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Man who believed virus was hoax loses wife to Covid-19

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A couple from Florida did not follow health guidelines after believing lies about the virus online.

Two opposition leaders arrested in Belarus after day of protest

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Factory strike leader and Tikhanovskaya aide held as Lukashenko releases video of himself armed with rifle

Belarusian authorities arrested two opposition leaders on Monday, as a showdown between the authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, and a broad coalition of protesters continued into a third week.

Police detained Sergei Dylevsky, a factory worker who has become a prominent strike leader, and Olga Kovalkova, an aide to Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the opposition politician who stood against Lukashenko in elections earlier this month but was forced to flee the country after the vote.

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Stray dog retrieves puppies from swollen river, finds new home in South-west China, East Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

The mother dog jumped into Minjiang River, in Sichuan Province, after police dissuaded human rescuers from trying to retrieve the two puppies as the risk was too high.

At that very moment, the mother dog took the three rescued puppies to a safer place and ran back to the shore. “The mother dog appeared very anxious, as it saw the remaining stranded puppies. It bypassed the police, jumped into the river and carried its fourth puppy to the shore in its mouth after a persistent search,” citizens at the site were quoted as saying. In quick succession, the mother dog returned and carried its last puppy through the raging current of the river and set it down on the shore.

As all the six dogs arrived safely ashore, rounds of applause erupted from the onlookers.

At present, the mother and its puppies have been adopted by Ms Ren Hongqiong, a citizen of Pengshan.

“I was at the scene when the dog-rescuing mission was conducted. The dogs were soaked through. I took them home as I am a dog lover, and also I have a yard to raise them in,” said Ms Ren, adding that she named the mother dog Wangwang.

After learning the story, the public security bureau of Pengshan reached out to Ms Ren to help her register her new pets.

Source: Stray dog retrieves puppies from swollen river, finds new home in South-west China, East Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

Alexei Navalny: Evidence of poisoning, says Berlin hospital – BBC News

The Berlin hospital treating the seriously ill Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, says he appears to have been poisoned. The Charite hospital released a statement saying “clinical evidence suggests an intoxication through a substance belonging to the group of cholinesterase inhibitors”. His condition was “serious but not life-threatening” the statement said.

Source: Alexei Navalny: Evidence of poisoning, says Berlin hospital – BBC News

Cystic fibrosis drug found to be ‘life-changing’ in new Dalhousie study | Globalnews.ca

Stanojevic says one of the key findings of the drug’s impact was that the estimated age of survival for an individual with CF would improve by 9.2 years over the course of 10 years. Death rates would reduce by 15 per cent, she says.

Stanojevic says this therapy could potentially be effective for 90 per cent of people living with cystic fibrosis in Canada.

”It’s thousands of people in Canada where their disease could be completely changed,” she said.

Saunders was given a copy of the study’s findings last week and he says he was in shock.

“Just reading that one-pager brought me to tears. It was probably one of the most mind-bending experiences of my adult life, to see how much of an impact this one little pill can have on so many people,” Saunders says.

Source: Cystic fibrosis drug found to be ‘life-changing’ in new Dalhousie study | Globalnews.ca

Dr. Scott Gottlieb: Covid-19 plasma treatment might help, not home run

  • The blood plasma treatment for coronavirus patients granted emergency approval by the Trump administration may be somewhat effective, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC.
  • “I think that this could be beneficial. It might be weakly beneficial,” Gottlieb said.
  • “It doesn’t look like a home run, but right now we’re looking for singles and doubles” in treating the virus, Trump’s former FDA chief added.

Source: Dr. Scott Gottlieb: Covid-19 plasma treatment might help, not home run

Mississippi Now Has the Worst COVID-19 Outbreak in US, Report Says : US News : Latin Post – Latin news, immigration, politics, culture

Mississippi is the only state currently considered a “Red Zone,” where daily new cases surpass 25 per 100,000 residents, according to a Harvard Global Health initiative COVID-19 tracker.

Other states like Texas, Florida, Georgia, and California are seeing higher total case counts due to their larger populations. But the infection rates in Mississippi are higher per capita compared to these populated states.

Mississippi had reached a total of 77,894 cases and 2,240 deaths, as of Sunday afternoon. Cases have decreased over the past two weeks in the state, but Mississippi officials have warned the public that a new surge might be on its way.

The state health officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, Thomas Dobbs, MD, MPH, said he expects an even more severe surge this week.

Dobbs said this was due to schools, colleges, and “really, really bad judgment coming together.” This could be dangerous in counties with high infection rates. Some Mississippi counties have already topped 100 new daily cases per 100,000 residents.

“A lot of the outbreaks we’re seeing at the high schools is because the parents are hosting parties. Senior parties, groups, spend-the-night parties. I don’t know why this doesn’t scare people, but it’s illegal,” Dobbs said in a report.

 

Source: Mississippi Now Has the Worst COVID-19 Outbreak in US, Report Says : US News : Latin Post – Latin news, immigration, politics, culture