Talking to someone on the phone for 10 minutes multiple times a week — if you’re in control of the conversation — can decrease loneliness, a new study revealed. Half of the 240 study participants were selected to receive brief phone calls from volunteers over the course of a month, and they reported feeling 20%
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(CNN) — Se ha demostrado que muchos pacientes con casos graves de covid-19 tienen niveles extremadamente bajos de oxígeno en la sangre. Otros que han resultado positivos para coronavirus tienen dificultad para respirar. Quizás es por eso que las personas están tan interesadas últimamente en los oxímetros de pulso, que son dispositivos médicos que miden
Continue Reading (CNN) — En la lucha contra el covid-19, el pulsioxímetro ha sido una herramienta fundamental para los médicos y otros profesionales médicos. Pero el pequeño dispositivo que monitorea los niveles de oxígeno puede no funcionar bien para personas con piel oscura, según múltiples estudios y agencias de salud gubernamentales. Los oxímetros de pulso, cuyo uso
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Oatly, the popular oat milk maker backed by Oprah, is making plans to go public. The Swedish company said it filed confidential IPO forms with the SEC, the company said in a statement Tuesday. The move is “the first official step towards pursuing a potential IPO,” said Sara Fletcher, an Oatly spokesperson. The price and
Continue Reading Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Friday to discuss whether to recommend Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization. The vaccine is the third under consideration for the US market, and would be the first single-dose Covid-19 shot available here. Like the earlier Covid-19 vaccines, it was developed
Continue Reading Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the long-serving Saudi oil minister who masterminded an OPEC embargo that plunged western economies into recession in 1973, has died at the age of 90, Saudi state TV reported on Tuesday. Yamani became Saudi oil minister in 1962, a rare instance of someone from outside the Royal Family being promoted to such
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Los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza dijeron que un grupo de 23 inmigrantes indocumentados intentó cruzar el canal.
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La policía de Tucson revela nuevos detalles sobre el tiroteo que dejó a un estudiante muerto en el campus.
Continue Reading Victoria Richardson turns away from her favorite show, “Chicago Med,” every time a plotline revolves around the coronavirus pandemic. The educator, who lives in the Bronx borough of New York City, says such scenes are upsetting after the loss of her grandmother to Covid-19. Ashley Sanford, a makeup artist in Detroit, also cringes every time
Continue Reading The pandemic has slammed Macy’s and other department stores. But signs of a recovery are beginning to emerge. Macy’s said Tuesday that it turned a profit for the first time in the pandemic, making $160 million during the 13 weeks ending on January 30, down from $340 million during the same stretch a year ago.
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After 17 months and two trips to the US Supreme Court, the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business has received a significant boost with investigators now able to pour over Trump’s tax returns and financial records. The district attorney’s office, led by Cyrus Vance, is expected to have access to
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The “Patriot Party” is somewhere between a meme and a movement of Trump loyalists. The idea and, perhaps just as important, the logo, have been circulating on social media since last summer. But after the Capitol riot and swearing-in of President Joe Biden, Patriot Party groups have formed and multiplied, mostly on Telegram, where they
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Plummeting temperatures are forcing people indoors seeking warmth. But for those who call city streets home, heading inside is not always a realistic option. Homelessness across the US is reaching record highs, due to the economic impact of coronavirus. And as shelters deal with increased occupancy, the pandemic also poses immense safety challenges to people
Continue Reading Bitcoin’s roller coaster ride continues. The top cryptocurrency surged to a new all-time high above $58,000 on Sunday but fell to just above $46,000 in early trading Tuesday morning. The move followed skeptical comments from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Prices stabilized around $48,000 in early trading
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Alfe Ingve Berntsen remembers the first time he laid eyes on this scrawny kid with an appetite for goals. It was 2005 and Berntsen was coaching the youth teams at Norwegian club Bryne FK when a five-year-old Erling Haaland first walked through the door. “We saw immediately he was something special,” Berntsen recalls. These days,
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland is expected to face a contentious confirmation hearing Tuesday in front of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The Democratic congresswoman from New Mexico is a historic pick and would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary if confirmed by the Senate. But Democrats and White
Continue ReadingCurrent and former officials are breaking their silence about security failures during the US Capitol attack. Read their opening statements:
Continue Reading It could be nature’s call, the pitter-patter of little feet (No, honey, it’s not daytime yet, go back to bed) or a squirrel scampering loudly across the roof over your bedroom — and suddenly you are awake. Very awake. Then before you know it, your mind is flooded with things you forgot to do, worries
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden was more consistently factual in his first month in office than his predecessor ever was in office. But Biden was not perfect himself. Biden was not remotely comparable to former President Donald Trump in either the quantity of his false claims or in the magnitude. He did, however, make some inaccurate comments,
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“Superman & Lois” was plucked from the ribs of the current crop of the CW’s DC superhero dramas, but its strongest connection is to an earlier series, the long-running “Smallville.” Adding a family/coming-of-age component to the Man of Steel’s mythology, the show cleverly ties into the deep roots of the franchise, at least initially proving
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