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A new study by a medical journal revealed that most of the people in New York City who were hospitalized due to coronavirus had one or more underlying health issues. Health records from 5,700 patients hospitalized within the Northwell Health system -- which housed the most patients in the country throughout the pandemic -- showed that 94 percent of patients had more than one disease other than COVID-19, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Data taken from March to early April showed that the median age of patients was 63 years old and 53 percent of...

<p>As California begins a new fiscal year without a budget -- to the utter surprise of no one -- Democrats and Republicans are exchanging rhetorical fusillades over who is to blame and how the deficit-saturated budget can be fixed.</p> <p>The verbal barrages on the floors of both legislative houses and in the media are strong indications that the stalemate over a budget will continue for weeks, if not months. The various factions -- Democrats seem to be especially fragmented -- are implying that with agreement on a new budget not likely soon, they are concentrating on shifting the political onus to others.</p>

Pariah Against A Prophet By Marc Miyake, Amritas.Com Many conservatives regard Chomsky as a linguist who falters out of his field. Unfortunately, they are giving Chomsky too much credit. Chomsky's linguistics are as warped as his politics. As someone with a PhD in linguistics, I think I am qualified to judge his professional credentials. Prior to Chomsky, linguists engaged in a lot of data collection to understand the diversity of human language. I'm vehemently anti-PC, but in this case, I think the word 'diversity' is justified. There's a lot out there, and someone's got to catalog it. However, Chomsky...