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Moderna said Monday that the currently authorized booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine significantly increases neutralizing antibody levels against the widespread Omicron variant. In a statement in which preliminary booster data and an update to its variant strategy were both detailed, the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company explained that the currently authorized booster of 50 micrograms of […]
A new study has found that fully vaccinated people who are then infected with COVID-19 may acquire a “super immunity” to future variants of the virus, NBC Chicago reports. The Oregon Health & Science University study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, has discovered that antibodies in breakthrough case blood samples were at most 1,000% more effective than the […]
As an explosive fire raged through a Manhattan apartment building, two teenagers were filmed escaping the blaze by climbing out a fourth floor window and sliding down an exterior pole. According to the New York City Fire Department, the incident took place at around 7:15 Thursday morning at the NYCHA-run Riis Houses in the East Village. […]
Meghan Markle troll accounts are making money for YouTube by spreading hatred of her through their videos, according to data analysis firm Bot Sentinel. Newsweek reports Bot Sentinel has been investigating a network of hate targeting the Duchess of Sussex, which they claim are “earning thousands via YouTube advertising, which then acts as an incentive to continue creating more hate-filled […]
The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes is the latest Broadway show to shut down amid the recent rise in breakthrough COVID-19 cases. In a statement shared on Twitter Friday, the Rockettes announced that its The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes has been canceled for the rest of the season. “We regret that we are unable to continue the Christmas […]
More than 3 million people have signed a petition in support of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos—a truck driver who received a 110-year prison sentence over a deadly highway crash. Aguilera-Mederos was 23 years old when he lost control of his semi-truck while traveling on Interstate 70 in Lakewood, Colorado. He told authorities the semi’s brakes went out as he approached […]
Barack Obama has unveiled his favorite songs of 2021. And, yes, it includes Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).” The former president curated a Spotify playlist made up of 27 tracks he enjoyed throughout the year. As with his previous lists, this one included a variety of old and new records that spanned […]
Kamala Harris vigorously defended Joe Biden when Charlamagne tha God questioned who was really “running the country.” The tense exchange went down in the latest episode of Tha God’s Honest Truth with Charlamagne Tha God, in which the titular host criticized POTUS for failing to uphold his promises to the American people. Charlamagne specifically pointed to roadblocks facing the $2 […]
School districts across the country are on high alert in response to anonymous threats of violence being made on TikTok. Per local new reports, districts in California, Texas, Minnesota, and Missouri announced plans to close down Friday after anonymous shooting and bomb threats were made on TikTok. USA Today reports schools in Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Montana, New York and Pennsylvania increased their […]
A panel of health advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have given preference to the mRNA COVID vaccines for adults 18 and over. According to NBC News, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously voted to recommend the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines over Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose jab. The vote, which was announced Thursday, was primarily […]
