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In the U.S., Omicron has been detected in at least 36 states as it spreads quickly across the country. Top doctors, including Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Jacob Lemieux, have warned that “hospitals are already filling up” and that already fatigued staff may be unable to cope with a double wave. The White House yesterday, however, insisted there was no need for more restrictions and said it had faith in the vaccines to offer the protection needed....

Severe blood clots and gangrene, a condition that causes tissue in the body to die, in hospitalized COVID-19 patients are rare, but they can be life-threatening. For some patients, it’s meant having to choose between losing limbs or potentially losing their life. The complication has affected COVID-19 patients from all age groups, including children as young as 10. “COVID ends up affecting a lot of different parts of the body,” said Dr....

There are hundreds of clinical trials underway evaluating the potential effectiveness of existing drugs and new drugs and testing the viability of vaccines and blood products. This article outlines a list of high-profile treatments that have been tested against the virus, starting with those currently in clinical use and ending with those still undergoing investigation. Remdesivir Remdesivir was initially developed as a treatment against Ebola. In vitro studies showed it may be effective against COVID-19....

Pfizer, which is partnering with German biotechnology company BioNTech SE in the development of the vaccine, said that no serious safety concerns have been observed so far. The companies expect to apply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the vaccine later in November once they have collected more safety data. The data comes from the evaluation of 94 confirmed COVID-19 cases in a Phase III trial involving 43,538 participants, according to a Pfizer press release....

According to a Sunday release from the municipality of Mol, the Hemelrijick care home in Antwerp reported 61 infected residents and 14 infected employees. One of the residents who previously received palliative care has passed due to COVID-19. Another resident with severe symptoms has been given oxygen therapy at the care home, said the municipality. However, the municipality noted, the “vast majority” of those infected were doing well and not showing symptoms....

TMZ reported that upwards of 1,000 people attended the concert, which was part of a 10-day long Sturgis Motorcycle Rally festival, and very few were wearing face coverings and practicing social distancing. Other bands on the festival’s lineup include Buckcherry, Trapt, Lit and Drowning Pool. This isn’t the first time that the “All Star” singer has been embroiled with controversy and scandal, though. During the 2015 Taste of Fort Collins food festival in Colorado, Harwell became seriously angry when fans started throwing bread at him onstage....

We’re accustomed to fans getting hideous Super Bowl tats. But a player getting questionable art? This is a new one. MORE: Aaron Rodgers gets into Twitter spat with Shooter McGavin Brown posted this photo to his Instagram account, showcasing his new ink. Yikes, right? Brown has since deleted the Instagram post. The real question: What kind of chip is that? The smart money is on Ruffles.

According to the New York Post , Garrett visited the Yankees at spring training Saturday and spoke to the team as a guest of Yankees manager Joe Girardi. MORE: Murray looking at leaving Dallas? | Cowboys to tag Bryant What Garrett said during his pep talk is unknown, but the team seemed to enjoy it. “I met him before, he was awesome,” Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner said afterwards. Garrett is an unabashed Yankees fan that has solid ties to New York....

During the Cowboys’ “Sunday Night Football” clash against the Buccaneers, co-host Skip Bayless tweeted it out, saying that the first Tuesday after Week 1 would be Parsons’ first of many weekly appearances on the show. When the announcement came, Parsons tweeted out his excitement about joining in the program. POWER RANKINGS: Eagles, Vikings climb NFC hierarchy; 49ers, Packers, Cowboys slide after Week 1 Only one problem: Parsons was a no-show....

The team posted a 10-6 record, only one game better than its output the year prior. So will the Cowboys yo-yo back to out of the postseason in 2019 or build on that success with Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott? The Cowboys’ schedule in 2019, which in addition to the typical NFC East rivalry matchups features games against teams from the AFC East and NFC North, makes that an interesting question....

The Cowboys have won six straight games and have kept pace with the best teams in the league. Dallas is playing like a legit Super Bowl contender and while quarterback Dak Prescott has been critical to their success, the team’s performance in his absence last week is further proof that their 2021 roster is built to win. Last week, the Broncos snapped a four-game losing streak against the hapless Washington Football Team but lost star linebacker Von Miller to the Los Angeles Rams ahead of the trade deadline....

The results of the survey revealed a number of misunderstandings about where food comes from, with one third of kids not knowing that pork comes from pigs. However, 86 percent of the children had visited a farm, nearly 50 percent were able to identify passionfruit and 76 percent could spot an avocado. The survey was commissioned by appliance company Zanussi in partnership with the nonprofit Cook School, which aims to provide healthy cooking lessons to children....

Chase’s best performances have generally come in the longer formats of the game and thus it came as quite a surprise when he took the CPL by storm. The 29-year-old ended the season as the highest run-scorer with 446 runs from 12 games, averaging 49.55 and striking at 144.33. He also notched up four fifties. The right-hander also contributed heavily with the ball, picking up 10 wickets and bowling economical spells for the most part....

Over on the Sumo Digital website, the company has posted a variety of jobs, with the bulk of the postings in the Art and Coding categories. In 2019, the studio led development on Crackdown 3 and Team Sonic Racing, as well as assisted NetherRealm Studios on Mortal Kombat 11. RELATED: 10 Best Racing Games Of The Decade, Ranked (According To Metacritic) After years of switching developers, Crackdown 3 was finally released by Sumo Digital in 2019....

Every presidential election is about change, and no more so than at the end of a two-term president’s time in the White House. Parties have to constantly update themselves if they hope to remain relevant. The difficulty for both Republicans and Democrats is that our political system is at a point where more than the normal amount of party growth and development is needed. Both parties are suffering the consequences of seeing substantial parts of their 20th-century agendas adopted; both parties are struggling to fashion new answers to the new challenges of a young century....

The TNT personality will reportedly cover two games next week: the Wizards-Warriors matchup on Tuesday and the Rockets-Bulls game on Thursday. MORE: Sports figures fighting cancer | Sager won’t let cancer force him off air Sager revealed this week his leukemia had returned and that most people at his stage of cancer typically have three to six months to live. He vowed to fight the cancer and said he will win his latest battle....

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time reviewed quite well when it launched last October on the PS4 and Xbox One. The bandicoot has come a long way since his platforming days on the original PlayStation, and It’s About Time is praised for its tight controls, great graphics, and old-school challenge. Platformers seem to be a great fit on Nintendo consoles, so the fact that Crash Bandidoot 4 is coming to the Switch feels right....

The latest reported issue from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare subReddit showcases a very trippy sequence that can occur on some maps like Zhokov Boneyard. Essentially what happens is that when the player goes into a nearby building the colors of the map fade out and are replaced by vibrant greens, yellows, whites, purples, and blacks. Everything is distorted, almost making the game look like a photo negative....

Tired of the steady stream of bad news about the floundering re-election effort, Barbara Bush, friends say, has given up reading the newspapers. The president still devours several papers a day. Persistent rumors that Bush is depressed are “exaggerated,” the friends claim. But they say he constantly gripes about his low poll ratings and tells anyone who’ll listen what a good job he’s done. Thirty minutes before the recent Camp David wedding of Doro Bush LeBlond to Democrat Bobby Koch, the mother of the bride, elegant in a lilac Scaasi, found her husband in his skivvies peering into the closet....