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Pfizer says effectiveness of COVID Antiviral Pill is ‘beyond our wildest dreams’

A pill to treat COVID-19 from Pfizer significantly cut the risk of hospitalization and death in a clinical trial, the company has announced. The New York Times reports that on Friday, Pfizer stated its pill to treat COVID-19, Paxlovid, in a clinical trial was shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by 89 percent when it was given within three days of the onset of symptoms. ABC News […]

todayNovember 8, 2021

Health & Wellness

FDA to Allow ‘Mix and Match’ COVID Boosters, so before you get your Booster, Which One Should You Choose?

If you've been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, is it OK to switch to a different manufacturer's product for your booster dose? If you ask the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the answer is yes. Under a newly announced "mix-and-match" strategy, people who got a Pfizer Bio N Tech, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson (J&J)/Janssen COVID vaccine may switch to another brand's booster. After reviewing available data, the FDA concluded that […]

todayNovember 2, 2021

Health & Wellness

White House enlists Social Media Influencers to help get COVID-19 Vaccines to Milennials

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo might be the biggest name involved, but she’s not the only young influencer the Biden administration has enlisted to help promote COVID-19 vaccines to younger Americans. Dozens of Twitch streamers, YouTubers and TikTokers are helping the White House as it tries drum up vaccination numbers and combat the scourge of vaccine misinformation being spread on social media. In May, President Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci, […]

todayAugust 25, 2021

Health & Wellness

Is It Safe to Hang Out with Unvaccinated Friends and Family?

If you enthusiastically vaxxed up partly out of a desire to be social again, you wouldn't be alone—catching up friends in real life is one of the perks of COVID-19 vaccination. But after a promising start, vaccination rates in the US seem to have stalled, and now the highly infectious Delta variant is fueling an increase in outbreaks, particularly in under-vaccinated areas of the country. What does the current situation mean for Sunday […]

todayAugust 16, 2021

Tech Made Simple

John McAfee, founder of McAfee Antivirus software, found dead in Barcelona prison

John McAfee, founder of the company behind McAfee Antivirus, has been found dead according to reports from Reuters, El Mundo, El País, and others. He was being held in a Barcelona prison, and the Catalan Department of Justice has stated that his death was likely caused by suicide. Lawyers for McAfee confirmed his death to Reuters and The New York Times, with one saying it was “the result of a cruel system that had no reason to keep […]

todayJune 29, 2021

Home Improvement

Martha Stewart Coming to Discovery+ in New Series ‘Martha Gets Down and Dirty’

Trusted lifestyle expert Martha Stewart will let her hair down and roll up her sleeves to share her gardening know-how and lifestyle and entertainment tips in the new discovery+ series Martha Gets Down and Dirty. Available to stream beginning Thursday, July 1, 2021, the eight-episode series stars the Emmy® award-winning television personality and The New York Times bestselling author as she preps her Bedford, New York, farm for warmer weather with help from her right-hand gardener Ryan McCallister. Martha also […]

todayJune 21, 2021

Health & Wellness

Should I be worried about Covid-19 Vaccine Side Effects?

Every day nearly 3 million people in the United States are getting the COVID-19 vaccine. And every new jab prompts new questions about what to expect after vaccination.  One of the biggest hurdles keeping people from getting the vaccine are fears of side effects. It is true that many people who have received the vaccine report short-lived side effects like fatigue, headache, muscle aches and fever are more common after […]

todayApril 5, 2021

Health & Wellness

Why lead COVID vaccines – even with Lower Efficacy – are a Success Across the Board

Last week, Johnson & Johnson submitted its COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States. If greenlit by the Food and Drug Administration, it could be the nation’s third COVID vaccine producer, joining Pfizer and Moderna. Between the three manufacturers, there could be enough COVID vaccines to inoculate the whole adult U.S. population by summer, according to Johnson & Johnson board member Mark McClellan, MD. Last week, Johnson & […]

todayFebruary 8, 2021

Fashion

VP Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff just signed to IMG

Ella Emhoff, stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris, just signed to modeling and talent agency IMG. The New York Times reports that the 21-year-old had a modest following on social media before the Presidential Inauguration, spurred by her quirky knitwear designs and art-kid sense of style and humor. But her Thom Browne suit and Miu Miu coat worn in front of a global audience last week catapulted her into the spotlight in a big way. Soon, searches […]

todayFebruary 1, 2021

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