The Covid-19 variant first identified in the UK is spreading in the US and could become dominant as the country races to administer vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. “It seems to be very efficient in spreading from person to person,” the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease told CNN’s Chris
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A consultant has been fired after he was heard making a racist slur during a break in a Vermont Senate Transportation Committee meeting held via Zoom video conferencing, according to his employer. The man, identified on the committee’s agenda as Steven Gayle, a consultant for Resource Systems Group, Inc., had been scheduled to testify to
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President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are backing a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that would include $1,400 checks for most individuals.
Continue Reading Azeneth Perry traced the sign of the cross on her body as she watched the ambulance drive away. Her husband, Paul, felt fine the day before, but he woke up with pain in his legs January 25. Later that morning, she dropped him off at the hospital in Del Rio, Texas. She got a call
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The global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss and species extinction, and a shift to plant based diets is needed to curb the damage being done to nature, according to a new report. Biodiversity, which is crucial to both human well-being and a healthy planet, is declining faster than at any time
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Dr. Alfonso Velandia starts each hospital shift by counting his troops in the battle against coronavirus. The 46-year-old emergency specialist manages intensive care units (ICUs) at the Cardiovascular Hospital in Soacha, a working-class suburb of Colombia’s capital Bogotá. Since the pandemic began, he says he has seen the number of healthcare workers under his watch
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The fatal shooting of a New Mexico State Police officer Thursday led to a high-speed chase that ended in a shootout with the suspect. State Police said Officer Darian Jarrott was killed on Interstate 10 near the town of Akela in Luna County, about 70 miles northwest of El Paso, Texas. Jarrott, 28, initiated a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care held its first mass vaccination clinic today giving over 2,000 people their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. ABC 17 News spoke with MU Health pharmacy head Brad Myers and Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services spokeswoman Sara Humm today and they answered questions live on air about
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As Cole County is preparing for its first mass vaccination clinic Friday, plans are in place to avoid wasting any of the “valuable resources.” The mass vaccination event will be at the Linc in Jefferson City. It starts at 8 a.m. and is by appointment only. All of the appointments have
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A confidential informant gave a tip to members of the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group that 500 pills that contained Fentanyl and a large amount of money were at a trailer home in Camdenton. Amber Rodriguez According to court documents, Layne Elmore and Amber Rodriguez are accused of delivering the drugs out
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) At 3 p.m. Thursday, MU Health vaccinated 1,300 people so far at its mass vaccination clinic at Faurot Field. The hospital vaccinated 2,056 people by the end of day Thursday and plans to vaccinate another 2,000 people on Saturday. Brad Myers the Executive Director of Pharmacy and Lab Services at the University
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San Quentin State Prison, where a deadly coronavirus outbreak was reported last summer, has been fined more than $400,000 by the California Department of Industrial Relation’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health for workplace safety violations. According to the notification of penalty issued Monday, the prison, California’s oldest, failed to report coronavirus illnesses or deaths
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There is some encouraging news in the fight against Covid-19 as more vaccines are being distributed and several states announced they will ease certain coronavirus restrictions amid decreasing case levels and hospitalizations, but despite the promising developments experts insist Americans need to remain cautious, especially with the arrival of differing variants in the United States.
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The family of a man that died in an October 2020 motorcycle wreck is seeking a settlement from the insurance company of the person who killed him.
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Teachers at a Wisconsin middle school have been placed on administrative leave after an unapproved lesson about slavery upset families. Sixth graders at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, received an assignment about ancient Mesopotamia that asked a question about how a slave should be treated, the school’s principals said in a letter
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An audit by Florida’s Palm Beach County Health Care District revealed that 1,160 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine were spoiled last month when someone unintentionally shut off the refrigerator in which they were stored, the district said Thursday. The audit came a day after the Florida Department of Health asked the district to perform
Continue Reading In 2014, Amanda Gorman was a budding young poet in Los Angeles. As the then 16-year-old practiced reciting her poem “We Dragonflies” on video, little did she know her journey would lead her to deliver one of the standout moments during President Joe Biden’s inauguration — and to become the first poet to perform at
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The Biden administration is hoping to resurrect a proposal from the Trump administration to mail face masks to every American in an attempt to stop the spread of Covid-19, White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Thursday. “This was an idea that really came up last year in the Trump administration — the public
Continue Reading Teachers at a Wisconsin middle school have been placed on administrative leave after an unapproved lesson about slavery upset families. Sixth graders at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, received an assignment about ancient Mesopotamia that asked a question about how a slave should be treated, the school’s principals said in a letter
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