Month: December 2021

This Girl On TikTok Has Had Parosmia For Almost A Year – BuzzFeed
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This Girl On TikTok Has Had Parosmia For Almost A Year – BuzzFeed

"Think of it like this. The entire olfactory system, or your sense of smell, is a computer. The brain is the CPU of the computer, or the main memory. The keyboard is what’s in our nose. And the keys on the keyboard are neurons, which are able to catch the odors," she told BuzzFeed. "What happens with parosmia is essentially that the keys are jumbled up and placed in the wrong positions. So when an odor comes into the nose, the neurons send the wrong signal to the brain.”
New study finds serious COVID-19 infection could be fatal even after recovery | TheHill – The Hill
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New study finds serious COVID-19 infection could be fatal even after recovery | TheHill – The Hill

People who have recovered from a serious bout of COVID-19 may still have reason to be concerned for their health within the year of their recovery.  A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine suggests survivors of severe COVID-19 are more than twice as likely to die within a year after infection compared to patients who tested negative for the disease or experienced only mild symptoms.  Researchers from the University of Florida analyzed electronic health records of 13,638 patients who were tested for the virus using a PCR test in the Florida health system. Among those tested, 178 patients experienced severe symptoms and were hospitalized while 246 had only mild or moderate symptoms. The rest tested negative for the virus.  The study tracked patients over 12 months...
Virgil was here: Inside Virgil Ablohs final show for Louis Vuitton – CNN
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Virgil was here: Inside Virgil Ablohs final show for Louis Vuitton – CNN

Written by Nick Remsen, CNNMiami, Florida When news of Virgil Abloh's death broke on Sunday, many speculated that Louis Vuitton's presentation of his Spring-Summer 2022 collection in Miami, Florida -- scheduled to take place just days later -- would be canceled. But the French luxury label, for which he helmed menswear, said it would go on as per the late designer and his family's wishes. A short film was released to accompany the announcement. The video follows a young Black boy biking around a deserted Miami, passing the city's Downtown and Key Biscayne's Crandon Park Beach, and, perhaps most tellingly, capturing plenty of frames of an ocean blue sky. The child is seen looking around and upward, perhaps onward. He eventually reaches a red hot air balloon, jumping in to take flight....
Music Legend Clarence Avants Wife Shot and Killed in Home Invasion Robbery – TMZ
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Music Legend Clarence Avants Wife Shot and Killed in Home Invasion Robbery – TMZ

9:20 AM PT -- At least one suspect, the shooter, had gotten inside the Avants' home when he opened fire at Jacqueline ... according to sources connected to the investigation. It's unclear how many suspects were involved. An image of the home, obtained by NBCLA, shows a smashed sliding glass door ... so it appears that's how the suspects got inside. Clarence Avant, a legendary music exec who was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, had a tragedy at home Tuesday night ... a home invasion where his wife of 54 years -- Jacqueline Avant -- was shot and killed ... TMZ has learned. ...
Sandra Bullock Revealed She Sometimes Wishes Her Skin “Matched” Her Adopted Childrens After Opening Up About The Brutally Honest Conversation She Had With Her Son About Racism When He Was 6 – BuzzFeed News
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Sandra Bullock Revealed She Sometimes Wishes Her Skin “Matched” Her Adopted Childrens After Opening Up About The Brutally Honest Conversation She Had With Her Son About Racism When He Was 6 – BuzzFeed News

celebrity “I said, ‘People are scared and will react to you differently than if you were a white boy.’ And he knows it. I let them see everything. I let them hear and know everything." Leyla Mohammed BuzzFeed News Staff Posted on December 1, 2021, at 10:46 a.m. ET Sandra Bullock has opened up about how she’s navigating the subject of race while raising her Black children. Araya Doheny / WireImage, The Hollywood actor is mom ...
Prince Harry compares Covid pandemic to HIV in Peoples Vaccine video – Daily Mail
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Prince Harry compares Covid pandemic to HIV in Peoples Vaccine video – Daily Mail

Prince Harry today compared the Covid-19 crisis to HIV, claiming that 'corporate greed and political failure have prolonged both pandemics'. The Duke of Sussex told viewers in a YouTube video today that there were 'striking parallels' between the Covid-19 pandemic and the HIV epidemic. The 37-year-old made the comments in a video which featured footage of his late mother Princess Diana who was known for raising awareness surrounding HIV/Aids. The clip also featured Harry and his wife Meghan Markle during the Global Citizen Live event in New York in September which called for a vaccine equity policy.  Today's video came out on World Aids Day as part of the People's Vaccine Alliance coalition of groups and activists which is campaigning for a 'people's vaccine'.  The alliance is backed by o...
Fauci says COVID diverted resources from fighting AIDS – AOL
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Fauci says COVID diverted resources from fighting AIDS – AOL

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said Tuesday the COVID-19 pandemic has diverted scientific and financial resources from the fight against AIDS, seriously impeding global efforts to achieve the U.N. goal of ending AIDS by 2030.  Fauci told the U.N. General Assembly that tackling COVID-19 has also disrupted supply chains and increased the risk for people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, of being infected with another deadly virus. “To confront these challenges, we must intensify our collaborative research efforts and unclog supply chains through investment and regulatory action,” he said. “We also must assure that people with HIV in all countries have early access to effective COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics while their supply of anti...
Every movie and show coming to Netflix in December – Polygon
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Every movie and show coming to Netflix in December – Polygon

Even with Netflix’s recommendation algorithm serving you new movies, new TV shows, and original programming tailored to your viewing habits, the streaming service’s fire hose of content makes what’s coming and going difficult to parse. A whole host of Netflix favorites return for new seasons, including but not limited to The Witcher, Cobra Kai, Emily in Paris, Queer Eye, and Aggretsuko. The newest season of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure — subtitled Stone Ocean — also debuts. From the back catalogue, enjoy some Final Destination movies and Teen Mom 2. Available in December Decoupled (Netflix Series) From Netflix: A misanthropic writer and his startup-founder wife juggle their impending divorce with the absurdities and annoyances of life in their affluent world. Available Dec. 1 ...