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Click here for updates on this story     COUNSELOR, New Mexico (KOAT) — A 4-year-old girl is paralyzed after she was diagnosed with Acute Transverse Myelitis as a result of COVID-19, the girl’s mother tells KOAT. KOAT spoke to 4-year-old Stella Martin and her mother, Cassandra Yazzie, a day after Stella was finally released from the

Click here for updates on this story     IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (East Idaho News) — One year ago, Aimee Thomson thought she had life figured out. Buying a place that she and her two children could call home was becoming a real possibility. Now, the word “future” has a new, short-term meaning. “Somebody asked me the

Whether we’re texting or using tools, our hands — perhaps more than any other body part — are what equip us for modern life. The killer app in the evolution of our hands was our opposable thumbs, which allow humans to precisely hold tiny things between our fingertips and pad of our thumb. When did

Click here for updates on this story     SUGAR CITY, Idaho (East Idaho News) — Football player, college student, cheerleader, track star, son, brother, friend. Dylan Pope is all of those, but the description he’s proud of most is stem cell donor. The 21-year-old was raised in Sugar City, where he played football, cheered and ran

Click here for updates on this story     LAS VEGAS (FOX5/KVVU) — In a first for the Las Vegas area, spinal surgery is now being done using augmented reality. Only a small number of hospitals in the country have the technology and Southern Hills Hospital is now one of them. Augmented reality is being used to

Germany’s vaccine commission has recommended that the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford should not be given to people older than 65 years, the German Interior Ministry said Thursday. The Standing Committee on Vaccination at Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country’s main public health authority, has found there is insufficient

Click here for updates on this story     SEDONA, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — It looked like a scene right out of an action movie. An Arizona National Guard rescue team flying in to save three stranded hikers Tuesday, above the Haribo Canyon in Sedona. All three hikers were visiting from out-of-town. Scott Brand and his wife Crystal

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — A homeowner is asking for answers from the Phoenix Police Department after she recorded two Phoenix police officers striking a man at a homeless encampment in an alleyway on Tuesday. The incident happened near 16th Street and Jefferson Street. Her boyfriend heard someone yelling for

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Phoenix fire crews got creative to lift the spirits of one of their own who fought COVID-19 in the hospital. Friends describe Phoenix firefighter Dan Volcko as tough. After 20 years on the job, a bad case of COVID-19 now has the rescuer needing help.

Click here for updates on this story     OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV News) — Of the very few good things to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, bed bug sightings plummeted in 2020. In a report released on Tuesday from Orkin Canada, bed bug sightings dropped by 20 per cent in 2020, marking the first decline in

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller has a simple message for anyone thinking of following the lead of the Vancouver couple who allegedly flew to a remote community in Yukon to jump the COVID-19 vaccination queue: Don’t. “There’s extreme scarcity of the doses and

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — A photo shared over social media showing a huge crowd of unmasked drinkers at a popular beer hall along the beltline continues to draw widespread condemnation. Pour Taproom has subsequently shut its doors, temporarily, of its own accord saying it needs to do better. “It’s

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — House Democratic leaders are introducing a bill to eliminate what they call a “poverty tax.” Connecticut is one of several states that can stake a claim against former welfare recipients as a way to recover the money provided to them. House Speaker Matt Ritter

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Another warning tonight about puppy scams. Victims paying to get one are coming to the metro area only to find they’re barking up the wrong tree. Before bringing home Elle, the Albrecht’s searched online for puppies. Linda discovered some ads are scams to take

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — An 89-year-old woman has lost money in a prize scam and the conmen kept calling back for more. By overhearing her mother’s phone call Leslie isn’t disrespectful but lucky. “I heard the part about prepaid cards, and I said uh no,” said Leslie. Leslie

Unlike many who have to drive miles to get a Covid-19 vaccine, some travelers in southwestern Oregon had the vaccine come to them Tuesday under treacherous weather conditions. Josephine County Public Health workers were returning from a mass vaccination clinic at Illinois Valley High School in Cave Junction when about 20 members of the group