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• the-sun.com1 hour(s) ago
• Man City’s Benjamin Mendy, 28, arrives at court to stand trial accused of raping string of women
• BENJAMIN Mendy has today arrived at court where he is due to stand trial accused of rape. The Manchester City left-back, 28, is accused of ten offences in total against seven women. 3Benjamin Mendy arrives at court where he is due to stand trial todayCredit: AFP Mendy has arrived at Chester Crown Court where his trial is due to start this morning. He is charged with eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape, relating to seven women. One of the counts was...
• allongeorgia.com8 hour(s) ago
• Ga Dept of Public Health: Monkeypox Transmission in Public Settings, How to Prevent Spread of Infection
• Georgia DPH is sharing information about monkeypox transmission in public settings and how to prevent spreading infection: The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) continues to closely monitor the current outbreak of monkeypox in the state. As of today, there are 625 confirmed monkeypox cases in Georgia. Testing and vaccination are available in health districts throughout the state; however, vaccine supplies from the federal government remain limited. The monkeypox virus can spread from person-to-person through direct contact with the infectious rash,...
• alternet.org9 hour(s) ago
• Xenophobia has South Africa on a knifes edge
• Xenophobia is a global crisis, but in South Africa, it takes a particularly violent form. The day-to-day accumulation of insult and harassment from within the state and society periodically mutates into open-street violence in which people are beaten, hacked and burned to death. If there is a useful point of global comparison, it may be with the communal riots that rip Indian cities apart from time to time. This article was produced by Globetrotter. The state has tended to stand down while a neighborhood is roiled with xenophobic violence. When...
• dailymail.co.uk12 hour(s) ago
• CDC deploys team to investigate NY polio outbreak: Officials will distribute vaccines as its feared there could be THOUSANDS of undiagnosed cases
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has deployed a team to investigate a polio case in Rockland County, New York, as local officials fear that there could be thousands of undiagnosed cases in the state. The breadth of the CDCs investigation, how long they will be present or if their findings will ever be made public are not known. Officials present also plan to help distribute shots of the polio vaccine to the Rockland community - which has an extremely low jab rate of only 60 percent. New...
• New York Post12 hour(s) ago
• ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ actress Denise Dowse in a coma due to ‘virulent form of meningitis’
• More On: beverly hills 90210 Jennie Garth diagnosed with early-onset osteoarthritis Tori Spelling’s new look and a flashback to her ’90s looks Tori Spelling wishes she’d slept with Ryan Seacrest: ‘I would’ve been dating up’ Tiffani Thiessen reveals her biggest food turn-ons Actress Denise Dowse is fighting for her life after a “virulent form of meningitis” left her “in a coma.” Her admittedly “private” sister, Tracey Dowse, shared the news with her “family and friends” on Instagram over the weekend, requesting “support and prayers” for the “Beverly Hills, 90210”...
• motherjones.com14 hour(s) ago
• An Obscure Law Is Sending Oklahoma Mothers to Prison in Droves. We Reviewed 1.5 Million Cases to Learn More.
• Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “Failure to protect” laws punish parents for not shielding their children from abuse. These laws aren’t talked about very much, but they appear across the country, and in certain states, like Oklahoma, they are associated with especially harsh penalties. In Oklahoma, failure to protect is the only child abuse charge levied predominantly against women, and it is disproportionately charged against women of color. People charged with the crime there are less likely to...
• motherjones.com14 hour(s) ago
• An Obscure Law Is Sending Oklahoma Mothers to Prison in Droves. We Reviewed 1.5 million Cases to Learn More.
• Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “Failure to protect” laws punish parents for not shielding their children from abuse. These laws aren’t talked about very much, but they appear across the country, and in certain states, like Oklahoma, they are associated with especially harsh penalties. In Oklahoma, failure to protect is the only child abuse charge levied predominantly against women, and it is disproportionately charged against women of color. People charged with the crime there are less likely to...
• dailymail.co.uk14 hour(s) ago
• FDA is set to clear new monkeypox vaccine technique that RATIONS the shot by only giving people 20% of the normal dose - as regulators insist it is still effective
• The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning on green lighting plans to make Americas supply of monkeypox vaccines last longer by slashing the dosage 80 percent and changing the way it is delivered to patients. Bloomberg reports that in order to quell a shortage of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine officials are planning on delivering doses of the vaccine that are only 0.1 milliliter (ml) - a massive fall from the 0.5 ml standard dose. They believe that using an intradermal injection - which delivers the vaccine between the layers...
• mercurynews.com14 hour(s) ago
• Movies | Cinequest 2022: Here are 10 films to see at famed San Jose festival
• The last time Cinequest raised the curtain — in person — for its annual South Bay celebration of innovative filmmaking and cinematic connection was in early March 2020. It got off to a strong start but had to cancel midway through due to the COVID-19 spread. Nimbly, Cinequest co-founder/CEO Halfdan Hussey, along with board members, programmers and others on the team, cooked up Cinejoy, the virtual arm of Cinequest. It went on to entertain movie fans from near and far during tough times and gave filmmakers a platform for their...
• latimes.com14 hour(s) ago
• As monkeypox cases spiral, U.S. will stretch supply of vaccine by giving smaller doses
• As monkeypox cases continue to increase among high-risk people, federal officials on Tuesday announced they will stretch limited vaccine supplies by giving just one-fifth the current dosage. The move would quintuple the existing supply of monkeypox vaccine doses, a priority in hard-hit communities such as Los Angeles County and San Francisco, where the virus has been rapidly increasing in communities where men have sex with men and vaccines remain in short supply. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency-use authorization allowing healthcare providers to use the new vaccination...
• washingtonexaminer.com15 hour(s) ago
• WATCH: 4-year-old comes out as transgender boy at Vancouver Pride Festival
• A 4-year-old biologically female child had a gender reveal celebration at a pride parade in Canada in which the child came out as a transgender boy. Charlie Danger Lloyd attended the Vancouver Pride Parade on July 31 alongside mother Alaina Bourrel with a blue confetti cannon. Bourrel reported to South West News Service that before Lloyd was born, the attempted gender reveal involving pink smoke to announce the babys sex as female didnt work. At the parade, Lloyd shot off the blue cannon alongside the grandmother, featured in...
• the-sun.com16 hour(s) ago
• Ashura festival shows devout Muslims covered in blood as the gash themselves with swords to mark holy day
• DEVOUT Shiite Muslims have covered themselves in blood from self-inflicted wounds as they mark Ashura, one of the holiest days in their calendar. Ashura is the 10th day of the mourning month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of the Prophet Mohammeds grandson Hussein at the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. 6A devout Shiite Muslim gashes his head with blade during a ceremony marking Ashura in Tahrir Square, BaghdadCredit: Reuters 6A man blows a horn while his face is covered in blood in BaghdadCredit: Reuters 6Ashura marks one of the...
• mercurynews.com17 hour(s) ago
• Music | San Jose Jazz Summer Fest: 10 acts to catch at the 2022 festival
• There’s a lot to like about this year’s San Jose Jazz Summer Fest. Yes, of course, there’s always a lot to like about this incredible festival – which brings some of the top talents in jazz, world music, blues and other genres to multiple stages in downtown San Jose each August. Yet, this lineup is absolutely bursting at the seams with cool acts, including such headliners as Lee Fields, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Leela James, Stanley Clarke and Ledisi. Overall, more than 90 acts are set to perform on 12 stages...
• dailyvoice.com18 hour(s) ago
• Two Minors Reported Missing In Separate Baltimore Cases
• Police are asking for the publics help locating two girls who went missing from the Randallstown area at the same time, authorities say. Raylynn Ryan, 11, and Jordan Ryan, 14, were last seen in the Randallstown area on Monday, Aug. 8, around 9:30 p.m., according to Baltimore County police. Raylynn is described as 4-foot-11, weighing 150 pounds. She was last seen wearing a gray hoodie and sweatpants, with a dark-colored backpack. Jordan is described as 5-foot-1, and was last seen wearing gray shorts, a dark gray hoodie, and carrying a...
• dailymail.co.uk18 hour(s) ago
• US hits record 1,424 new monkeypox cases in a single day on Monday: Fears grow there may be outbreaks across college campuses as students return to school this month
• The U.S. logged a record 1,424 monkeypox cases on Monday, the highest total since the global outbreak first found its way stateside in May. It comes as officials are starting to raise concerns about the virus running rampant on college campuses during the upcoming semester. Mondays figures bring Americas overall case total to 8,934 - putting the U.S. on track to be the first nation to eclipse 9,000 confirmed infection when officials report new figures Tuesday. It is likely that these figures are a severe undercount because of the lack...
• mercurynews.com20 hour(s) ago
• Music | Outside Lands 2022 photos: San Francisco festival returns to form
• Green Day came home. SZA overcame COVID to shine. Post Malone came with jokes about his own music. Jack Harlow came with a band. Related Articles Music | Outside Lands 2022: Here are the 7 best acts we saw at festival Music | Jack Harlow does something for the very first time at Outside Lands Music | Review: Green Day delivers a set for the ages at Outside Lands Music | Outside Lands: SZA bounces back from COVID to perform winning set...
• the-sun.com22 hour(s) ago
• Monkeypox cases hit 7,102 in US with President Biden declaring virus a health emergency & release more vaccine doses
• THE Biden administration has declared monkeypox a health emergency as cases continue to rise in the US, data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The latest update by the CDC brings the nations total cases to 7,102, just months after the first US case was detected. 3The Biden administration is expected to declare monkeypox a health emergencyCredit: AP 3The CDC has released its latest update on monkeypox cases in the USCredit: AP 3The US confirmed its first case of monkeypox in Massachusetts on May 17Credit: Getty Images...
• the-sun.com22 hour(s) ago
• China sounds alarm after detecting NEW ‘Langya’ virus with 35 infected
• DOCTORS in China have sounded the alarm over a newly detected virus. “Langya” virus has infected 35 people so far in two provinces in eastern China, Taiwans Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said. 1Illustration of the Nipah virus, which is in the same family as LangyaCredit: Getty The virus - officially named Langya henipavirus (LayV) - is entirely novel, meaning it has not infected humans before.  However, it is in the Henipavirus family, of which two species have been identified before - the Hendra virus and Nipah virus. These produce...
• CNN24 hour(s) ago
• To prepare for possible monkeypox spread, colleges focus on educating students
• (CNN)With nearly 9,000 confirmed monkeypox cases nationwide, there is growing concern that US college and university campuses could become monkeypox hotspots this fall. Educators are working to reduce the public health risk while some students worry about how their campus experiences might be affected by the virus -- a virus that the nation is still trying to control and that was recently declared a national public health emergency.JUST WATCHEDCNN goes inside clinic treating monkeypox as outbreak growsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCNN goes inside clinic treating monkeypox as outbreak grows 05:32 As...