ELIGIBLE Brits are being invited to get their spring Covid booster jab as cases start to increase. The NHS is calling on over-75s, the clinically vulnerable and care home residents to get a top-up
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More than half a first batch of potential jurors in Donald Trump's criminal trial were excused after admitting they didn't think they could be impartial in the first trial of a former president.
The Vermont Department of Health confirmed Tuesday that a person visiting the state as part of an international program has tested positive for measles. It’s the state’s first case of the highly contagious virus since 2018. The person was among a group of 26 travelers, mostly teenagers, who were exposed during an international flight to Atlanta. State officials say they learned of the exposure April 10 and asked the group to quarantine until they could determine whether anyone was...
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has today reported a further rise in confirmed cases of the JN.1 Covid variant in Ireland
“These folks risked their lives for hours, saving people."
Hawaii's attorney general on Tuesday released the first phase of a report on an investigation into the Maui wildfires, laying out a timeline of the events leading up to, during and after the fires that left 101 people dead last August. The report, published by Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez with the Fire Safety Research
Donald Trump's first criminal trial is getting underway, and on the first day of court proceedings -- he was reportedly dozing off now, a new nickname is among us. The ex-Prez showed up in court Monday in NYC, where his hush-money case kicked…
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Covid Patient's Infection Lasts Record 613 Days and Spawns New Mutations (Third column, 5th story, link)
Former president complains of ‘political persecution’ as jury selection gets under way in criminal trial involving 34 countsThe first day of Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush-money trial came to a close on Monday afternoon with jury selection under way, marking a notable moment in American history: the first criminal trial of a current or former president.Throughout the day, Trump appeared at Manhattan supreme court court in New York City flanked by his lawyers to face 34 felony counts involving a...
The Chesterfield County Jail has become the first institution in the nation to adopt a new FDA-approved device aimed at alleviating withdrawal symptoms among inmates struggling with opioid addiction.