WHO recommends dropping component of many flu vaccines (www.statnews.com)
The WHO has recommended dropping a component of many flu vaccines because the viruses it protects against appear to have been driven into extinction in the Covid pandemic.
A key US government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says (apnews.com)
The recommendation came in a report from a three-member Democratic majority of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board, an independent agency within the executive branch, and was made despite the opposition of Biden administration officials who warn that such a requirement could snarl fast-moving terrorism and espionage...
Almost 7% of adults and 1% of kids have struggled with long Covid, survey finds (www.cnn.com)
Estimates of the number of people in the US with lingering Covid-19 symptoms vary widely, but a new survey from the National Center for Health Statistics says the condition may have affected as many as 962,000 children and 17.9 million adults.
How El Nino will affect the US this winter (abcnews.go.com)
Adidas chief exec: Kanye West ‘didn’t mean what he said’ with antisemitic comments (www.theguardian.com)
Bjørn Gulden, chief executive of Adidas, has lamented the end of the company’s lucrative partnership with Kanye West, saying, “I don’t think he meant what he said,” regarding the rapper’s antisemitic comments in October 2022....
1-Year-Old Dead and Man in Custody After Opioid Exposure at Bronx Day Care (www.nytimes.com)
The call came in Friday afternoon: Three children at a tiny, ground-floor day care in the Bronx could not wake up from nap time....
Fact check: Biden falsely claims he was at Ground Zero 'the next day' after 9/11 (www.cnn.com)
He did it three times in a single speech last month – falsely claiming to have witnessed a bridge collapse in Pittsburgh in 2022 (he actually visited the site more than six hours after the collapse), falsely claiming his grandfather had died just days prior to his own birth at the same hospital (his paternal grandfather died...
FDA clears new Covid boosters: 5 things to know (www.nbcnews.com)
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday greenlighted updated Covid boosters from Pfizer and Moderna. The shots, which are formulated to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant, are expected to be available later this week, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signs off....
Jury selection begins in contempt case against ex-Trump White House official Peter Navarro (apnews.com)
Jury selection began Tuesday in the case against former Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who was charged with contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol....
The Climate Crisis Could Mean the Twilight of the American West (www.rollingstone.com)
In an excerpt from his book River Notes, leading anthropologist Wade Davis recalls how the taming of the Colorado River in the 1960s — ‘nature serves man’ went the thinking — helped shape the nation. But now facing a historic drought, all that could be lost in a generation....
Maine's puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change (apnews.com)
On remote islands off the Maine coast, a unique bird held its own this year in the face of climate change....
As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go (www.aljazeera.com)
Hurricanes and rising seas are displacing caskets. What do you do when the climate crisis comes for the dead?
Florida education commissioner pulls out of Black history town hall in Miami Gardens (www.miamiherald.com)
Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. has pulled out of Thursday’s town hall in Miami Gardens to discuss the state’s controversial new Black history curriculum, State Sen. Shevrin Jones said Wednesday evening.
Trump Can Stay on G.O.P. Primary Ballot in Michigan, Judge Rules (www.nytimes.com)
'Death to Arabs': Students evacuated from dorms after hundreds of rioters attempt break-in (www.haaretz.com)
Videos show a crowd gathered outside the school building attempting to break down the gates and forcibly enter, claiming that the Arab-Israeli students inside had disrupted their Shabbat prayer
Guys, things are going to be okay after all..Kim Kardashian is stepping up to fight climate change. (designtaxi.com)
She is so brave.
Soaring congenital syphilis rates in US risk lives of thousands of babies (www.theguardian.com)
Biden administration urged to declare a public health emergency with key medication for preventable condition in short supply
Biden administration authorizes nonessential personnel to depart Israel, West Bank (thehill.com)
The Biden administration released an updated travel advisory for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza on Saturday as the ongoing conflict in the region persists....
"You should be ashamed": [NY Post] Reporter throws fit in briefing because press secretary won't call on him (www.salon.com)
A company cancels its plans to recover more Titanic artifacts. Its renowned expert died on the Titan (apnews.com)
The decision could impact a looming court battle between the company and the U.S. government, which has been trying to stop the 2024 mission. U.S. attorneys have said the firm’s original plans to enter the ship’s hull would violate a federal law that treats the wreck as a gravesite....
Ex-soldier indicted for trying to pass U.S. defense info to China (www.cbsnews.com)
A former U.S. Army sergeant faces felony charges after the Justice Department says he attempted to pass sensitive national defense information to China through email....
Health care workers picket outside US hospitals in multiple states, kicking off 3-day strike (apnews.com)
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UAW expands strike against Ford, General Motors (www.axios.com)
US restricts imports from three more Chinese companies tied to forced labor (www.reuters.com)
The United States restricted imports from three more Chinese companies on Tuesday as part of an effort to eliminate goods made with the forced labor of Uyghur minorities from the U.S. supply chain....
US FDA to seek public opinion before banning popular cough syrup ingredient (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it would seek public opinion before finalizing its decision to remove a decongestant widely used in cough syrups from the agency’s list of ingredients for over-the-counter (OTC) use....
