Friday, 13 August 2021

Spread of delta variant ignites covid hot spots in highly vaccinated parts of the U.S., Post analysis finds

The Post analysis illustrates how rapidly the state of the pandemic changed in July from a problem for the unvaccinated to a nationwide concern, though life in highly vaccinated states is still safer.
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Olympics now ended, Japan races to vaccinate as the coronavirus surges

TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics have ended, but it's still vacation season in Japan, and many people are ignoring government pleas to avoid travel and stay away from bars and restaurants even as the coronavirus spikes at record levels.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is pinning his hopes on vaccinations, ...
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Spread of delta variant ignites covid hot spots in highly vaccinated areas

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Booster shots are coming for immunocompromised people. Here’s what that means.

Federal health officials have estimated that about 3 percent of U.S. adults are immunocompromised.
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Thursday, 12 August 2021

Dan Snyder attends first Washington preseason game

Despite ceding day-to-day operations of his football team to his wife, Tanya, Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder was at the preseason opener Thursday against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. 

Snyder voluntarily took a step back from the franchise after the NFL fined the team ...
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Nationals swept by Mets, now losers of 9 of 10

The Washington Nationals entered the seventh inning Thursday afternoon trailing by three against the New York Mets, rallied as Luis Garcia scored on a wild pitch and celebrated when Andrew Stevenson drove in two more to knot the score.

None of it mattered.

The New York fans went home happy ...
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Jamie Spears, Britney Spears' father, to step down from conservatorship

LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears' father said in a court filing Thursday that he is planning to step down from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years, but his departure is not imminent.

James Spears filed legal documents saying that while there are no grounds ...
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