WASHINGTON - The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday will announce a change to the metrics it uses to determine whether to recommend face coverings, shifting from looking at COVID-19 case counts to a more holistic view of risk from the coronavirus to a community.

Under current guidelines, masks are recommended for people residing in communities of substantial or high transmission — roughly 95% of U.S.

counties, according to the latest data.The new metrics will still consider caseloads, but also take into account hospitalizations and local hospital capacity, which have been markedly improved during the emergence of the omicron variant.

That strain is highly transmissible, but indications are that it is less severe than earlier strains, particularly for people who are fully vaccinated and boosted.

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NATO to increase troops in Eastern Europe with 4 new battlegroups, chief says

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that NATO leaders are expected to agree at Thursday’s emergency summit to increase troops’ presence in Eastern Europe, with four new battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.

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Top Putin aide quits, believed to have fled Russia over Ukraine war

Russia’s post-Soviet economic reforms, has quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy and left the country due to the war in Ukraine, two sources told Reuters, the highest profile protest by a Russian figure against the invasion.Chubais, who once served as former President Boris Yeltsin’s chief of staff, left his post as Vladimir Putin’s special representative for ties with international organizations, one of the sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Top ex-Kremlin official accused of ‘national betrayal’ quits post at foundation He was appointed to the post, which was charged with “achieving goals of sustainable development,” in 2020, days after resigning as the head of state technology firm RUSNANO, which he had run since 2008.The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Chubais left due to the conflict in Ukraine.

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Taron Egerton Tests Positive For COVID-19; Out Of Play For A Week in London

Taron Egerton will not be working in his London play, Cock, for a least a week, after testing positive for COVID-19.

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Medical marijuana does not help with anxiety, depression, doubles risk of addiction, study says

A festivalgoer smokes marijuana at Lollapalooza on July 29, 2021, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)LOS ANGELES - A recent study found that medical marijuana fails to improve symptoms of pain, anxiety and depression and effectively doubles the risk of developing addictive symptoms and cannabis use disorder (CUD).The study, published by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital on March 18, also noted that up to one in five users of cannabis may develop CUD."There have been many claims about the benefits of medical marijuana for treating pain, insomnia, anxiety and depression, without sound scientific evidence to support them," said Professor Jodi Gilman in a news release.At least 1.4 million Americans are using marijuana for their health, according to an Associated Press analysis of states that track medical marijuana patients.And while marijuana has been shown to help ease pain and a few other health problems, two-thirds of U.S.

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs abortion ban modeled on Texas law

BOISE, Idaho - Idaho on Wednesday became the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas statute banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allowing it to be enforced through civil lawsuits to avoid constitutional court challenges.Republican Gov. Brad Little signed into law the measure that allows people who would have been family members to sue a doctor who performs an abortion after cardiac activity is detected in an embryo."I stand in solidarity with all Idahoans who seek to protect the lives of preborn babies," Little wrote in a letter to Lt.

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18,423 community cases; 913 hospitalisations; 28 in ICU; 11 deaths reported today

Today we are reporting 18,423 community cases, 913 hospitalisations and 11 deaths.

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Health Matters: Speeding up drug discovery & new COVID-19 variant now dominant in Alberta

Health Matters March 23: The University of Alberta is leading a national research network that’s studying glycomics – and how the science can accelerate drug discovery. Also, Alberta Health confirms the Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in the province.

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Pandemic flux syndrome: the uncertainty of COVID-19 restrictions

Public health restrictions are lifting, but there is, of course, the possibility they could return. So what does that uncertainty mean for our mental health? Jamie Mauracher looks at pandemic flux syndrome.

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'You are worthy': Ketanji Brown Jackson tears up amid Sen. Cory Booker speech

WASHINGTON - Sen. Cory Booker cut through a tense third day of hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday with a speech on racial progress that drew tears from the nominee and held the rapt attention of colleagues.Booker, a Black Democrat from New Jersey, said he could no longer hold back his emotion over how Jackson has conducted herself in the face of combative questioning about her handling of child pornography cases, her representation of accused terrorists and her views on anti-racism teaching in schools."You faced insults here that were shocking to me," Booker said, speaking directly to Jackson, who is nominated to become the first Black woman on the high court."Nobody’s taking this away from me," Booker continued, choking up as he spoke.

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National Puppy Day: Top dog names, adopted breeds by state

LOS ANGELES - Having a "pawsome" day? It’s about to get better, because March 23 is National Puppy Day, and to celebrate, the company Top Data has revealed some doggone fantastic facts you may not know. According to the consumer insights company, the team collected data from 500,000 adopted dogs, utilized Google Search traffic volume and surveyed 1,000 dog owners across the U.S. to figure out the top dog names and adopted breeds by state.

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James Amabile: Skeletal remains found in Ridley Township believed to be man missing since 2003, divers say

The skeletal remains found in Ridley Township are believed to be of a man missing since 2003, authorities say. RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Divers from Adventures with Purpose Underwater Dive and Recovery believe skeletal remains found last week in Ridley Township are a match to a Pennsylvania man missing for nearly 20 years. Police say officers responded to the Ridley Township Municipal Marina at 401 S. Swarthmore Avenue around 3 p.m.

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Stephen Wilhite, creator of GIF, dies of COVID-19 at 74

FILE - Steve Wilhite, inventor of the GIF file, poses with an award backstage at the 17th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2013 in New York City. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Webby Awards)Stephen Wilhite, the creator of the massively popular GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) and chief architect of America Online, died of COVID-19 at the age of 74 on March 14, according to The Verge. Wilhite was an avid camper and loved to travel, according to his obituary.

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Fox News Poll: Voters want the US to do more to help Ukraine against Russia

following news about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and want to help. By a 63-32% margin, voters think the U.S. should be doing more for Ukrainians in their fight against Russia. Fully 82% are concerned about the invasion and 76% approve of how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is responding to it. The new Fox News national survey also finds a growing portion say the Russia-Ukraine conflict matters to life in the United States: 85% feel that way, up from 76% last month.RELATED: Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv remains under fire as Biden arrives in EuropeIt’s an issue Democrats and Republicans largely agree on: 90% of Democrats and 85% of Republicans think what happens in Ukraine makes a difference here at home, about 8 in 10 Democrats and Republicans approve of Zelenskyy, and two-thirds in each party want to do more for Ukraine. Journalist Mark Savchuk joins LiveNOW from FOX from Kyiv, Ukraine to share the latest on the invasion.What do voters mean when they say the U.S.

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Hamilton’s West End Urgent Care Clinic reopens as COVID-19 cases decline in local hospitals

COVID-19 Omicron wave is set to resume normal operations on Thursday.Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) says the West End Urgent Care Clinic on Main Street East at Macklin Street South will go back to offering seven-day a week care again on March 24.“If you’re experiencing an illness or injury that isn’t an emergency but can’t wait for an appointment with a family doctor, an urgent care centre is a good option for you,” emergency medicine chief Dr. Kuldeep Sidhu said in a statement.The clinic had been shuttered for close to ten weeks after five emergency-trained physicians, 10 nurses and other staff (clerks, environmental aides, etc.) were moved to other emergency departments (EDs) and other high priority facilities in the network.

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'It's concerning': SEPTA addressing safety concerns as crime, homelessness impact ridership

PHILADELPHIA - When you walk cross into a septa transit subway station, do you feel safe? For many riding the Septa lines, that answer is no."During the day time, up until like 3:30, 4:00, not bad. After that I do not get on the train," Septa rider Jeffrey Brown told FOX 29.

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Rate of burnout in doctors doubled since before pandemic: survey

The threat posed by COVID-19 may be lessening, but the toll it has taken on the mental health of physicians in Canada is severe. Caryn Lieberman reports.

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Suiting up: Workwear business making a comeback in a work-from-home world

Delta Cleaners co-owner Donovan Bisharat said.“It kind of felt like we weren’t making much headway in the last couple of years, until just recently, really.”Bisharat says dry-cleaning business is once again starting to pick up. He says they’re seeing more office wear coming in, as more people return to working in offices, but it was yet to reach pre-pandemic levels.“We definitely started to see people that we didn’t see for maybe two years or a year and a half, they would come and say well, I haven’t needed my shirts or I haven’t needed my suits or whatever,” Bisharat told Global News.“Some people are coming back, we’re still not seeing the frequency that they would normally have been pre-pandemic.” Canadians favour hybrid work amid COVID-19.

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Some not ready to embrace handshakes at the office again

As COVID-19 restrictions ease and people head back to the office, there is a tricky question of workplace etiquette that lingers. Brittany Rosen has more.

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COVID-19 update, 24 March 2022 1pm

The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Deputy Director-General of Māori Health John Whaanga will today host a media briefing to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak.

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'Healthy' teen dies just days after suffering 'thunderclap headache' from Covid jab

A 'healthy' 18-year-old girl who suffered a 'thunderclap headache' after receiving her first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine died just days later, an inquest has heard.

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Toronto’s Little Jamaica community reacts to protests over royal visit

A royal tour through Caribbean countries has resulted in backlash against the British monarchy, with protests happening in Jamaica. Erica Vella has reaction from people in Toronto’s Jamaican community.

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Former Unifor National President charged with breach of union’s Constitution

An investigation has revealed that the former Unifor National President, Jerry Dias, breached Unifor’s Code of Ethics and Democratic Practices after he accepted a large sum of money from a supplier of COVID-19 rapid test kits and then, in turn, encouraged employers of union members to purchase the kits.

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Home Depot: Worksheet on privilege gone viral was not authorized

FILE: A view of The Home Depot logo in South Edmonton Common in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Home Depot said Wednesday that a worksheet about privilege that went viral is an unauthorized document from the company's Canada division.An anonymous Twitter account with the handle "Libs of TikTok," which has almost 600,000 followers and focuses on ridiculing liberals, posted a photo of the worksheet entitled "Unpacking Privilege," declaring the nation's largest home improvement retailer had gone "woke."The worksheet laid out different types of privilege, from social privilege and white privilege to heterosexual privilege."If while growing up, college was an expectation of you, not a dream, you have class privilege," it said.

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Two men shot in unrelated daytime shootings in Philadelphia, police say

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say two men were badly hurt in a pair of unrelated Wednesday afternoon shootings in Philadelphia. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 5200 block of Montour Street just before 2 p.m. for reports of gunshots.

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Cameras captured clear video of I-95 crash that killed 2 Pennsylvania State Troopers, sources say

PHILADELPHIA - Law enforcement sources on Wednesday shared new details about a deadly crash on I-95 in Philadelphia where an alleged drunk driver plowed into 2 Pennsylvania State Troopers and a civilian being helped off the busy highway. Sources tell FOX 29's Steve Keeley that a camera positioned on Lincoln Financial Field capture "crystal clear" recording of the crash that killed 29-year-old Martin F. Mack, 33, and Branden T.

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Hailey Bieber's Blood Clot Health Scare 'Elevated' Her Marriage To Justin & Solidified THIS About Their Relationship!

Justin and Hailey Bieber’s bond is stronger than ever after her recent health scare!

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Global COVID-19 cases climb for second week in a row

Led mainly by surges in Asian hot spots, COVID-19 cases last week increased for the second straight week, though deaths continued to fall, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its weekly pandemic update.

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Simple home oxygen monitors signal when to seek COVID care

COVID-19 patients can safely use inexpensive pulse oximeters at home to watch for a drop in blood oxygen that signals they need to seek advanced care, according to a systematic review published yesterday in The Lancet Digital Health.

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Moderna seeks approval for COVID-19 vaccine in young children

After months of stops and starts, Moderna announced today it seeks emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a two-dose primary series of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 6 years.

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Oregon man cashes in forgotten lottery ticket, wins $8.9M

Oregon Lottery news release. Brown’s ticket covered 13 weeks from December 25, 2021, to February 19, 2022. He tucked the ticket in his wallet and diligently checked it for the first few drawings with no luck and soon forgot he even had the ticket until February rolled around. Brown once again found himself at the Moose Lodge in February and decided to take a gander at whether or not he may have won. FILE - Lottery number selection slips seen at a shop.

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Bob Saget Told Stage Crew He Was Suffering From Long-Term COVID, Hearing Issues Before Death

Bob Saget supposedly knocked his final show out of the park, but he apparently wasn’t feeling well that night. Rosalie Cocci, a showrunner who works at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall — where Bob’s final performance took place before his death — told investigators Bob had told her he wasn’t doing well health-wise, per TMZ.The woman said Bob told her he was suffering from long-term COVID and his hearing was also off, as he was constantly asking the crew to turn everything up. She also said the Full House star was sick the day before, had a sore throat, and took some time to get himself together for his stand up set. Even so, she noted she and the crew were surprised when he killed his set, acting as if nothing was wrong.

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Man was driving over 100 mph before causing crash that killed husband, wife: Mesa PD

MESA, Ariz. - Police say a 21-year-old man who was driving over 100 mph in Mesa before crashing into another car, killing an elderly man and his wife, was arrested.According to Mesa Police, the crash happened at about 5:30 p.m. on March 22 near Main Street and Lindsay Road.First responders arriving at the scene discovered that two vehicles were involved in the crash – a 2009 Chrysler 300C and a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica.

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Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies at 84

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Covid curbs to end, but use of masks to continue

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COVID-19 Scan for Mar 23, 2022

A study yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection suggests that natural infection, but not immunity acquired from COVID-19 vaccinations, is linked to the development of long COVID-19, or symptoms that persist up to a year after acute infection.The prospective study was based on 479 COVID-19 patients originally

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COVID-19: 23 inpatients, 172 staff cases at LHSC as new outbreak declared at Victoria Hospital

London, Ont. councillors reject reintroducing municipal masking bylaw Nine of the 22 COVID-19 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19, while 14 were admitted for other reasons but were later found to have an incidental infection.At least 172 staff at LHSC are positive with COVID-19 as of Wednesday, up five from Tuesday and 13 from Monday.At St.

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Mitski postpones shows in NYC and Philadelphia due to COVID in touring party

Mitski has postponed two upcoming shows due to a positive COVID-19 test in her touring party.The Japanese-American artist is currently out on the road in the US in support of her acclaimed sixth album ‘Laurel Hell’, which came out on February 4.This week’s shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York tomorrow (March 24) and Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia on Friday (March 25) will now take place at a later date, according to a post on Twitter. Earlier this week, Mitski’s shows in Boston were also postponed for the same reason.“This week’s Mitski shows in NYC and Philadelphia will be postponed due to a positive Covid test in the Mitski touring party,” the post read.

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NATO deploying 4 more battlegroups as alliance meets on Ukraine support: chief

NATO leaders are expected to agree at an emergency summit on Thursday to boost the alliance’s military presence in eastern Europe due to Russia’s war on Ukraine, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says.Ahead of the meeting, Stoltenberg told reporters at a news conference in Brussels on Wednesday that he expects the allies to sign off on the deployment of four new battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.“I expect leaders will agree to strengthen NATO’s posture in all domains, with major increases in the eastern part of the alliance on land, in the air and at sea,” he said. NATO summit a chance to bolster Ukraine response, experts say.

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COVID-19: 4 more deaths, increase in hospitalizations reported in Manitoba

COVID-19 and a slight uptick in hospitalizations Wednesday. COVID-19 hospitalizations in Manitoba continue to drop Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,735 Manitobans with COVID-19 have now died.Meanwhile, the number of people hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 rose to 387 as of Wednesday morning, seven more than had been reported 24 hours earlier.

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Brittney Griner visited by US Embassy official in Russia, State Department says

who remains detained near Moscow, to check on her condition.State Department spokesperson Ned Price told CNN the official found Griner "to be in good condition." Price did not identify the official who had been granted consular access to Griner, something the United States had been demanding.Griner was detained after arriving at a Moscow airport, reportedly in mid-February, after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges that allegedly contained oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.Brittney Griner #42 of the Phoenix Mercury durring pregame warmups at Footprint Center on October 10, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Mike Mattina/Getty Images) RELATED: Brittney Griner arrest in midst of Russia-Ukraine war 'kind of a perfect storm,' sports attorney saysRussian state news agency Tass reported last week that a court had extended Griner’s pretrial detention to May 19.Price says the U.S.

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BikeLifeRex: Philadelphia man inspires city youth through love for bike riding

PHILADELPHIA - For Rex, biking is a lifestyle and it's one that has changed his life. "I got bullied a lot in school," he said. "I started riding bikes and felt better.

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8 Ways Your Tax Return Might Look Different Because of COVID

won’t look different: There’s no automatic months-long extension on the due date like we saw for the past two years. (Though you do get a three-day grace period: Taxes are due April 18, since the IRS is closed on April 15 for Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C.) Which means it’s time to tear off a chunk of sourdough and get down to business.While this was waived for 2020 thanks to the American Rescue Plan—no needed to be paid that year on unemployment benefits of up to $10,200—that temporary relief period has ended.

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Acknowledge the health burden of gendered violence

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Rising covid cases are blamed for latest poor A&E figures

Bed blocking and covid cases are contributing to poor performance at Paisley’s struggling Royal Alexandra Hospital.

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Allow reopening of all economic activities, but cautiously: Centre tells states as Covid cases decline

gatherings and congregations – social, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious, festival-related and others – may be resumed, provided that Covid Appropriate Behaviour is duly adhered to.

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New Orleans tornado kills 1, cuts path of destruction through suburbs

NEW ORLEANS - At least one person was killed and many others were injured after a large tornado tore through New Orleans and surrounding areas on Tuesday night, leaving a trail of damage in its wake as it flipped cars and even lifted a house into the air and dropped it onto the street with a family inside.Videos showed a large, multi-vortex tornado that went into the Arabi area, a suburb of New Orleans. It then moved east across the Mississippi River into the Lower 9th Ward and parts of St. Bernard Parish — both of which were badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.St.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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CDC's COVID-19 mask guidelines to loosen Friday, AP sources say

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