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Month: October 2022

Updated Covid-19 boosters are ‘most important thing’ Americans can do for their health today, official says

By Carma Hassan, CNN About 11.5 million people in the United States have gotten an updated Covid-19 booster, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but more people need to prepare for fall and winter by getting their shots now, health officials said Friday. White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr.

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Haiti government asks for international military assistance

By Etant Dupain and Hande Atay Alam, CNN Haiti’s government has asked for international military assistance as it grapples with interlocked health, energy and security crises, according to a statement from Jean-Junior Joseph, advisor to Haiti’s Prime Minister. “After serious reflections, facing a dire humanitarian crisis in Haiti, where hospitals are not having enough energy

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Hair-straightening chemical products linked to increased uterine cancer risk in new study

CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Scientists are uncovering new details in the connection between using certain hair straightening products, such as chemical relaxers and pressing products, and an increased risk of cancer in women. Ongoing research previously suggested that hair straightening chemicals are associated with an increased risk of certain hormone-related cancers, including breast and

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Mandela Barnes has signaled support for removing police funding and abolishing ICE — despite ad claiming otherwise

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Wisconsin Democratic Senate nominee Mandela Barnes has previously signaled his support for removing police funding and abolishing ICE, according to a review by CNN’s KFile, despite claiming otherwise in a recent ad in which he speaks directly to the camera to defend his record on those issues. “Look,

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Detroit officers fired 38 shots at a 20-year-old Black man experiencing a mental health crisis, police say

By Emma Tucker and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A 20-year-old Black man was experiencing a mental health crisis when he was killed this week after five Detroit police officers fired 38 shots at him in roughly three seconds, according to police. Porter Burks, who is diagnosed with schizophrenia, was experiencing a psychotic break on Sunday morning

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Los trastornos de ansiedad son comunes. Esto es lo que todo el mundo debería saber sobre ellos

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Todos los adultos menores de 65 años deberían someterse a valoraciones de ansiedad, según el influyente Grupo de Trabajo de Servicios Preventivos de EE.UU. (USPSTF, por sus siglas en inglés), que publicó el mes pasado un nuevo proyecto de recomendaciones. Las recomendaciones, que ayudan a orientar las decisiones de los médicos,

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Biden administration issues rules to curtail China’s access to microchip technology

By Phil Mattingly, CNN The Biden administration on Friday imposed sweeping new curbs designed to curtail China’s access to technology critical to the manufacturing and operations of its military power. The Commerce Department action applies new export controls to restrict China’s access to advanced computing chips, its ability to develop and maintain super computers and

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Commerce tightens export controls on high end chips to China

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Commerce Department is tightening export controls to limit China’s ability to get advanced computing chips, develop and maintain supercomputers, and make advanced semiconductors. The department said Friday that its updated export controls are focusing on these areas because China can use the chips, supercomputers and semiconductors to create

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First Alert Chief Meteorologist Haley Clawson explains how a haboob forms

The cleanup from Thursday night’s haboob continues into Friday. “The dust storm we experienced is because of a thunderstorm,” explains Chief Meteorologist Haley Clawson. “Those thunderstorms were in Imperial County. As they traveled towards the west, they were picking up sand and dust.” “If the thunderstorm is strong enough and you can have a strong

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“We’re scared”: 13,000+ DACA recipients living in Colorado face uncertain future after court ruling

By Kati Weis Click here for updates on this story     DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Dozens gathered at Colorado’s capitol Thursday to protest a federal appeals court decision Wednesday, which said the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — or DACA — policy is illegal. The decision makes life uncertain for 594,120 people living in the U.S.

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Uvalde school district suspends its police force, 2 school officials placed on administrative leave after CNN report

By Matt J. Friedman and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District said Friday it had suspended its school police force, less than five months after the attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead. “The District has made the decision to suspend all activities of the Uvalde CISD Police Department for

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