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Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Nov. 29: Life Expectancy is Once Again Creeping Upward, Questions Raised About Mysterious Virus in China
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,358th day of the pandemic
In news we report today, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases would like to know what this mysterious illness that is sweeping through China actually is, cases of the new omicron sublineage BA.2.86 have trebled in the United States over the past two weeks, and life …
At Least Two Dead After vehicle Explodes at U.S.-Canada Border Checkpoint Near Niagara Falls, Trudeau Says It’s a ‘Serious Situation’
At least two people are dead after a vehicle exploded at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing Wednesday afternoon.
Following the incident four land border crossings between the United States and Canada were closed as a precaution.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion, which happened on the U.S. side of the bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Aug. 12: Long Covid Numbers Trend Downward, A-Levels Grade Inflation in England
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,249th day of the pandemic.
OP-ED ON SATURDAY
Good Night, Mrs. Tenpenny, Wherever You Are
The doctor who contended that vaccinated people become magnetized is now, perhaps not unsurprisingly, no longer a doctor in terms of being able to practice medicine.
The State Medical Board of Ohio indefinitely suspended the license of Sherri Tenpenny. …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – July 9: Dusting Off Old Treatments for Chronic Fatigue, Novavax to Receive $350 Million for Unused Vaccine
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,215th day of the pandemic.
In news we cover today, two patient/scientists are hypothesizing that CFS could be treated with antibiotics and possibly probiotics and Novavax will receive $350 million from the Canadian government for unused doses of vaccine.
LONG COVID
Two patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as ME/CFS and chronic fatigue …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 23: Court Upholds Pandemic Restrictions, N.Y.C. Extends Pandemic State of Emergency
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,199th day of the pandemic as well as Take Your Dog to Work Day, a day not to merely take man’s best friend to work but to support animal shelters, animal rescue organizations, and allow those who don’t yet have a dog to consider adopting a senior dog at a …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 16: U.S. to Target XBB Strain in Fall Booster Shots, China’s Coverup, and Today’s Statistics
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,192nd day of the pandemic.
OP-ED ON FRIDAY
There Still Was Time. We Just Didn’t Know It
Months after the onset of the Covid pandemic, State Department officials concluded that the coronavirus outbreak could have been contained had Chinese Communist Party officials not spent their energies on solely trying to sweep it under …
Smokey Air From Canadian Wildfires Disrupts Life in the Northeast
New York City was the far most impacted municipality in the United States from the haze smoke. The hazy plume from Canadian wildfires resulted in a ground stop on flights to and from New York City airports including LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International.
By afternoon, Midtown Manhattan looked like it had been transplanted to mars amidst a deep hazy orange glow. Smoky clouds obscured the city’s famous skyline and …
