Posted: 10:57 a.m. EST Feb 28, 2022
New York To Lift Statewide School Mask Mandate
Announcements by the governor and NYC mayor signaled an important turning point for the state and city, once an epicenter of the global pandemic.
New York To Lift Statewide School Mask Mandate
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No link between sudden cardiac deaths and COVID vaccine, CDC says
The CDC says "the data do not support an association of COVID-19 vaccination with sudden cardiac death among previously healthy young persons."
Google AI tool could potentially be used to diagnose a person's cough
The technology system called Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) was trained on millions of audio clips of human sounds from the YouTube database.
Man vaccinated 217 times against COVID shows no side effects
Researchers studied the man and determined he had more COVID antibodies but experienced no side effects from being hypervaccinated.
Israel makes retaliatory strike against Iran, U.S. officials say
Israel had promised to retaliate for Iran's Saturday attack, in which Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles.
Isra Hirsi, Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter, is suspended from Barnard
In a message on X, Hirsi wrote she is a Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine member and said she was suspended from Barnard College on Thursday.
Starbucks plans to cut down on the plastic in its cold drink cups
The chain says its cold drinks and the cups they're served in are surging in popularity. A redesigned cup could use as much as 20% less plastic.
