Virus Updated: 2:53 PM EDT Aug 11, 2021 Louisville's health department is issuing a warning after mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus were found in more than one ZIP code.According to the Department of Public Health and Wellness, the mosquitoes were discovered in surveillance traps in these areas: 40205, 40212, 40214 and 40215.Connie Mendel, assistant director of the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, said while find mosquitoes with West Nile is not uncommon this type of year, people should take appropriate precautions while outdoors. For instance, people are advised to...