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FRIDAY, Oct. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Infection with the mpox virus is five times more likely among gay and bisexual men who engage in unprotected anal sex as the receptive partner, a new analysis reveals. The study dovetails with the release of a second report on clusters of mpox cases in California and Illinois of a strain of mpox that's resistant to treatment with the first-line drug tecovirimat. Because not all viruses from mpox cases are genetically scrutinized, "these findings likely underestimate the prevalence of this newly recognized drug-resistant variant," noted a team led by Crystal Gigante. She's an...

Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Monday in what the Vatican said was a follow-up talk about efforts to bring home children forcibly taken to Russia and prisoner exchanges. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi was expected to “assess further efforts to facilitate the reunification of Ukrainian children with their families and the exchange of prisoners, with a view to achieving the much-hoped-for peace,” the Vatican’s news website said before the meeting. Russia’s Foreign Ministry released a short statement noting that Lavrov and Zuppi discussed “humanitarian cooperation around the conflict in Ukraine.” Patriarch Kirill,...

Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers in Oregon said a small, white animal spotted earlier this month in Portland was safely captured and positively identified as an Arctic fox. The Bird Alliance of Oregon said the female Arctic fox was brought into its Wildlife Care Center, but officials still do not know how she ended up in the Portland area. "Arctic foxes don't naturally occur in Oregon, so this species is considered an exotic animal here," rescuers wrote on social media. "Its native habitat is in the far north in places like Greenland, Svalbard, northern Russia, Canada and Alaska." Rescuers...

In an interview with Patrick Bet-David, former President Donald Trump claimed that Apple’s CEO Tim Cook personally reached out to seek his assistance amid Apple’s financial battles in the European Union, specifically following the imposition of a massive €13 billion (approx. $14.4 billion) tax penalty by the EU, which was later increased with an additional €2 billion fine. This regulatory pressure from Europe has hit Apple and other American tech firms hard, prompting Cook to seek the former president’s advice, not Kamala. Apple’s woes stem from a longstanding legal battle with the European Commission, which accused the tech giant of...

In January 1944, allied armies were tightening the noose around the Third Reich with the intention of decapitating the Nazi high command and forcing the Hitler regime to surrender unconditionally. In five years the Nazis had murdered 70 million people and succeeded in reducing the total number of Jews in Europe to half what it had been before the Nazi leadership had launched their plan to complete a “Final Solution” to the “Jewish Question.” The Final Solution was to systematically exterminate every man, woman and child of Jewish faith and Jewish blood, thus ridding the earth of this mongrel race...

Gov. Tim Walz will continue the Harris-Walz campaign media blitz with debut appearances on “The View” and “The Daily Show.” Kamala Harris’ running mate will appear on both shows on Monday, Oct. 21.

QUESTION: Are you ever wrong? PSH ANSWER: Personally, we are all wrong on various things in life. To be a trader, you only learn from your mistakes – not your victories. I try to separate what is my OPINION from the forecasts by the computer. We have clients around the world. We have probably been the largest adviser ever. But that is not because of my opinion – that is Socrates. I have often stated I try my best to defeat my own computer – I am the one who ends up wrong. There is a new film coming out...

QUESTION #1: Why does the West hail Zelensky when I have family in Ukraine who see him as a traitor to Ukraine? Asking Turkmenistan to arrest Putin is asking them to commit suicide. Zelensky is a war criminal, for he takes orders from the West against his own people. Your 172-year cycle that turned in 2020, did that mark the rise of the Neocons with Biden? Also, when will this war end? QUESTION #2: Zelensky’s speech to the Ukrainian Parliament is World War III. There is no compromise on anything. He wants immediate NATO entry, long-range missiles to destroy Russia,...

NBC News correspondent Vaughn Hillyard said Wednesday that not one early voter interviewed by his team in the battleground state of Arizona admitted they were voting for Vice President Kamala Harris.

HUDSON, Mass. (WBZ) – A group of World War II re-enactors dressed in costume dined at a restaurant near Boston over the weekend. The actors were part of an American Heritage Museum World War II re-enactment on Saturday. After the presentation, a group of them went to eat at Kith and Kin restaurant in Hudson, Massachusetts. Two of the actors were wearing Nazi uniforms, and now the restaurant is facing backlash. The restaurant owners say they were forced to temporarily close due to threats against their workers. Gary Lewi, and American Heritage Museum trustee, said the incident was “beyond thoughtless”...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reportedly told NATO to let his country join the group or it will get nuclear weapons in a shock ultimatum that was allegedly backed by Donald Trump. The leader, 46, declared his bombshell proposal at the EU summit in Brussels - stating either NATO quickly accepts Ukraine into its alliance, or it will once again become a nuclear power, reports Bild. Zelensky had reportedly planned to present what is being dubbed his 'victory plan' to the heads of state and government of the European Union, but instead made the dramatic announcement to stunned reporters on...

VIDEOIn the wake of the DISTROUS Fox News interview of Kamala Harris that liberals are in complete despair as their candidate continues sinking in her campaign against Orange Man Bad. So what to do? Well, it appears their tactic is to turn reality on its head and PRETEND (at least in public) that Kamala delivered a fantastic performance. One of those that went through this public pretense was MSNBC "Republican" Mark McKinnon (TDS qualified) on the 11th Hour who spewed laughable BS to host Stephanie Ruhle. Despite putting on a brave BS face, you just know that if McKinnon could...

The flames would light up the darkness of the night sky like a demonic signal, as the flickering glow reflected off the faces of the chanting crowd. Hooded figures, would carry torches and symbols of hatred and stand in a ritualistic circle, their identities hidden behind their white robes, but their purpose clear. At the center of it all, bound, beaten, and utterly dehumanized, would stand the target of their ire—a person whose only crime was existing. The mob, empowered by their twisted sense of superiority, justified their violence by convincing themselves that the person in front of them was...

Oct. 16 (UPI) -- An exotic caracal cat seen wandering loose in a Chicago suburb for the past few days was safely captured by animal control officers, authorities said. The Hoffman Estates Police Department said the caracal, a wild cat species native to Africa and parts of Asia, was found hiding under a local resident's deck and was loaded into a cage by animal control officers. "He did not like being in that cage," resident Jan Hoffman-Rau told WBBM-TV. "The cat came out wild. I mean, they had it in -- called a snare, or something, with a rope --...

This happened in Cabarrus County, NC. It’s crazy that this is allowed to happen. I remember growing up in public schools in NC and if a boy was caught in a girls’ restroom, he could be suspended or even expelled from the school and sent to a disciplinary school. Today, it’s just par for the course. According to the father, both the school and the school board say that there’s nothing they can do. I appreciate this father’s willingness to stand up to the school board, and I particularly liked when he looked at the women on the board and...

Kiev has the capability to build a nuclear weapon "in a few weeks," a high-ranking Ukrainian official has told Bild, the German tabloid reported on Thursday after Vladimir Zelensky announced his atomic ambitions. Ukraine needs either membership in NATO or nuclear weapons, Zelensky said on Friday in Brussels, arguing in favor of his "victory plan" to end the conflict with Russia. This prompted Bild to reveal that a Ukrainian official involved in weapons procurement told them "a few months ago" that Kiev was willing to go nuclear. "We have the material, we have the knowledge. If the order is given,...

It is this reporter’s belief that Hispanic voters in swing states will be the story of this election. To put it bluntly, Hispanic voters just don’t like Kamala. And their growing support for President Trump can help put him back in the White House. This has been part of Trump’s 2024 campaign strategy since day one. The meteoric rise in Trump’s support with Hispanic voters is due in part to Latino activists that have been working hard for years to cross over other Hispanic voters to support President Trump. In New York City, Latino street activist DVS 7.0 has gone...

The hive of scum and villainy known as the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is “demanding that the IRS take away the nonprofit status of an electioneering Texas church that has Josh Howerton as its senior pastor,” according to a press release from the organization. The prominent anti-Christian group’s purpose is to “promote the constitutional principle of separation of state and church, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.” Put another way, they launch tons of lawsuits that have “removed Ten Commandments and Jesus paintings from public schools, stopped city/school board prayer; halted school subsidy of child...

Former top OnlyFans creator Nala Rey has criticized transgender personality Dylan Mulvaney for mocking Jesus during one of his recent musical performances, telling him, “Christ wasn’t going through a sex-change; he was saving the world from our sins.” Rey was responding to Mulvaney performing “Man Up” from the Broadway show The Book of Mormon, first calling him out as a biological man who can never become a woman no matter how much he makes a mockery of femininity by trying, and then for his blasphemous attitude and lyrics: “Singing about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ dying on the cross...

The Kremlin has rushed out a statement denying Vladimir Putin has health problems after the Russian leader admitted undergoing regular examinations at a top Moscow hospital. The Russian despot, 72, was speaking in a televised session with his health minister Mikhail Murashko aimed at encouraging people to have flu jabs when he admitted getting "all sorts of regular examinations". He said: "Doctors at the Central Clinical Hospital, where I undergo all sorts of regular examinations, also recommend getting vaccinated with domestically produced drugs." The admission appears to have sparked speculation that Putin may have some kind of medical condition -...