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Read MoreWashington (CNN)The Pentagon’s senior leadership broadcast a different message than President Donald Trump on Tuesday, with military leaders warning the coronavirus crisis could last well into the summer as the President seeks to open the economy back up. Milley was clear that “no one actually knows” when the crisis would be over, but that they were looking at “a variety of models.” On the same day that the President said at a Fox News town hall that he wants the country “opened up and just raring to go by Easter,”…
Read MoreDetroit-area hospital system ‘almost at capacity, ‘ says Michigan governor CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read More(CNN)While Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York earlier this month, he’s still facing charges in Los Angeles as well. This process is reliant on many actions by other agencies, so it is unclear when Weinstein will physically be in Los Angeles, Risling says in a statement. Risling also said the DA is aware of concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic. “Our office expects that each agency responsible for processing, transporting and housing defendant Weinstein will follow its protocols and public health guidelines,” he said. The…
Read MoreShareTweetPin Amidst a winter marked by blistering snowstorms and subzero temps, the thought of a summer vacation is probably sounding pretty good right now. …But then again, doesn’t it always? The moment you start fantasizing about the endless fun destinations that you and the kiddos could end up this year, reality starts to set in. How much time can you afford to take off work? Exactly how stressful will it be packing up a toddler and two middle schoolers? And then, of course, there’s money? Do we actually have enough…
Read MoreTTC subway operator tests positive for COVID-1 9, union says CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreThere’s no way around it: the on the cesspool that is their aunt’s Facebook page wherever they can. Pregnant women may be feeling especially vulnerable right now. So in an effort to dispel some of the misinformation out there, I consulted Dr. Daniel Roshan, MD, an OB/GYN practicing at Are Pregnant Women More At Risk Of Contracting Coronavirus? The short answer is it doesn’t seem so. According to Dr. Roshan, pregnant women have so far not been found to be more susceptible to the coronavirus than the general population. That…
Read MoreShareTweetPin “Okay, I’m just going to ask it.” The young mom took a deep breath. A group of us stood around, babies on hips, watching the older kids run around the park. “What do you moms think about…vaccines?” Her last word was spoken in a hush, like an inappropriate word. This new mom was seeking wisdom and advice, but she was afraid of stepping on a landmine. And she did. There were as many different opinions as there were moms — and each held to her opinion with a polite…
Read MoreQuarantine is life now. Social distancing is bae. Pants and hair washing are a thing of the past. I can’t recall the sensation of a gentle touch from a therapist said it was important to keep my regular routine, so here we are. It would be impossible not to lose sight of it all if I didn’t fall asleep every night with a glass of wine on my chest and The Office playing on my laptop. We must keep some normalcy here, people. Rewatching The Office for the, idk…15th? time has got me thinking…what…
Read MoreGod bless excellent turn as Saturday Night Livehost by adding another side-splitting musical parody to his growing collection. First we had Bodega Bathroomand now Mulaney has given us a musical ode to the oft-maligned LaGuardia Airport. The best part? recently appeared in Mulaneys Netflix special for children, came in on wires to parody Wickedspecifically, by channeling his inner Idina Menzel and singing a modified version of Defying Gravity. So if you care to search me / Ill spread my legs real wide / Ill even bend over for you /…
Read MoreCalls for Alberta tenant protections grow during COVID-1 9 outbreak CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read More(CNN)Ending your day with a hot bath might have more benefits relaxation. They discovered this after tracking the bathing habits and cardiovascular disease risk of more than 61,000 Japanese adults for 20 years. “We found that frequent tub bathing was significantly associated with a lower risk of hypertension, suggesting that a beneficial effect of tub bathing on risk of [cardiovascular disease] may be in part due to a reduced risk of developing hypertension,” the researchers said in a press release. Bathing linked to heart health Participants ages 40 to 59…
Read MoreShareTweetPin “Well, today didn’t go as we hoped but it’s in the hardest of times we learn the best lessons and feel the most gratitude. Buffy was scheduled to have her teeth cleaned and removed today but Dr. Mac had a gut feeling she needed to look at some lab work before putting her under anesthesia. She was right; Buffy showed signs of advanced kidney failure so anesthesia was not an option and as a family, we decided that the kindest and most loving thing to do would be to…
Read MoreIf you’ve read one thriller, you start to feel like after a certain point, you’ve read them all. We get it: the main character had amnesia all along. Two sisters switched places. It gets repetitive. So if you are getting a little fatigued of the same old twists, Emily Liebert’s new novel, Perfectly Famous, out June 2, 2020, will be a breath of fresh air, because it’s honestly kind of meta: after famous crime novelist’s Ward DeFleur’s daughter goes missing, the author is in the wind. But one journalist isn’t content with letting…
Read MoreThe morning of Feb. 12, members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee filed into their Capitol Hill committee chambers for a scheduled hearing about the rapidly growing outbreak of the novel coronavirus. On that day, the number of total coronavirus cases in the world had crossed 60,000 and more than 1,000 were dead from the disease, nearly all in mainland China. But there were 14 cases in the United States, and top officials from the Centers for Disease Control were warning the coronavirus could gain a foothold. Against that backdrop,…
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