Merck says it has first antiviral pill found to be effective against COVID Molnupiravir is an experimental antiviral drug which is orally active and was developed for the treatment of influenza. It is a prodrug of the synthetic nucleoside derivative N4-hydroxycytidine, and exerts its antiviral action through introduction of copying errors during viral RNA replication. […]
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Gender binary (also known as gender binarism, binarism, or ambiguously genderism) is the classification of gender into two distinct, opposite forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social system or cultural belief. Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys/men and girls/women). In this binary model, sex, gender, and sexuality may be assumed […]
Continue ReadingSalmonella Outbreak Linked To Unknown Food Source Is Spreading
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a multistate Salmonella outbreak that has spread to at least 25 states and sickened over 100 people. The CDC said the Salmonella outbreak is “fast-growing” and has not been linked to any one specific food source. A recent salmonella outbreak has infected […]
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 Has Killed 675,000 Americans
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the flu cut a much bigger, more lethal swath through the country. But the COVID-19 crisis is by any measure a colossal […]
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 Vaccine FAQs
COVID-19 vaccine FAQs: Answers to your most common questions More than a year and a half into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are anxious, depressed and frustrated — but also hopeful, as vaccines are getting to millions of people across the country, and studies show that they work against the deadly disease. But as the vaccine […]
Continue ReadingDelta Variant Fueling 99% Of COVID Cases
If a person is diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States right now, it’s almost certainly caused by the Delta variant. The highly transmissible variant, which caused crippling surges in India and Britain this past spring and fueled case spikes in the United States this summer, is now responsible for over […]
Continue ReadingSesame Street’s Coronavirus Town Hall For The Holidays
CNN partnered with Sesame Street for their fifth town hall to show families how to stay healthy during the holidays — while still having fun — during the Covid-19 pandemic. The hour-long special, “The ABC’s of Covid 19: A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Families” aired on Saturday morning and was hosted by CNN Chief […]
Continue ReadingHow to Make Good Feng Shui for the Zodiac Animals
Fengshui (风水), literally ‘wind-water’, pronounced fnng-shway, is an ancient Chinese philosophy studying the auspiciousness of environments, based on Yin-Yang Theory and Five Elements Theory. It’s a form of geomancy. Fengshui philosophy states that qi (气 /chee/ ‘energy’) exists in all things and is the life of the nature. The core idea of fengshui is the […]
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