The World Health Organization reports cancer is on the increase globally. But it says preventive measures can save the lives of millions of cancer sufferers over the next decade. This report comes in regard to World Cancer Day on Feb. 4.Over the past decade, nearly every country in the world …
your ad hereHIV Vaccine Trial Fails in South Africa
The latest trial of a vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been halted as results show it is not working.The Maryland-based U.S. National Institutes of Health announced Monday it has stopped the HVTN 702 study in South Africa, following a recommendation of an independent data and safety …
your ad hereKansas City Set to Celebrate Super Bowl Win with Parade
The Kansas City Chiefs are celebrating their Super Bowl win with a parade. “The Chiefs Kingdom Champions Parade” is set for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officials announced the celebration Sunday night, shortly after the Chiefs defeated San Francisco 31-20. The festivities will include a victory rally at Union Station …
your ad hereRush Limbaugh Says He’s Been Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.Addressing listeners on his program Monday, Limbaugh said he will take some days off for further medical tests and to determine treatment.Limbaugh called himself the “mayor of Realville” in announcing his illness. He’d been experiencing shortness of breath …
your ad hereGoogle Works with World Health Officials to Combat Virus Lies Online
The World Health Organization is working with Google to ensure that people get facts from WHO first when they search for information about the new virus that recently emerged in China. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening of WHO’s executive board meeting on Monday that social media …
your ad hereYouTube: No ‘Birther’ Conspiracy Videos for 2020 Election
YouTube is making clear there will be no “birtherism” on its platform during this year’s U.S. presidential election.Also banned: Election-related “deepfake” videos and anything that aims to mislead viewers about voting procedures and how to participate in the 2020 census.The Google-owned video service clarified its rules ahead of the Iowa …
your ad hereIn Myanmar, Betel Quid Chewing Remains Popular Despite Risks
Wai Htet Aung, age 27, waits for his turn at a crowded betel quid stand in downtown Yangon. Customers have lined up by the table to place their orders. “It’s tasty,” he says. “I have bad breath and I want my mouth to smell better.”The signs of this popular habit …
your ad hereWHO Working with Google to Combat Virus Misinformation
The World Health Organization is working with Google to ensure that people get facts from WHO first when they search for information about the new virus that recently emerged in China. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening of WHO’s executive board meeting on Monday that social media …
your ad hereSuper Bowl Ads Dialed up ‘Fun’ as Antidote to Politics
In the real world, political primaries are looming, impeachment is ongoing and heavy news never seems to stop. But during commercial breaks in the Super Bowl, advertisers did their best to serve up an antidote heavily spiked with fun.True, political ads did invade the game, with President Trump and Michael …
your ad herePhilippines Reports First Coronavirus Death Outside China
As the deadly coronavirus continues to spread worldwide, it has killed its first patient outside China. News reports from the Philippines say a Chinese man from Wuhan, in Hubei province where the virus was first detected, died in a hospital in Manila a few days after arriving there. Many countries, …
your ad hereUS Flight Rules on China Visits will Pose New Airline Challenges
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued rules on Sunday to implement new restrictions on Americans who have recently visited China to address the threat of the coronavirus.Airline officials said Sunday the new rules will mean they must now ask all U.S.-bound passengers if they have visited mainland China. …
your ad hereMahomes Leads Chiefs’ Rally Past 49ers in Super Bowl, 31-20
Uncomfortable and under duress for much of the game, Patrick Mahomes suddenly recaptured his mojo – and lifted Andy Reid and the Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory – the team’s first NFL championship in a half-century.All it took was falling behind by double digits in the postseason again. Then …
your ad hereTrump: US Has ‘Shut Down’ Coronavirus Coming in From China
President Donald Trump says the United States has “shut down” the coronavirus coming in from China even as officials in San Francisco report the ninth confirmed U.S. case.”We’ve offered China help but we can’t have thousands of people coming in who may have this problem, the coronavirus,” Trump told Fox …
your ad hereAround the World, Sunday Is a Once-in-a-Century Date
Sunday is a once-in-a-century day.The date is a palindrome, meaning it is the same read backwards or forward.It is February 2, or 02/02/2020, and the phenomenon is the same no matter whether regional custom calls for listing the day or the month first.As it happens, it is also a palindrome …
your ad hereFirst Coronavirus Death Reported Outside China
*/ /–>/ /–>/ /–>/ /–>/ /–>/ The Latest:A clerk wearing a face mask and a plastic bag stands in a pharmacy in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, Jan. 31, 2020.Reports, including some from Wuhan residents, indicate that early information about the outbreak was covered up, and many people, including …
your ad herePunxsutawney Phil Declares Early Spring
Punxsutawney Phil, the American groundhog famous for predicting the end of winter in the United States, did not see his shadow Sunday morning, indicating that spring will come early this year.”Hear ye, hear ye!” a member of Phil’s “inner circle” yelled to cheering crowds after presenting the furry rodent.”There is …
your ad hereTokyo to ‘Strengthen Testing’ for Coronavirus Before Olympics
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike promised Sunday to implement “thorough measures” to protect people from the deadly coronavirus in the run-up to this summer’s Olympic Games.At the opening of the $330 million Ariake Arena, venue for Olympic volleyball and Paralympic wheelchair basketball, Koike said:”I will implement even more stringent measures to …
your ad here‘Parasite,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Win Top Writers Guild Awards
“Parasite” has continued its march through Hollywood’s awards season by winning the best original screenplay honor at Saturday’s Writers Guild Awards.The Nazi satire “Jojo Rabbit” took home the best adapted screenplay honor.The Writers Guild Awards were roughly a week before the Academy Awards, where both films will compete in the best picture …
your ad hereChina Reports Bird Flu Outbreak in Hunan Province
As if health officials in China don’t have enough on their hands with a spreading coronavirus, now officials announced an outbreak of bird flu.China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced Saturday an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu at a farm in the southern province …
your ad here10 Ads to Watch for on Super Bowl Sunday
This year’s Super Bowl won’t be a politics-free zone, as both President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will air campaign ads during the game.But most other advertisers will offer escape from impeachment and the upcoming presidential election by stuffing multiple celebrities in their ads, appropriating iconic songs, …
your ad hereMcDonald’s Marks 30 Years in Russia
American fast-food icon McDonald’s Friday marked 30 years since it first opened its doors in Moscow, an occasion with deep resonance here since the transition from the communist Soviet Union.Yet, marring the celebration were city authorities’ concerns over an outbreak of the coronavirus in neighboring China. The restaurant had …
your ad hereSurprise Package Kenin Stuns Muguruza to Win Australian Open Title
America’s Sofia Kenin stunned two-time Major champion Garbine Muguruza to win the Australian Open on Saturday, completing a surprise run where she has come from nowhere to win her first Grand Slam title.Despite making her debut in a Major final Kenin, 21, showed all her trademark aggression as she fought …
your ad hereAuthor Mary Higgins Clark, ‘Queen of Suspense,’ dead at 92
Mary Higgins Clark, the tireless and long-reigning “Queen of Suspense” whose tales of women beating the odds made her one of the world’s most popular writers, died Friday at age 92.Her publisher, Simon & Schuster, announced that she died of natural causes in Naples, Florida.“Nobody ever bonded more completely with …
your ad hereQ&A: How the Coronavirus Differs from the Flu and SARS
*/ /–>/ /–>/ /–>/ The Latest:Q: “And about the death rate, I think I’ve seen that it’s like, you know, there’s just the raw numbers coming out of China. It’s about 2 percent, but that’s people who have been in the hospital right?”PEKOSZ: “Exactly! And so the big variable that we really …
your ad hereNew Tech Could Make Coronavirus Vaccine in Record Time
A vaccine against the new Wuhan coronavirus may start testing in as little as three months, according to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci.That’s fast.It took 20 months before a vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, was ready for clinical trials.That doesn’t mean you can …
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