Friday Holiday for Public Sector, but NOT for essential services

Madison Novo was crowned Miss Hooters International 2022 at a pageant held in Lake Tahoe on Thursday night. The annual beauty contest, which is currently in its 25th year, sees stunning Hooters servers compete for the coveted title and a cash prize. Novo, 19, beat out 50 other employees of the racy restaurant franchise to collect a cool $30,000.

U.S. FDA green lights COVID-19 vaccines for kids under five Health Canada is currently reviewing Moderna’s pediatric vaccine for kids aged six months to five years, but has yet to receive a submission from Pfizer for the under-five age group.Cloutier said his kids are heading to daycare and preeschool in the fall and he’s looking for additional protection for them.“We trust the data and review of the agencies in the (United) States,” he said.

NEWARK, Del. - The summer games for the Special Olympics in Delaware kicks off on Friday at the University of Delaware Nelson Athletic Complex. The event will begin with a special opening ceremony at 4:30 p.m.According to the event, more than 500 athletes and partners from all over the state will meet to compete in six sports. The sports include bocce, powerlifting, softball, tennis, swimming, and track & field. Over 1,000 volunteers helped prepare for the two-day competition. 

New Delhi: World Trade Organization’s index capturing global trade in services outpaced that for goods, pointing to a possible shift in consumption pattern as Covid-19 cases receded. World services trade continued to grow into the second quarter of 2022, indicating resilience to the conflict in Ukraine, according to the WTO’s Services Trade Barometer. The reading of 105.5 above the previous reading of 102.5 in September 2021 and comfortably over the baseline value of 100 for the index signals that services trade is likely to post sustained gains in the second quarter once official statistics for the period are available, according to the WTO.

Martine McCutcheon continues to ooze radiance and her latest social media snaps prove she is sticking to her health kick even amid a house move.The 46-year-old, who played Tiffany Mitchell in EastEnders and Natalie in Love Actually, showed off the results of her recent weight loss with a sizzling Instagram snap last month and continues to stick to her regime.On Thursday (June 23), Martine posted a series of pictures from her new garden after moving home and posted on her Instagram story with a caption, saying: "We have got our own home! I'm very excited, I'm mooching in our new garden."READ NEXT: Amanda Holden accidentally flashes knickers in awkward wardrobe blunderThis was followed by a four-picture slide of her arranging some flowers and she was grinning from ear to ear.In February, she revealed it has taken her "such a long time to do what works for [her]" as she opened up about her health and staying in shape.In an interview with OK! magazine, the Love Actually star noted that she didn't like to discuss her weight, but told how she stays in shape by following the 80/20 rule diet.The 80/20 diet advises that followers should eat healthy meals 80 per cent of the time, with less nutritious options permitted for the other 20 per cent of the time.For more of the latest showbiz news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Martine said at the time: “I think it takes a long time to work out what your own recipe is.“It's taken me such a long time to look through all the stuff that's out there, and do just what works for me.“So it's not as simple as just going on a crazy diet.

Big E's devastating injury on SmackDown shocked the wrestling world and sidelined the pro wrestler with a fractured neck. He’s been off television for quite a while, but has kept wrestling fans abreast of his recovery on social media. The latest update on his health looks really positive and shows that while he had some bad times, it’s a new day, yes, it is.

FILE - Boat with tourists visiting the Caroni Bird Sanctuary to see the red Scarlet Ibis and the mangroves on October 21, 2012, in Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.The thin white filament, approximately the size of a human eyelash, is "by far the largest bacterium known to date," said Jean-Marie Volland, a marine biologist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and co-author of a paper announcing the discovery Thursday in the journal Science.Olivier Gros, a co-author and biologist at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, found the first example of this bacterium — named Thiomargarita magnifica, or "magnificent sulfur pearl" — clinging to sunken mangrove leaves in the archipelago of Guadeloupe in 2009.But he didn’t immediately know it was a bacterium because of its surprisingly large size -- these bacteria, on average, reach a length of a third of an inch (0.9 centimeters).

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Thursday easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unthinkable just a month ago, clearing the way for final congressional approval of what will be lawmakers' most far-reaching response in decades to the nation's run of brutal mass shootings.After years of GOP procedural delays that derailed Democratic efforts to curb firearms, Democrats and some Republicans decided that congressional inaction was untenable after last month’s rampages in New York and Texas. It took weeks of closed-door talks but a group of senators from both parties emerged with a compromise embodying incremental but impactful movement to curb bloodshed that has come to regularly shock — yet no longer surprise — the nation.The $13 billion measure would toughen background checks for the youngest gun buyers, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders and help states put in place red flag laws that make it easier for authorities to take weapons from people adjudged dangerous.

monkeypox to be a global emergency would mean the UN health agency considers the outbreak to be an “extraordinary event" and that the disease is at risk of spreading across even more borders, possibly requiring a global response. Some experts have said that WHO's decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the grotesque inequities that arose between rich and poor countries during the coronavirus pandemic.

READ MORE: High cholesterol: The exercise shown to lower 'bad' cholesterol within weeks - researchDespite ageing and the health complications that may come with it, Crystal is certainly not slowing down his career or thinking about retiring like some of his co-stars may be. In fact, he finished his speech by saying: "I've been so blessed to work with such amazing people my entire career, which is now in its 50th year. .

COVID-19 in British Columbia hospitals held nearly steady over the past week, but the number of admissions appears to be trending steadily downward.As of Thursday there were 273 cases in hospital, a one-week decline of just three, and 28 cases in intensive care, a one-week increase of nine, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.Under B.C.’s “census” reporting model, all positive cases are counted regardless of the reason the patient was admitted to hospital.The BCCDC also reported 642 cases for the week ending June 18, though due to restrictions on PCR testing the true figure is likely significantly higher.Just over 12,200 tests were performed the week ending June 18, and the province-wide test positivity rate was 7.3 per cent.

I am 28 years old and plan to buy a health insurance policy. Should I also buy a critical illness rider along with it?                                                        — Neha   It is a good idea to buy a health insurance early. Apart from providing immediate coverage, it helps you accumulate no-claim-bonus, thus increasing your sum assured in a cost-effective way.

The number of people with Covid-19 in hospital has more than doubled over the last two weeks.

Detectives are appealing for a missing man in his 50s who has not been seen for more than 24 hours. The man is from north Manchester, but was reported missing from a mental health hospital.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who chaired a high-level COVID review meeting on Thursday, directed state governments to focus on districts reporting high case positivity and undertake adequate testing with a higher proportion of RTPCR tests. The meeting was called owing to the sudden spike in COVID-19 cases.  He further instructed the officials to continue to focus on surveillance and on Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) to scan for any possible mutation along with increasing the pace of vaccination.  The meeting was attended by the core team of experts including Dr Randip Guleria, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava and NCDC director Sujeet Singh.

For emotional support you can call the Samaritans 24-hour helpline on 116 123, email jo@samaritans.org, visit a Samaritans branch in person or go to the Samaritans website.This is a breaking showbiz story and is being constantly updated.

MARTINE McCutcheon has opened up about the health battle that made her "lose her mind". The former EastEnders star took to her Instagram story to chat to fans about her experience with perimenopause and starting Hormone Replacement Therapy.

monkeypox, including one death, have been reported to WHO from 42 countries. But WHO's Europe office and the EU health agency conveyed that 2,746 cases had been recorded in Europe alone till Tuesday.  "The emergency committee will provide a recommendation to the director-general based on scientific principles, and an assessment of the risk to human health, the risk of international spread and the risk of interference with international traffic," the WHO said.

Hospital, Dr. Martin Betts, Chief and Medical Director of Critical Care at Scarborough Health Network (SHN), reflects on the last two years, as he considers what may still come.“Our job as physicians, we usually work 20 or 24 weeks a year, we’ve been doing 40, 42 weeks.

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued an extraordinary gazette notification declaring three sectors as essential public services.1. All services connected to the supply of electricity2. The supply or distribution of petroleum products and fuel3. All service, work, or labour, of any description whatsoever, necessary or required to be done in connection with the maintenance, and the reception, care feeding and treatment, of patients in hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries, and other similar institution.

Coatesville police looking for missing endangered Cartier Jackson and Shalika Shelton. COATESVILLE, Pa. - Coatesville police are seeking information regarding the location of two endangered missing people.Shalika Shelton, 30, and her 10-year-old daughter Cartier Jackson were thought to be somewhere in Philadelphia.Jackson's legal guardian is her godmother, according to officials.

Monkeypox cases reported across 58 countries and it is rapidly expanding across multiple continents. Meanwhile, the World Health Network (WHN) has announced Monkeypox outbreak a pandemic. The outbreak is rapidly expanding across multiple continents and will not stop without concerted global action, it said in a statement.

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya has called to chair a review meeting with the core team of experts today in view of increasing Covid-19 cases in the country. According to sources, it has also been confirmed that the meeting will be held in physical format in the afternoon today to discuss the rise in Covid-19 cases.

it said in a statement. The WHN announcement comes ahead of WHO meeting to be held on 23 June to decide on their monkeypox outbreak designation. The outbreak will not stop without concerted global action, it said.

rise in Covid-19 cases. On June 13, Mandaviya had chaired a meeting through video conferencing with Health Ministers and senior officials of States and Union Territories (UTs) to review the progress of the vaccination exercise HarGharDastak 2.0 campaign.

PHILADELPHIA - Did you know that NASA launches rockets in different parts of the county?A few hours south of the Delaware Valley, NASAs sends up rockets with scientific experiments from Wallops Island, Virginia. Wallops Island is about an hour south of Ocean City, Maryland and next to Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, an area famous for its wild ponies.A rocket was scheduled to launch around sunrise Thursday morning, but weather delayed the launch until Friday.Sometimes, we can see the exhaust clouds from these rocket launches in our region, but that won't be the case with Friday morning's launch for most of us.

Daniel Scali taking a break while doing pushups for Guinness. (Guinness World Records)Looks like Australians have the secret recipe when it comes to doing a record-breaking number of pushups in an hour. Daniel Scali of Australia just beat the previous world record for most pushups done in one hour with 3,182.

Emmerdale’s Charley Webb took to Instagram today to share her health struggles with her 568,000 followers.The actress admitted she was “feeling ill” as she cuddled up under a blanket despite the current heatwave affecting the UK.This morning Charley, 34, shared a picture of just her leg nestling under a thick blanket while she sat outside in the sunshine. The temperature at that time was marked at 22 degrees celsius, which many people would consider “shorts weather”.However, Charley wasn’t feeling quite so warm in the sunshine, as she opened up about her health.“There’s worse places to be ill,” she told her fans.“I’m 100% sure I’m the only person on the planet with a blanket right now.”Later today, Charley updated her followers with another post confirming she had moved inside.“So happy to be in bed,” Charley captioned another picture of her legs as she rested.She also included a poll for her followers to find out who else liked going to bed early.“Earlier the better for me,” she wrote. “Are you an early night or a night owl?”Charley’s post comes after the soap star discussed her ongoing health issues with her followers two Sundays ago.Taking to social media, the mum-of-three posted an image of herself lying back, with one arm over her face.She captioned the photo: "Migraine hell today.

Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey Bieber, support each other after facing health scares. As HOLA! USA previously reported the 25-year-old model and businesswoman underwent a procedure after having a ministroke when a blood clot was allocated on her brain.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Cara Winhold found out she was pregnant in March 2021, but nearly one month later she found out she was pregnant again."When the tech told us there was another baby, we thought it was a joke at first and laughed until we saw the super tiny sac up on the screen and heard his heartbeat," Winhold told FOX Television Stations. "Once they left the room to give my husband and I some time to process, I just remember laying on the table and breaking down in tears.

Justin and Hailey Bieber are both navigating some scary health situations lately.

New figures show that Covid-19 cases in Scotland have risen by almost a third in a single week.

Inequality, emergencies, war and climate change threaten global mental health, says WHO’s newly released World Mental Health Report. Above: outside the Afghan Japan Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2022. ©WHO

Pandemic restrictions have lifted for most of us but the selfless heroes working in our health and social care services are working as hard as ever. Their every day acts of caring and healing have saved countless lives and helped ease the pain and suffering and meet the needs of the most vulnerable among us.

(With inputs from agencies) 

Coronavirus has been branded ‘concerning’ again in Manchester amid soaring case numbers ‘across all ages’, according to public health chiefs. The rise comes as there has been a significant ‘dropoff’ of eligible people coming forward to get spring Covid-19 vaccination booster jabs.

vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer. Meanwhile last week, World Health Organization (WHO) said that the modified coronavirus vaccine can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity The variant-adapted vaccine may benefit those who have already received the primary series of shots, the agency's panel on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition said, it added.

Justin and Hailey Bieber’s recent health scares have made their marriage stronger.

FURIOUS Richard Madeley said his "blood was boiling" after a wheelchair-bound man was forced to drag himself up train station stairs. Chris Nicholson was refused help by staff who claimed health and safety rules stopped them from intervening.

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to speak on Environment, Energy, Climate, Food Security, Health, Gender Equality and Democracy at G7 Summit happening from 26-27 July in Germany.  Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany has invited Modi to Schloss Elmau for the G7 Summit under the German Presidency  “During the Summit, Prime Minister is expected to speak in two sessions that include environment, energy, climate, food security, health, gender equality and democracy. In an effort to strengthen international collaboration on these important issues, other democracies such as Argentina, Indonesia, Senegal and South Africa have also been invited," said a statement by Ministry of External Affairs.  Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with leaders of some of the participating countries," said a statement.  The invitation to G7 Summit is in keeping with the tradition of strong and close partnership and high-level political contacts between India and Germany.

Demi Rose might be one of the most famous faces on the social media these days, but she's quite the enigma.The 27-year-old model is a master in dazzling the internet with her racy bikini shoots from all around the globe - she's even posed nude on occasion.The OnlyFans queen has racked up nearly 20million followers on Instagram, an incredible feat for someone who hasn't even been modelling for 10 years.READ MORE: Demi Rose's robe slips open as she breaks silence on engagement rumoursDemi was born in Birmingham, but her lavish lifestyle has since taken her around the world to places like Europe, Ibiza, Africa, the United States, Dubai and beyond.But despite being an internet sensation, Demi hasn't revealed much about her personal life and rarely gives interviews.It's left many fans wanting to know more about Demi, so Daily Star has dug up some of her rare admissions.Demi said she always wanted to be a model, but never expected to be where she is now.She also admitted she used to be bullied by other kids at school and didn't have a lot of friends - during a chat with Radio 1's Newsbeat.The influencer said: "I never expected this when I was younger, but it's something that I've had to learn to live with."I always wanted to get into modelling and when I eventually got there I classed it as a blessing because I grew up being bullied and didn't have many friends at all."She told the Dirty Mother Pukka podcast: "Everyone just used to like to pick on me, put chewing gum in my hair, like, just to wind me up for their own entertainment."It was during her school years that Demi was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, which she described "like depression".Chronic fatigue is characterised by long bouts of extreme tiredness.The

progressive disease, Fox turned to alcohol, a part of his life that the star recently opened up about in an interview with comedian Mike Birbiglia. Remarkably, even when dealing with a tremor, which leaves him unable to sit still, Fox stated that the "body impulses" he feels as a Parkinson's patient are "nothing" compared to what he felt as an alcohol addict. Feeling erratic and out of control when he was heavily drinking, Fox shared: "I couldn't be still.

₹2 lakh which is non-refundable. However, facilities under government-run institutes are expected to pay such fees.

Channel 4 soap as Sinead O'Connor, revealed to her social media followers that she has topical withdrawal syndrome, which has left her with cuts and split skin on her faceTaking to her Instagram feed, the actress claimed that her doctors had "palmed [her] off" by giving her topical steroids after her skin became bad. READ NEXT: Corrie's Sally Carman pays sweet tribute to co-star fiancé as she gives health updateUnfortunately, she explained that her body had become "addicted" to the cream."I've been having so many flare ups," she said after trying to stop taking the cream.

₹4 lakh to the CDSCO official. The CBI also booked three others including an associate vice-president of Biocon Biologics Ltd, a subsidiary of Biocon, founded by one of India’s most famous woman entrepreneurs, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. The agency charged that the bribe was paid to get regulatory clearances for an insulin injection, Insulin Aspart, manufactured by the company without undergoing mandatory Phase III clinical trials.

Health trackers worn on wrists could detect Covid-19 days before symptoms begin appear, new research suggests.

New Delhi: India reported more than 12,249 new covid cases with active cases surging by 2,326 in the last 24 hours, the union health ministry said on Wednesday. The country recorded 13 fatalities in a day. “About 12,249 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours with active caseload shooting at 81,687," said the ministry.

PHILADELPHIA - Flight cancellations and delays have been affecting the entire airline industry, but now, it’s gotten more serious than just a delayed flight. There is a shortage of pilots and one of the largest airlines in our area is making drastic changes after an increase in flight delays and cancellations.After a terrible weekend in the airports for people traveling for Father’s Day or Juneteenth celebrations, American Airlines is cutting its service from three cities in the U.S.Chi Tarver, owner of Extra Vacations Travel Agency, says that American Airlines has decided to stop its service in Islip and Ithaca, New York and Toledo, Ohio.