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Quick-thinking athletic trainers save official who suffered cardiac arrest during high school football game

Click here for updates on this story     FARMINGDALE, New York (WCBS) — Two athletic trainers rushed into action after someone went down during a football game over the weekend on Long Island. As CBS2’s Alice Gainer reported, their quick actions saved the life a man who has spent years saving others. “Last memory was just

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Trial review board raises concerns about AstraZeneca vaccine data

In an unusual statement released early Tuesday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the independent board that reviews data from multiple Covid-19 vaccine candidates has raised concerns about AstraZeneca’s announcement of efficacy data from its vaccine trial. “The DSMB expressed concern that AstraZeneca may have included outdated information from that trial, which

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Man sentenced to federal prison for fraud targeting ex-wife’s family and friends

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison Monday for two separate fraud schemes that targeted his ex-wife’s family and his own friends, resulting in losses exceeding $650,000. Joseph D. Galvan, 46, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and 3 years’ supervised

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Opioid crisis escalates in Nashville

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — In Nashville there’s been a 32 percent increase in the number of deadly overdoses. “We went from a bad and dangerous situation to a worse situation,” said Trevor Henderson with the Metro Health Department. According to the latest report, 619 people overdosed and died

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UN Special Rapporteur says top Saudi official issued death threat against her for role in Khashoggi investigation

A top Saudi official issued a death threat against Agnès Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur behind the investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to Callamard’s office. Callamard told the Guardian in an interview published Tuesday that she was informed by UN colleagues in January 2020 that a senior Saudi official had threatened

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