The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in close to record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngsters are not vaccinated. “It’s just so heartbreaking,” said Dr. Paul Offit, an infectious-disease expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “It was hard enough last…
Read more
All patients and visitors entering Mayo Clinic must wear surgical masks.. System officials say the move aims to better protect the system against COVID-19 and particularly the omicron variant. It’s just one of the changes hospitals are implementing in light of the recent surge of cases. Although several studies endorsed by the Centers for Disease…
Read more
UK health secretary Sajid Javid has admitted the government will “need to constrain” the supply of rapid Covid-19 tests over the next fortnight to respond to “unprecedented demand” driven by the Omicron variant surge. “The arrival of the Omicron variant has caused record case numbers and unprecedented demand for both PCR and Lateral Flow Device…
Read more
UK health secretary Sajid Javid has admitted the government will “need to constrain” the supply of rapid Covid-19 tests over the next fortnight to respond to “unprecedented demand” driven by the Omicron variant surge. “The arrival of the Omicron variant has caused record case numbers and unprecedented demand for both PCR and Lateral Flow Device…
Read more
Sebastian Kurz has pivoted from politics to tech by taking up a position at Peter Thiel’s California-based investment company after the former Austrian leader quit in October following allegations of corruption at the heart of his government. The 35-year-old former chancellor will become a “global strategist” for the rightwing billionaire’s business, Thiel Capital, said one…
Read more
Less than four years ago, when Apple’s stock market value hit $1tn, it felt like a high point for tech stocks. So who would have thought that, in the dying days of 2021, the company that redefined consumer technology would already be on the brink of topping $3tn? This will go down as a historic…
Read more
Widespread gloom still swirls around humanity’s chances of tackling the climate emergency in spite of the progress made at the COP26 summit in Glasgow in November. “We have 98 months to halve global emissions,” said Aminath Shauna, environment minister of the Maldives, adding that failure to do so would result in a “death sentence” for…
Read more
A coalition of New Yorkers with mental disabilities has sued the New York Police Department claiming that its continued use of police officers as first responders to mental health crises is discriminatory and unconstitutional. The class-action lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, said the plaintiffs were…
Read more
Mount Sinai Health System in New York will stop scheduling elective and non-emergency procedures so it can free up health care providers and resources to care for COVID-19 patients, according to an internal memo sent to employees Wednesday. The pause will be in effect “for the next few weeks,” Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Vicki…
Read more
The original trio from the Wizarding franchise, Harry Potter, are expected to return to the silver screen next New Years Day in the 20th anniversary special when they return to Hogwarts. In the reunion special, two of the movie’s lead actors, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, spoke about how they were on the verge…
Read more