Month: September 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned Friday that an outbreak of salmonella due to an "unknown food source" has been detected in 25 states across the U.S. The agency said that on Sept. 2, it identified an outbreak of 20 salmonella oranienburg infections and that, since then, "the outbreak has grown rapidly." CORONAVIRUS IN THE US: STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN As of last Wednesday, 127 people were infected with the outbreak strain and reported illnesses started on dates ranging from Aug. 3, 2021, to Sept. 1, 2021. People less than a year old to 82 years old have been infected. There is a median age of 33, and 59% are female. Of 49 people with available information, the CDC wrote that 18 have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported. "The true number of s...

By Lora Lavigne, WRAL reporter Wendell, N.C. — After about 60 minutes on lockdown, students from East Wake High School in Wendell returned to class around 11:20 a.m. Some students chose to leave for the day with parents, who, alerted to the threat, lined up outside the school's Rolesville Road campus. "I’m constantly calling him saying, 'Are you OK? Can you come out? Where are you?'" one parent told WRAL News. "I see other kids coming out and hugging their parents, but I haven’t seen him yet." The school was briefly on a "code red" after a threat was shared on social media. A parent sent WRAL News a photo from SnapChat being circulated that showed a gun and the words "Eastwake be ready." Wake County sheriff's deputies...

An IverCare brand package containing a syringe of ivermectin — a drug used to kill worms and other parasites — intended for use in horses only, is shown Sept. 10, in Olympia, Wash. Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of the parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there's little evidence it helps. (Associated Press) SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah hospital recently treated a patient who ingested "large doses" of the anti-parasite drug ivermectin in an attempt to treat COVID-19, health officials announced Tuesday in a statewide warning. "The patient suffered serious health effects," the Utah Department of Health said. "Ivermectin is not a COVID-19 drug...

A nearly 30-year police veteran in California resigned over San Jose’s vaccine mandate as the police force continues struggling with chronic understaffing.  "First of all, it’s my religious belief. I also believe I’ve been given a choice about what to do with my body," Sgt. David Gutierrez said after he resigned from the San Jose Police Department this weekend, KPIX reported.  Gutierrez spent 23 years with the San Jose Police Department working as a homicide detective, internal affairs investigator and patrol supervisor, before retiring in 2019. He then returned to the force as a reserve officer.  TUCKER CARLSON: THE MILITARY'S COVID VACCINE MANDATE AMOUNTS TO A POWER GRAB Gutierrez worked his last shift at the department on Saturday, and said he sent a letter to the city manager on...

If you’ve watched TV in the last week, you’ve likely seen a commercial for a novel form of birth control called Phexxi. You could hardly miss it, starting as it does with “Welcome to my vagina,” and starring actress Annie Murphy from the wildly popular Emmy award-winning Canadian sitcom “Schitt’s Creek.” As the bubbly Murphy struts about in a cavernous pink bedroom, she promises that Phexxi is something that women have always wanted: an effective, “in the moment,” hormone-free method of birth control. Phexxi was approved by the FDA over a year ago, but only in the past week has its manufacturer, Evofem, begun marketing the product in earnest. With this shiny new campaign, Evofem is betting on the recently heightened search among women for non-hormonal birth control options. Deadly R...