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The Windmill Sails of Famed Paris Landmark Moulin Rouge Collapsed Overnight
The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the ironic Parisian dancehall and landmark the Moulin Rouge fell off overnight, but fortunately no passers-by were injured given the early morning hour the collapse took place.
The falling sails damaged the façade of the building and tore off the first three letters – “MOU” – of the venue’s sign.
By mid-Thursday morning local time, the letters had been replaced, local media reported.
The Moulin …
Coronavirus Daily News Brief – April 15: Rural SARS-CoV-2 Patients More Likely to Die After Hospitalization, How Nursing Homes Hide Profits
Good afternoon. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center for Long Covid Research, reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on its 1,496th day.
In news we cover today, a report from the Mayo Clinic indicates that rural residents were more likely to die after hospitalization for Covid-19, another piece of research reveals why nursing homes plead poverty but never go out of …
Four Years Ago, Didier Raoult’s Now Discredited Research Advocated for Hydroxychloroquine. Trump Touted It. Thousands Died From It
It was perhaps not wise for Didier Raoult, a French microbiologist, to become the authoritative face of using chloroquine or its variant hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. Both drugs have been discredited as a treatment for SARS-CoV-2.
Raoult, a tropical disease specialist, is the former head of the IHU Méditerranée research hospital.
Hydroxychloroquine gained prominence in the spring of 2020, just about four years ago, in part due to now-discredited research by Raoult …
Coronavirus Daily News Brief – April 10: Covid Can Linger in Your Body Long After Symptoms Abate, U.K. Test to Treat Program Shuts Down
16Good afternoon. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center for Long Covid Research, reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on its 1,491st day.
In news we cover today, a new study shows that SARS-CoV-2 can linger in a patient’s blood for many months, the U.K. Test to Treat program is closing, and the U.S. Department of Justice continues to catch pandemic fraudsters.
THE …
In Landmark Case, International Court Rules Switzerland Violated Human Rights by Not Adequately Addressing Climate Change
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, ruled that Switzerland had violated the human rights of its citizens by not adequately addressing the country’s and world’s climate change crisis that has fueled heat waves and undermined health.
The court found a violation of the rights of the Klimaseniorinnen both on process and on the substance of the case.
The suit was brought by a group of more than 2,000 women, …
Operational Woes Continue to Plague United Airlines as Three Additional Flights Encounter Issues After Departure
United Airlines’ operations are under great scrutiny these days and not for naught. Indeed, anytime a United Airlines aircraft sneezes, it tends to make the news.
This past week, a United flight from San Francisco International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport was diverted to Denver on Thursday after the flight crew observed an issue with one of the Boeing 777’s engines.
The following day, several people were hospitalized after a …
Great Moments in Travel History – March 2024 Edition
March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb.
The saying, which likely stems from astronomy, likely references the position of the constellations Leo (a lion) and Aries (a ram, or lamb) in the night sky, but quickly became a succinct summation of March’s weather, which is the transition from winter to spring in the northern hemisphere. March is also the first month of meteorological spring.
The month of …
