Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study has found that the majority of children infected with COVID-19 may not show typical symptoms including fever, cough or shortness of breath. As a result, the study’s authors say more vigilance is needed when screening children for SARS-CoV-2, the virus
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canadians hoping to get a bike in time for the summer cycling season may have a hard time finding one as businesses struggle to keep up with the sport’s surging popularity. Demand for bikes began early last year during the start of the
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For 12-year-old Henzie Cabrera, getting a Covid-19 vaccine means two things: school and soccer. Although these are parts of life taken for granted for adolescents, they have been absent the past year for millions of young Americans. And they were what Henzie felt most excited about as he went with his mother to try and
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The data didn’t make sense. Five years ago, University of Maryland researcher Alisa Morss Clyne was studying pulmonary hypertension — a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs — in human cells she had cultured in her lab. But the results she was seeing just didn’t stack up. “We had
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The University of Missouri’s College of Arts and Science will kick off this weekend’s graduation ceremonies on Friday afternoon at Mizzou Arena.
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Missouri’s legislative session ends Friday at 6 p.m., and several bills passed this week are now awaiting Gov. Mike Parson’s signature.
Continue Reading The Colonial Pipeline is up and working again, but gas shortages — and the ensuing gas panic — probably won’t be resolved for a few more days. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered
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The resignation of University of South Carolina president Bob Caslen for plagiarizing remarks in a commencement speech is the most recent example of the awkwardness faced by educators and school leaders when higher-ups find inspiration in the wrong ways. Caslen resigned from his position Wednesday after admitting his commencement speech plagiarized portions of a speech
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Gaza came under heavy artillery fire early Friday morning, amid reports — later conclusively denied — that the Israeli army had launched a possible ground invasion of the Strip. An army tweet, which said simply “IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip” — which coincided with the start of a
Continue Reading “Truth! Truth! Truth,” shouted the dozens of people gathered outside a Chinese high school on Tuesday in a video widely circulated online. Holding white flowers, they demanded to know why a 17-year-old boy had suddenly fallen to his death on campus that weekend. Within minutes, the video — which hasn’t been independently verified by CNN
Continue Reading The former landlord of a woman missing since 2006 in Texas surrendered to authorities Wednesday after being indicted for her murder, according to the Llano County Sheriff’s Office. Jimmy Wolfenbarger, 57, of Lubbock was indicted on May 3 on one count of murder in the death of Holly Simmons, according to the Texas Department of
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its coronavirus guidance on Thursday to say fully vaccinated people can go fully maskless outdoors.
Continue Reading The civil lawsuit against actor Kevin Spacey that alleges he sexually assaulted a teenager in the 1980s is expected to be dismissed after attorneys for the accuser on Thursday said he refused to identify himself. A federal judge ruled last week that the man — identified in court documents as C.D. — who alleged Spacey
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Local health departments advise following the CDC’s new recommendations on fully vaccinated people no longer having to wear a mask. The University of Missouri says it’s taking the new CDC guidelines into consideration and is carefully reviewing the information. Thursday, the CDC announced fully vaccinated individuals would no longer have to wear
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Colonial Pipeline is running again after a ransomware attack shut it down for nearly a week. This shutdown caused panic buying and gas shortages across the nation. Across the nation, the demand for gas was up nearly 20%, according to GasBuddy. In Missouri, gas supply or distribution was not impacted. Drivers
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The legal team for Robert Durst, the subject of the HBO crime documentary “The Jinx,” filed an emergency motion Thursday asking for his murder trial to not resume next week, citing a “myriad of life-threatening health issues” including bladder cancer that is not being treated. “We are very concerned about his health,” Durst’s attorney Dick
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators have passed a bill to block local police from enforcing federal gun laws. The Republican-led state Senate on Thursday voted 22-10 in favor of the bill. The GOP-led House now faces a Friday deadline to pass the legislation. The measure would penalize local police agencies if their officers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Colonial Pipeline is back in action after a six-day shutdown but it sent a ripple of effects across the east coast, following a cyber hack that caused its closure. The pipeline delivers about 45 percent of the fuel used along the east coast but it shut down on Friday after a cyber attack
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Nepal has been thrown into political turmoil after the country’s Prime Minister was forced to step down following public anger over his response to a deadly second wave of Covid-19. K. P. Sharma Oli — who touted unproven coronavirus remedies and attended crowded events even as cases rose — was removed from his position after
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday abruptly changed its guidance on masks and social distancing, saying people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 don’t have to wear masks indoors, and they don’t have to keep their distance from others. “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that
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