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Orlando’s top health official was suspended this month after he slammed his staff’s “pathetic” vaccination rate and urged them to get the jab. The New York Times reports the suspension stems from a Jan. 4 email in which Dr. Raul Pino—director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County—expressed concern over the number of staffers who had yet to be fully […]
A woman whose tongue was partially replaced by a piece of her thigh due to cancer is opening up about her journey, including via a number of increasingly popular TikTok clips. 42-year-old Cameron Weeks Newsom—as mentioned in a Newsflare-citing report from the New York Post this week—suffered from severe pain following a 2013 diagnosis of squamous […]
The White House will distribute hundreds of millions of free N95 masks, marking the implementation of something that most certainly should have occurred much earlier in the (still ongoing) pandemic. “This is the largest deployment of personal protective equipment in U.S. history,” a White House official was quoted as saying in a report from Reuters […]
A man wrote in to Slate’s How to Do It podcast to seek out advice about his penis allegedly shrinking by 1.5 inches after contracting COVID-19. The man, who is in his 30s and considers himself to be heterosexual, said he was hospitalized after testing positive for COVID last July. Following his release from the hospital, […]
270 doctors, scientists, nurses, and educators signed an open letter to Spotify, urging that the platform take more of a stand in preventing the spread of COVID-19 misinformation on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. The final straw came when Dr. Robert Malone appeared on the New Year’s Eve episode of JRE. Malone was suspended from Twitter shortly before his appearance for posting […]
New details have reportedly emerged in the unexpected death of Bob Saget. A source close to the investigation told TMZ the comedian passed away peacefully in his sleep. Saget was allegedly “tucked in bed” with the lights off in his room when hotel security discovered his body Sunday afternoon at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando. The outlet adds that it […]
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has provided an update on plans for a more Omicron-specific version of the COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking with CNBC on Monday, Bourla was asked about the status of both an “update” to the current Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine and the possibility of another booster being recommended. “We are doing everything we can […]
In recent days, you may have encountered a story or three regarding the so-called “Deltacron” variant, described in one report as a COVID-19 strain that’s effectively a combo of the previously confirmed Delta and Omicron variants. Amid the growing coverage of “Deltacron,” however, a number of experts on such matters have publicly voiced skepticism regarding […]
Just two months after announcing plans to take a break from social media, Meek Mill returned to Twitter this weekend to open up about how feels when smoking weed. “I smoke weed everyday and get depressed and soon as I get high,” the Philadelphia rapper wrote. “I be happy as hell sober lol it just helps me […]
Hospitalization rates for young children with COVID-19 have hit a record high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. “While children still have the lowest rate of hospitalization of any group, pediatric hospitalizations are at the highest rate compared to any prior point in the pandemic,” CDC director Rochelle Walensky said. “Sadly, we are seeing the […]
