Month: January 2022

More children are hospitalized with Covid-19 than ever before as doctors face rising cases – CNN
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More children are hospitalized with Covid-19 than ever before as doctors face rising cases – CNN

The nation's largest pediatric hospital, Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, is reporting a more than four-fold increase in child hospitalizations from Covid-19 over the last two weeks, spurred by the spread of the Omicron and Delta variants over the holiday season. "We have staggering numbers here from this Omicron surge already," Dr. Jim Versalovic, pathologist-in-chief at Texas Children's, said Monday. "We shattered prior records that were established during the Delta surge in August." More than 700 children were in the hospital with Covid-19 during one 24-hour period last week, he said, and 90% of cases were shown through sequencing to have been caused by the Omicron variant. "We are seeing more Covid now than we have seen in previous waves," said Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, a...
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‘Peacemaker’ Declares War on Self-Serious Superheroes – Rolling Stone
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‘Peacemaker’ Declares War on Self-Serious Superheroes – Rolling Stone

Any doubt that HBO Max’s Peacemaker series would have the same energy, style, and sense of humor that writer-director James Gunn brought to last year’s feature film The Suicide Squad is dispelled within seconds of the superhero show’s opening-credits sequence. It is essentially an Eighties-style music video, with the homicidal title character, played once again by John Cena, and his supporting cast performing a choreographed dance number on a neon-lit stage while the Norwegian glam-metal band Wig Wam’s song “Do Ya Wanna Taste It” shreds in the background. It’s the kind of inspired gag that makes a mockery of the Skip Intro option, remaining a delight every single time it comes up. But then, the same could be said for ol’ bucket-headed Peacemaker himself. He was one of many amusing flavo...
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Stephen Colbert Addresses Andy Cohens Drunken Behavior On The CNN New Years Eve Show – Deadline
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Stephen Colbert Addresses Andy Cohens Drunken Behavior On The CNN New Years Eve Show – Deadline

Tonight on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, he discusses talk show host Andy Cohen’s drunken antics on CNN’s New Years Eve show.  “This year’s second biggest medical headline is that scientists say there are no hangover cures–which is terrible news for Andy Cohen,” said Colbert. Cohen and Anderson Cooper were co-host of the CNN live show where Cohen took very public jabs at former New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio, and Ryan Seacrest. “Usually when someone gets that angry drunk on live tv, they have to go explain their behavior to Andy Cohen,” referring to Cohen’s stint as host on the Real Housewives reunion shows. However, the drunken host addressed his actions on Twitter stating that he was “overserved” on the live show, even though he was making his own drinks. Th...
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Omicron vs. cold vs. flu: What are the unique omicron symptoms? – Deseret News
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Omicron vs. cold vs. flu: What are the unique omicron symptoms? – Deseret News

The omicron variant of the coronavirus is surging through the United States. It comes at a time when the flu and the common cold are also common throughout the country, raising questions about how to distinguish between each of the sicknesses. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, former Detroit health director, recently told CNN that there is an easy way to determine the difference. He said to think about your exposure risk — if you’ve been exposed to someone with COVID-19, your symptoms could be COVID-19. Loss of smell and loss of taste are COVID-19-specific symptoms that often mean you’re infected with the coronavirus. The omicron variant often leads to a headache. Dr. Lisa Barrett, an infectious disease specialist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, told Yahoo! News ...
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