खूबसूरती / Beauty  – Kaushal Kishore

 

खूबसूरती मोहताज नहीं होती उम्र की

सिर्फ़ पैमाने बदल जाते हैं,

अंगूर के लिए कुछ और, 

और किशमिश के लिए कुछ और…

😍😍😍

Age doesn’t dictate beauty, 

only the scale changes,

one thing for grapes, 

and something else for raisins…

*

–Kaushal Kishore

Source: खूबसूरती / Beauty  – Kaushal Kishore

QUE LA NAVIDAD SEAS TÚ – Ventana literaria

QUE LA NAVIDAD SEAS TÚ

Que las calles tristes
no quiten la ilusión
y la sonrisa inocente
de niños en su humanidad,
y que en estos días
sea natural el amor,
ese amor de Dios,
consciente y desinteresado. 
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Que en estos días
nada nos impida percibir
la proximidad de Dios
y seamos nosotros la navidad
en su máximo esplendor.

LMML.

Source: QUE LA NAVIDAD SEAS TÚ – Ventana literaria

Southern US under siege by COVID-19, RSV, and flu: CDC urges immunization | WEAR

The CDC has issued an alert about rising respiratory viruses, saying COVID-19, RSV, and the flu are hammering the southern US hard.

Alabama and Mississippi in particular are seeing strong impacts.

The CDCsays we urgently need to increase our immunization for those illnesses.

Source: Southern US under siege by COVID-19, RSV, and flu: CDC urges immunization | WEAR

COVID and flu surge could strain hospitals as JN.1 variant grows, CDC warns – CBS News

COVID and flu surge could strain hospitals as JN.1 variant grows, CDC warns

Hospitals and emergency rooms could be forced to ration care by the end of this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday, saying recent trends in COVID-19 and influenza are now on track to again strain America’s health care system. The new COVID variant JN.1 is making up an increasing share of cases, the CDC’s tracking shows.

“COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising quickly,” the agency said in its weekly update. “Since the summer, public health officials have been tracking a rise in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which is caused by COVID-19. Influenza activity is growing in most parts of the country. RSV activity remains high in many areas.”

Source: COVID and flu surge could strain hospitals as JN.1 variant grows, CDC warns – CBS News

WHO designates JN.1 as separate COVID-19 variant of interest | CIDRAP

Due to its rapid growth and potential to add to the respiratory virus burden in Northern Hemisphere countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) today designated JN.1, part of the BA.2.86 SARS-CoV-2 lineage, as its own variant of interest.

The announcement came following an assessment from the WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 evolution.

Rapidly rising JN.1 proportions

JN.1, first detected on August 25, contains L455S mutation in the spike protein, compared to the parent BA.2.86 variant. The mutation is thought to enhance JN.1’s immune-evasion capabilities. The WHO had first designated BA.2.86 as a variant under monitoring in August, then in late November upgraded it and its offshoots, including JN.1, as a variant of interest.

Source: WHO designates JN.1 as separate COVID-19 variant of interest | CIDRAP