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The next pandemic is already here – why our world leaders should take notice of antimicrobial resistance Infection prevention and control must underpin any future economy. The main thing we know about the G7 summit discussions is that the world response to Covid-19 will feature heavily. We need a joined-up approach to recovery, along with preparedness and resilience for the next pandemic. After all, despite history telling us that they occur once every 100 years, the next one is already here. Alongside climate change, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the most urgent global healthcare challenge for the human species. Micro-organisms such...

Rescuers continued their search for victims of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Fla., on Sunday. As a perilous search and rescue operation heads into its fourth day in Surfside, Fla., some have asked why the operation at the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building has taken so long and whether there is any hope for those left inside. Officials have assured the public that the local search team, well regarded and sent to disasters around the world, and now working together with Israeli and Mexican teams, was doing everything it could. The dangers to the rescuers and missing...

Egypt, Jordan and Iraq agreed to bolster security and economic cooperation at a tripartite summit Sunday that saw an Egyptian head of state visit Iraq for the first time in three decades. The visits by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II came as Iraq seeks to move closer to Arab allies of the United States in the Middle East. FRANCE 24's Jack Hewson tells us more.

Chicago police have launched an investigation following a startling incident in which two gunmen opened while in the middle of traffic Thursday morning in the city’s Chatham neighborhood. No injuries were reported.

An outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in Israel has spread to some vaccinated people — with about half of the adults infected fully inoculated with the Pfizer shot, a health official said. Ran Balicer, who heads a COVID-19 government advisory committee, said that about 90 percent of new infections in the country were likely caused by the Delta variant, a highly-contagious strain that first emerged in India, the Wall Street Journal reported. “The entrance of the Delta variant has changed the transmission dynamics,” Balicer said.

Fake racism as a political tool has grown tiresome and Bill speaks out against it.

Friends it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana. Listen LiveInfo *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.

A year after Oscar Saxelby-Lee left Singapore following a life-saving experimental treatment at the National University Hospital, CNA spoke to his family to find out how he’s still conquering the odds. “He just does not give up.”When five-year-old British boy Oscar Saxelby-Lee came to Singapore in November 2019, he was staring death in the face. With his body wrecked by an aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, all treatment in the UK had failed and his parents were told to prepare for the worst. But after undergoing an experimental treatment at the National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore, he was...

The "Europe and Back" bomberThe monstrous XB-19 made its maiden flight today at Santa Monica, Calif.. Douglas' long-range bomber prototype had a 212-foot wingspan, longer than today's B-52 Stratofortress (185') or a Boeing 747 (195'). Designers boasted it had a 5,000-mile combat range -- meaning it could take off from the United States, bomb targets in occupied Europe, then return to the U.S.. Ferry trips could cover well over 7,000 miles (New York City to Moscow is less than 5,000) and the plane could remain aloft for 55 hours. The world's largest and most powerful aircraft of its time was...

Make-A-Wish Foundation CEO Richard Davis has announced in a video that they will only be helping vaccinated terminally ill children.Children and any relatives accompanying them to get their wish will all need to have been fully vaccinated at least two weeks prior.Natalie F Danelishen on Twitter: "Richard Davis, CEO of @MakeAWish Foundation is refusing to grant wishes to kids/families who are not fully vaccinated. Imagine that convo between a parent and this dick for a moment "Sorry, johnny can't have his DYING wish because he is not vaccinated... he might get COVID" https://t.co/q6Cbkbp4Xr" / Twitter

French authorities have launched an investigation after a spectator interfered in stage one of the Tour de France on Saturday, causing a massive pileup with less than 30 miles until the finish line. The French Gendarmerie said in a statement posted to Facebook that they are actively looking for the woman who held out a cardboard sign into the road causing the crash that resulted in several riders sustaining serious injuries. Authorities said the suspect, dressed in blue jeans, a red and white striped shirt and a yellow raincoat, fled the scene before anyone could reach her. Several videos posted...

The Texas Supreme Court is on a roll. Yesterday I wrote about a groundbreaking decision made by the court that Facebook can be held liable for sex traffickers who use the social media platform to recruit and prey on children. Today there is a “landmark” decision to be heralded from the court. A retail sports chain cannot be held responsible for selling a gun used in a massing shooting. The mass shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in 2017 resulted in the deaths of 25 innocent churchgoers and 20 injured. A madman entered the church during Sunday...

President (still) Donald J. Trump is a Top Gun, in his F-15.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Hungary "must leave" the European Union (EU) or reverse a new bill banning content that advocates LGBTQ for anyone under 18-years-old. Earlier this month, Hungary's parliament passed legislation forbidding all educational materials and programs for children that promoted homosexuality and gender reassignment. Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, said the measure was about "defending the rights of the kids and the parents," MSN reports. Even though the EU cannot force a country to leave, taking a "step by step" approach could produce the intended effect, Rutte told reporters. "My goal is to bring Hungary...

Washington Post reporter Hannah Dreier has been accused of misleading people on Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ response to the recent residential building collapse in his state. On Saturday, Dreier posted on her Twitter an account of FEMA’s response to the recent building collapse that occurred early Thursday morning in Surfside, Florida. From FEMA’s statement, she concluded that DeSantis had waited over a crucial twenty–four hours to provide emergency relief for victims. "There's a saying in emergency management: The first 24 hours are the only 24 hours," she tweeted. "FEMA was ready to deploy to the condo collapse almost immediately,...

Scientific American found itself taking heat this month after the scholarly, 176-year-old magazine published an opinion piece titled “Health Care Workers Call for Support of Palestinians.” The screechy diatribe accused Israel of “vaccine apartheid” and “war crimes” among other alleged abuses. The piece blasted “Israeli settler colonial rule” and called on US healthcare and academic institutions to condemn “long-standing oppression” against the Palestinians and adopt the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign against the country. The piece was written by Harvard University research fellows Osaid H. K. Alser and Asmaa Rimawi; Seattle Children’s Hospital Dr. Sabreen Akhter; Mayo Clinic Dr. Nusheen...

Justice Samuel Alito has drawn attention for his fiery criticism of Supreme Court rulings, with some court watchers especially struck by the degree of barely concealed hostility he directed at fellow conservative justices. Alito voiced opposition last week as the court, now with six conservative justices and three liberals, handed a narrow win to a Catholic charity and spared ObamaCare from a GOP challenge. The two decisions signaled the court may not be moving as far or as fast to the right as some expected. “My guess is that he's frustrated with what appear to be political compromises to reach...

Democrats and the fake news media are clearly in a panic over the push to audit the results of the 2020 election. Why is that? .... Snip.... On Sunday a clearly PANICKED Al Gore went on CNN to attack the Arizona Audit. This comes as the IT specialists behind the audit prepare the release of a preliminary evaluation of their results this week. Gore calls the audit an “alternate reality.”

A professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington who openly called for members of the Republican Party to be blown up appears to be on track to keep his job. Dan Johnson, an associate professor at UNCW’s School of Health and Applied Human Sciences, posted “Blow Up Republicans” on Facebook on May 17, prompting several students to complain before the post was taken down, according to Campus Reform. A spokeswoman for the university, Andrea Monroe Weaver, told Campus Reform that “the university was made aware of the post and has appropriately addressed it," later confirming to the outlet that...

Secret British military papers have been found at a bus stop in the south of England, revealing plans for a warship’s controversial voyage off Crimea last week and a prolonged presence in Afghanistan. The 50 pages of documents were found in a rain-soaked heap behind a bus stop in Kent early last Tuesday morning, according to the BBC, which said the Ministry of Defence had begun an investigation. While some of the papers are categorized as “official sensitive,” a relatively low level of classification, one on Britain’s future plans in Afghanistan was marked “Secret UK Eyes Only,” and was addressed...