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The participants were divided into three groups: those vaccinated, those who had recovered from the disease, and those who did not have any exposure to the virus. The physicians studied the follicular fluid, which is aspired together with eggs over the course of the treatments the women needed to undergo. “We were very happy to find that the vaccine did not harm in any way the performance of the follicle,” said Hershko. “In addition, we were able to track the antibodies against the virus. Every patient who had antibodies in the blood presented antibodies also in the fluid, which is...

As tensions in the Black Sea rise between Russia and Ukraine, the Pentagon isn’t taking any chances and has publicized that they are preparing for the worst-case scenario. In a tweet on Tuesday, the United States Strategic Command released a statement on Twitter writing: “Posture Statement Preview: The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable. We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option.” USSTRATCOM is one of eleven unified combatant commands in the Department of Defense. The command is...

Researchers are injecting human stem cells into monkey embryos and even scientists are disturbed by the ethical implications. For the Biblically minded, the implications are clear. MIXING MONKEY AND HUMAN CELLS Researchers in California published their results in The Cell on Thursday describing how they successfully "created" embryos that were a mixture of monkey and human cells. The abstract, titled "Chimeric contribution of human extended pluripotent stem cells to monkey embryos ex vivo", explains that the study was focused on creating cells that could be used to produce organs for people who need transplants. Chimerism is a condition whereby an...

A leader of a Black pastors group in Georgia who are calling for a boycott of Home Depot for not speaking out against the state’s new voting law, which has met strong opposition from progressive groups as well as the Biden administration, has been found to be a longtime supporter of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. New Birth Missionary Baptist Church pastor Jamal H. Bryant called Farrakhan “one of the greatest leaders of our people,” according to a report by Fox News. Farrakhan is a notorious anti-Semite who former Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind has called “the number one anti-Semite...

After making the first-ever powered flight on another world, NASA's Mars 2020 mission has managed another key first that could pave the way for future astronauts by making breathable oxygen out of the wispy Martian air. NASA announced that an instrument aboard the rover had successfully extracted carbon dioxide from the atmosphere on Mars and then electrochemically split oxygen atoms from carbon dioxide molecules. The Martian atmosphere is about 95% carbon dioxide. The remainder is mostly nitrogen and argon. The feat, announced Wednesday, is considered vital to any long-term stay for humans on Mars, as bringing an ample supply of...

Vanderbilt University professor Michael Eric Dyson suggested Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that white people could help the Black Lives Matter movement by holding their racist relatives “to account” at family gatherings such as Thanksgiving. Dyson said, “There are many things that white brothers and sisters can do. First of all, they can operate within their own sphere, within their own comfort zones. When you go home for Thanksgiving, and you know that there are some nasty viewpoints being expressed and you know that there are some vituperative expressions being made against Black people, you got to hold your family to...

Joy Behar said Thursday’s broadcast of ABC’s “The View” that the police should have shot their firearm into the air as a warning instated of killing Ma’Khia Bryant during a knife fight in Columbus, OH. In a video CNN host Don Lemon said, “Base each incident on what we see. When I look at this video, I see police responding to a dangerous incident where someone is armed with a knife. Police walked up on a situation, and they need to figure out what is happening. Other lives are in danger. We need to be honest and use our common...

A tidal turbine weighing 680 metric tons and dubbed “the world’s most powerful” has been launched from the Port of Dundee in Scotland, marking another significant step forward in the development of the U.K.’s marine energy sector. In an announcement Thursday, Scottish firm Orbital Marine Power said its 2 megawatt (MW) turbine, the Orbital O2, would now be towed to the Orkney Islands, an archipelago north of mainland Scotland, for commissioning. ...Looking ahead, the European Commission wants the capacity of ocean energy technologies to hit 100 MW by 2025 and roughly 1 GW by 2030.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a somber address on Tuesday, Nancy Pelosi thanked millions of aborted babies for sacrificing their lives for women's rights. "Thank you 60 million babies, for sacrificing your life for the noble cause of reproductive healthcare," she began. "Because of you, and because of millions of activists around the world who came out to abort their children and fight for abortion rights, the world will remember you." Sources say that over 60 million unborn children have been brutally killed since the 1973 Roe V. Wade decision, which has resulted in the spread of reproductive choice for women as well...

WASHINGTON—The Democratic-controlled House approved legislation Thursday that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state, but the bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate amid broad Republican opposition and hesitation from some centrist Democrats. Proponents cast the bill as civil-rights priority, saying the city’s residents deserve full self-rule and representation in Congress. Critics call it a power grab by Democrats to gain two more senators and point to possible constitutional hurdles. Thursday’s party line vote of 216-208 marks the second time the House has approved the measure, which is backed by the Biden administration. However, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.,...

A 2018 report published by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows the lengths America’s premier space agency is willing to consider when proving the existence of intelligent alien life. Entitled NASA and The Search For Technosignatures, the 70-page document details all of the various ways space scientists considered intelligent extraterrestrial life might be located during NASA’s Technosignatures Workshop, hosted in Houston, Texas, September 26-28, 2018. Numerous novel methods for detecting traces of advanced alien technology are discussed in the report. Yet one section is particularly intriguing. Described as “interlopers,” NASA scientists discussed the potential for extraterrestrial probes...

Very high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL or "good") cholesterol may be associated with an increased risk of heart attack and death... HDL cholesterol has been considered "good" because the HDL molecule is involved in the transport of cholesterol from the blood and blood vessel walls to the liver and ultimately out of the body, thereby reducing the risk of clogged arteries and atherosclerosis. People with low HDL cholesterol have a greater risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. But the protective effect of very high HDL cholesterol has been unclear. During a median follow-up of four years, 769 (13%) participants...

Democrats have been pushing for years to have the District of Columbia officially recognized as the 51st state in America. And on Thursday, they made that happen in a highly partisan vote. The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted 216-208 on Thursday to pass a bill that would grant statehood to Washington, D.C. H.R. 51, otherwise known as the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, would give the district two senators and a voting representative in the House.

Woke Medicine Will Destroy the Hippocratic Oath The idea of race-based healthcare is morally unethical and transgresses the oath every medical doctor takes. When I entered into the practice of medicine in 2005, I took what is called the “Hippocratic Oath.”The Hippocratic Oath is one of the oldest documents in human history, dating to Greece around 400 B.C. It is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians and health care providers entering the practice of medicine. There are numerous modern-day versions of the Hippocratic Oath but the message is essentially the same.Basic Principles of The Hippocratic OathThe basic principles...

On the April 22, 2020 episode of Today, Al Roker celebrated the environmental upside as the economy ground to a halt: “Less foot traffic, less waste, less energy consumption, allowing certain animals to thrive and impacting the Earth's atmosphere as well.” For the same day’s CBS This Morning, Jamie Yuccas offered a theme that would become common. Humans were the problem: This stinging dismissal for the mounting death toll culminated in the spring of 2021. On the April 1 Today, Kerry Sanders lectured viewers even as many may have lost someone to Covid-19: “When the nation and world shut down,...

Charles Mingus did a recording called 'Scenes in the City'.Years later, Branford Marsalis did his version.That was the intro to my Jazz Show, every Wednesday night, for three years.

During this pandemic, I have known people who caught the ccp virus, and were either asymptomatic or had mild reactions, except for a co-worker. He got it last July, and went downhill from there. He was on a ventilator, and he survived, but with many after effects. He had to go through many months of rehab. To make a long story short, I saw him back at work last week, he uses a walker and has a brace on his leg. I was happy to see him and told him that I prayed for his well being and he graciously...

The journalists at CBS This Morning on Thursday used Earth Day as an excuse to promote fear, touting “climate anxiety” among teens. The reporters also, yet again, hyped alarmist Greta Thunberg and her campaign to enact draconian, expensive global warming laws. Talking to young environmentalist Georgia Wright, who has a podcast, co-host Anthony Mason pushed the idea that young people should be emotionally unstable over climate: “Georgia, you discuss climate anxiety in the podcast. We heard Julianna mention feeling her chest tighten when she talks about this. What do you mean exactly climate anxiety?” Before that, reporter Adriana Diaz talked...

Lisa Christensen sat through every minute of the trial of Derek Chauvin as prosecutors and the defense each made their case in the killing of George Floyd. She was an alternate juror, so she did not have a role in the verdict, but in an exclusive interview for "CBS This Morning," she said she was happy with the jury's decision to convict Chauvin after weeks of hard testimony. Christensen said she was reluctant to be on the jury when she was first called up.

Protesters yelled 'Bull---,' criticizing Biden's climate planClimate activists dissatisfied with President Biden's climate plan are not-so-subtly expressing their displeasure, as they are literally calling "bull----" while dumping cow manure in front of the White House.The demonstration, which began Thursday morning, was being conducted by Extinction Rebellion, an organization that pushes for "non-violent direct action and civil disobedience" to pressure government to "act justly" when it comes to climate and the environment.