At a McDonald’s drive-thru in a Chicago suburb, customers may notice something different about the voice that takes their orders for Big Macs and fries. “Welcome to McDonald’s, what can I get for you?” it asks in a welcoming, unmistakably feminine tone. While the voice sounds helpful, it’s also stilted and monotonous enough for the
Continue ReadingWhen you visit the doctor, often the first order of business is wrapping a blood pressure cuff around your arm and looking to the display screen for the magic number. What’s that number, you ask? Less than 120 over 80, or 120/80, measured in millimeters per mercury, is what has long been understood as within
Continue ReadingYou’re mindlessly scrolling on your phone after a long day at work, sifting through miles of negative posts. In what seems like minutes, hours have gone by. Doomscrolling has become a popular word over the past year to describe the habit of mindlessly scrolling through negative news. People lose their perception of time while scrolling
Continue ReadingRepublican politicians, media personalities and activists are gathering this weekend in Florida for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, an event that could offer an early window into the party’s 2024 presidential contest while also amplifying false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Former President Donald Trump will be the star of the show
Continue ReadingAsí avanza el proyecto de ley de estímulo en el Congreso. Latinos afectados por la pandemia reciben alimentos típicos. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Escándalos y polémicas que han marcado la vacunación en Latinoamérica Privilegios de inmunización, políticos saltándose la fila para recibir vacunas experimentales, pruebas
Continue ReadingDrugs typically used to treat rheumatoid arthritis can help critically ill Covid-19 patients in intensive care units, one new study finds. But experts warn that more research is needed before doctors start using the drugs more widely, because another new study found that one of those drugs did not help patients hospitalized with Covid-19 pneumonia
Continue ReadingJack Ma‘s tech empire may still be facing tough new regulations in China, but Alibaba seems to have won at least a little bit of favor this week from President Xi Jinping. Alibaba was one of hundreds of companies that Xi commended on Thursday during a ceremony intended to bolster his years-long campaign to wipe
Continue Reading(CNN) — Incluso con tasas de infección más lentas y un aumento de las vacunas, funcionarios dicen que podría estar en el horizonte otro pico devastador de covid-19 dependiendo de lo que Estados Unidos haga a continuación. «La pregunta que está en juego en este momento es, ¿tendremos una cuarta oleada?», dijo el jueves a
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — El gobierno de Nicaragua abrió una maternidad en las oficinas del semanario Confidencial y el programa televisivo Esta Semana, clausurados por en diciembre de 2018, y destinó la sede del canal de televisión 100% Noticias a un centro de atención de adicciones y alcoholismo. Amnistía Internacional denuncia «estrategia de silenciamiento» de la
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Eight employees of Russia’s Embassy in Pyongyang and their families spent more than 34 hours trying to leave North Korea this week, a grueling trip that ended with at least one diplomat pushing his luggage and young children on a railway trolley into Russian territory. North Korea’s borders have been effectively locked down for months
Continue Reading(CNN Español) –– La Unión Europea declaró este jueves persona no grata a Claudia Salerno, jefa de la misión del gobierno de Venezuela ante el bloque. La UE explicó en un comunicado que la decisión se da «por iniciativa del Alto Representante de la Unión para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad». Unión Europea aprueba
Continue Reading(CNN) — Los asesores sobre vacunas de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) se reunirán este viernes para discutir la posible autorización de emergencia de una tercera vacuna contra el coronavirus en el país, fabricada por la división de vacunas de Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Biotech. Se
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John Geddert, who coached the 2012 US Olympic women’s gymnastics team, was found dead Thursday after being charged with 24 felonies in connection with the abuse of young gymnasts, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday. The 63-year-old was facing charges that included human trafficking, criminal sexual conduct and lying to a peace officer, a
Continue ReadingAfter six straight weeks of declines in new Covid-19 cases in the US, that number has started to plateau, even as hospitalizations and deaths continue to drop. The 7-day average of daily new cases was just over 72,000 on Wednesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, a total that is relatively unchanged from last
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A US federal court has awarded $2.3 billion in damages to several crew members of the USS Pueblo and their surviving families, more than 50 years after North Korea seized the American naval vessel and took its crew hostage. More than 100 crew members and their relatives filed a suit against North Korea in February
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At six in the morning, Heo Kwang-eum tees off another day in Thailand in coronavirus quarantine — literally. He’s one of dozens of South Korean visitors spending two weeks in isolation playing golf at a resort an hour north of Bangkok. The 66-year-old businessman is one of the first group of 41 Korean travelers to
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — El 24 de diciembre, en vísperas de Navidad, comenzó la vacunación contra el covid-19 en América Latina. Dos meses después, ¿qué resultados se obtuvieron hasta ahora? Te lo contamos aquí. ¿Cuántas dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19 se aplicaron? En la región se aplicaron al menos 13.388.703 dosis de la vacuna
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