Month: January 2022

‘Neil Young is a hero’: Backlash grows against Spotify over decision to support Joe Rogan – The Independent
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‘Neil Young is a hero’: Backlash grows against Spotify over decision to support Joe Rogan – The Independent

Furious Neil Young fans are backing the singer and pledging to cancel their Spotify subscriptions after the streaming service refused to back down over its Joe Rogan podcast. The 76-year-old’s music has been removed from Spotify after he protested against the spread of misinformation about coronavirus on The Joe Rogan Experience, which is one of the platform’s most popular shows. This week, Young published a since-removed open letter addressed to his manager and record label, which said: “With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, [The Joe Rogan Experience], which is hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence. “Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, though the company presently h...
Covid News: C.D.C. Study Shows Third Shots Better Protect the Immunocompromised – The New York Times
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Covid News: C.D.C. Study Shows Third Shots Better Protect the Immunocompromised – The New York Times

Medical workers in a Covid-19 ward at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System this month.Credit...Joseph Prezioso/Agence France-Presse, via Getty Images Unvaccinated health care workers in roughly half the United States are required to get a first dose of a Covid vaccine by Thursday under a federal mandate that has understaffed hospitals and nursing homes bracing to lose more workers. The Biden administration’s mandate, which is to take effect in stages, will ultimately affect about 10 million health care workers in 76,000 hospitals, nursing homes, home-health agencies and other providers that participate in Medicaid and Medicare. Thursday’s deadline follows a Supreme Court decision on Jan. 13 that blocked a vaccine-or-testing mandate for large employers but upheld a vaccination requireme...
HIV Vaccine Tests Using mRNA Technology Begin In US – NDTV
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HIV Vaccine Tests Using mRNA Technology Begin In US – NDTV

<!-- --> This Phase 1 trial is being carried out in the United States among 56 healthy adults Washington: Testing in humans of an HIV vaccine that uses messenger RNA technology has begun, the biotech firm Moderna and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative said Thursday. This Phase 1 trial is being carried out in the United States among 56 healthy adults who are HIV negative. Despite four decades of research, doctors have yet to develop a vaccine to protect people from the virus that causes AIDS, which kills hundreds of thousands of people around the world each year. But hopes have been stirred with the success of mRNA technology, which allowed for the development of Covid-19 vaccines in record time, including one from Moderna. The goal of the vaccine now being tested is to st...
China reports 2 new human cases of H5N6 bird flu – BNO News
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China reports 2 new human cases of H5N6 bird flu – BNO News

Two more people in mainland China have tested positive for H5N6 bird flu, raising the number of cases reported this month to eight, officials say. A recent spike in human cases has led to calls for increased surveillance. The Hong Kong Health Department said in a statement that it was notified about two additional cases in humans in Sichuan and Zhejiang provinces. Both cases occurred earlier this month but were not immediately made public by local officials. The first case, a 68-year-old man from Langzhong in Sichuan province, fell ill on January 3 and was taken to a local hospital the next day, where he remains in critical condition. There was no word on how he may have been infected. The second case, a 55-year-old woman from Hangzhou in Zhejiang province,...
Gina Gershon, Wallace Shawn defend Woody Allen amid molestation allegations: He didnt do it – USA TODAY
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Gina Gershon, Wallace Shawn defend Woody Allen amid molestation allegations: He didnt do it – USA TODAY

Gina Gershon and Wallace Shawn are defending director Woody Allen, who has been accused of child sexual abuse by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow. In a broadcast interview with Chicago local affiliate WGN9, the actors discussed working with the writer and director on his latest film "Rifkin's Festival," with Shawn expressing doubt about Farrow's allegations and Gershon calling them "a family matter." In 2017, Farrow’s allegations against her estranged adoptive father received renewed attention in the wake of the #MeToo movement, which went viral following her brother Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein. The author has long maintained that Allen molested her when she was a child, discussing the alleged assault in articles and on camera, including the HBO docuseries "Allen v. Farr...
Ant-Man Star Evangeline Lilly Speaks Out After Attending Protest of Vaccine Mandates – E! NEWS
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Ant-Man Star Evangeline Lilly Speaks Out After Attending Protest of Vaccine Mandates – E! NEWS

Marvel actress Evangeline Lilly spoke out about attending an anti-vaccine mandate rally in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. The Ant-Man star, who has previously apologized for her "arrogant" COVID-19 beliefs, took to Instagram on Thursday, Jan. 27, to share photos from the protest. According to Lilly, she was at the rally "to support bodily sovereignty." "I believe nobody should ever be forced to inject their body with anything, against their will," she began in the caption, before listing what she maintains are consequences to not getting the vaccine, including "violent attacks," loss of employment and education, "alienation from loved ones" and "excommunication from society." She continued, "This is not the way. This is not safe. This is not healthy. This is not love. I underst...
Drew Barrymore Talked To Kate Hudson About How She Was Once In An Open Relationship With Luke Wilson – BuzzFeed
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Drew Barrymore Talked To Kate Hudson About How She Was Once In An Open Relationship With Luke Wilson – BuzzFeed

You know Drew Barrymore — but did you know she was once in an open relationship with Luke Wilson?!? Taylor Hill / FilmMagic / Getty Images It's true — and she told Kate Hudson all about it on a recent episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. Kate Hudson and Drew go WAY back. Back to a bar in Santa Monica when Drew was in (what ended up being) an open relationship with Luke Wilson. Watch more: https://t.co/zdNWnaGGAB 03:51 PM - 27 Jan 2022 @DrewBarrymoreTV / Via Twitter:...
Michigan meningitis case IDd: All who attended 2 frat events at U-M, MSU need antibiotics – Detroit Free Press
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Michigan meningitis case IDd: All who attended 2 frat events at U-M, MSU need antibiotics – Detroit Free Press

Anyone who attended two college fraternity events — one Jan. 20 in Ann Arbor and another Jan. 22 in East Lansing — may have been exposed to meningococcal meningitis and should start antibiotic treatment immediately, health officials warned Thursday. A case of the rare and serious bacterial infection, which can cause swelling of the membranes around the spinal cord and brain and may lead to death, was confirmed in a University of Michigan student who attended an event 10:30 p.m.-12 a.m. Jan. 20 at the Delta Kappa Epsilon residence, 800 Oxford Road, Ann Arbor. The student also attended an event near the Michigan State University campus. It was a ticketed event Jan. 22 hosted by Sigma Beta Rho at Club Rush, 131 Albert Ave., East Lansing. More:Michigan health department to give out free KN95 ...
Omicron variant symptom: This symptom emerges in the stomach – Deseret News
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Omicron variant symptom: This symptom emerges in the stomach – Deseret News

You might feel like you have a stomach bug or like you ate some bad food. But this could actually be a sign of COVID-19, specifically the omicron variant. What’s happening: Health officials in Alabama are warning people that a COVID-19 infection from the omicron variant might lead to more than just respiratory issues, according to WPMI-TV. Stomach bugs and gastrointestinal symptoms are not off the table. What they’re saying: “With Delta, the upper respiratory symptoms were very severe. It was in the lung. Patients would have pneumonia, respiratory failure and would go on a ventilator,” said Dr. Bill Admire, with Infirmary Health, according to WPMI-TV. “But with Omicron, patients with gastrointestinal problems are flaring up and having more symptoms.” Symptoms: Admire said th...