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The active COVID-19 positive cases crossing the 100-mark in the district, is a cause for alarm. Though severity has not been seen in the new cases, one cannot be sure of the after-effects, and it’s always better to take proper precautions and to avoid crowds, say health experts. With the advent of the monsoon, seasonal diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya are on the rise and people having fever, cold and cough no longer seem to be bothered about the pandemic. “I am not interested in taking the booster dose for COVID-19 as the cases have declined and even those affected by the virus are recovering within a few days,” says a senior citizen, who had taken both the first and second doses. He seems to echo the general feeling among a large number of people “Only three COVID-19 positive patients were admitted to the King George Hospital (KGH) till yesterday (June 21). There are 116 active cases in the district. All of them have shown mild symptoms, and they are undergoing … [Read more...] about Active COVID cases cross the 100-mark in Visakhapatnam district

“If I can move like this when I’m 47…” Diana Ross winks at her screaming audience. “What? Well, I feel 47,” she shimmies. It’s just three days ahead of her ‘legends’ performance at Glastonbury and Diana has taken the stage at London’s O2 Arena , to dazzle fans with a songbook of hits spanning her 52-year career. The Thank You tour – her first in 15 years – sees Ms Ross strut on stage in an orange floor-length tulle for her opening number – the 1980s Chic-penned classic, I’m Coming Out. The removable tulle is soon tossed to one side for an avalanche of Supremes hits – the iconic ooh, oohs of Baby Love and fierce Stop! In The Name of Love to pop great You Can’t Hurry Love. The singer will be performing during the legends slot at Glastonbury ( Image: Redferns) In just minutes, the 78-year-old pop legend’s trademark treble tones have enraptured the room. Solo era classics includes Chain Reaction and the wondrous Upside Down, followed by a Love Hangover / Take Me … [Read more...] about Diana Ross dazzles on stage at the O2 ahead of her Glastonbury performance

California is already home to nearly 20% of U.S. abortion clinics . Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade , it’s likely that ensuing closures across the nation will mean the state becomes host to a third of U.S. clinics within months. But within California, abortion access is uneven . More than half of the state’s abortion clinics are concentrated in five counties, and 22 counties have no abortion clinics at all. These 22 counties are concentrated along the state’s eastern flank, spanning Modoc in the north to Inyo in the south. To understand the geographic distribution of abortion clinics across the state, the Chronicle obtained data from UCSF’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health program, or ANSIRH. The data includes nearly 800 clinics nationwide that were open and providing abortion services in 2021 — 168 of which were in California (though four are virtual or telehealth clinics with no physical location). Most of the 22 counties with no … [Read more...] about Abortion access in California isn’t equal statewide. These maps show where clinics are concentrated.

Cal Fire officials said Wednesday morning that the Edgewood Fire burning at the edge of a nature preserve in unincorporated San Mateo County was 20 acres in size and 20% contained. The grass fire prompted the evacuation of more than 1,100 homes Tuesday afternoon, but all evacuation orders were lifted by Tuesday evening, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. Firefighters continued battling the blaze Monday morning. Cal Fire’s San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit posted a video to twitter of a line of firefighters overlooking charred hillsides near Rocky Way. 6:30am UPDATE: The #EdgewoodFire is now 20% contained, and 20 acres. This is the current view of the fire from the end of Rocky Way in @sanmateoco . Thank you @calfireSCU & @calfireczu for sending Strike Teams. #MutualAid pic.twitter.com/Ga5u5lQ6g5 — CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) June 22, 2022 The unwieldy fire spread north Tuesday through a corner roughly bounded by Woodside, Redwood City and the … [Read more...] about Edgewood Fire update: Blaze burning near Edgewood Park now 20 acres in size

Kim Byung-yeon The author, a professor of economics, is the director of the Institute of the National Future Strategy at Seoul National University. János Kornai, a Hungarian economist and emeritus professor at Harvard University, had been a top expert in socialist economies. He coined the term “shortage economy” in planned economies, reasoning that the excess concentration of government power leads to supply shortages and stagnation in technological development. Since the government pressures enterprises to achieve their target output, they are only interested in having enough supplies for output and have less interest in innovation. He settled in the U.S. after leaving his country at his mid-50s after working as a visiting professor at the Institute of Advance Study at Princeton University. Even as the institute paid for his research, it had not set a timetable for the progress and completion or specified any obligation to deliver the results in the contract. Such liberalism … [Read more...] about Dangers of centralized control

In her first week on the job at a Philadelphia abortion clinic, Amanda Kifferly was taught how to search for bombs. About a year later, protesters blocked the entrances and exits of the The Women’s Centers, at one point pulling Kifferly into something resembling a mosh pit, where they surrounded her and shoved her around. And on the night of last winter’s arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could end the nationwide right to abortion, people gathered outside a clinic in New Jersey with lawn chairs, a cooler and a flaming torch — a sight that brought to mind lynchings and other horrors of the country’s racist past, says Kifferly, who now serves as vice president for abortion access. Such scenes have become familiar for providers and patients across the country over the decades since the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion. At times the violence has been far more severe, including bombings, arson and murders — from the 1993 killing of Dr. David Gunn … [Read more...] about “Heightened alert”: Abortion providers brace for Supreme Court ruling

Images purport to show forces of the pro-Russia Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) firing salvos from multiple rocket launcher vehicles at Ukrainian positions. The footage begins by showing a helicopter crossing the sky before cutting to what appear to be two BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher vehicles. One of the vehicles can be seen flying what appears to be a pirate skull and crossbones flag while the other appears to fly the Russian flag, with the Russian coat of arms on it. Both vehicles have a white "Z" daubed on their side. A soldier can be seen speaking into a walkie-talkie, with the vehicles in the background, before they suddenly start firing their missiles at unseen targets. The footage was obtained from the People's Militia of the DPR Wednesday morning, along with a statement saying that the images show "artillerymen of the 9th regiment of the [People's Militia of the] DPR striking at the positions of Ukrainian nationalists." A spokesman for the DPR said: "The … [Read more...] about Watch: Pro-Russian forces fire salvos at Ukrainian positions

The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated as over 22 districts have been affected, especially in the lower and middle regions of the state. In the newly-formed Bajali district of lower Assam, where the severity of flood has been intense, charging mobile handsets has been a major concern for the affected people. With no electric supply for last couple of days as flood water submerged electric poles and entered power stations, people stuck in villages are facing a harrowing using their mobile phones. A local youth in a remote marooned hamlet of Bajali has risen above the situation by helping villagers charge their mobile phones for Rs 20. Villagers are now thronging to this particular house to get their mobile handset charged. In a video that has gone viral, the youth has used a portable generator set to charge mobile handsets. The generator is to charge more than 50 mobiles phones plugged into extendable charge points at a given point of time. People are given a numbered … [Read more...] about Rs 20 for Charging Phone, Essentials in Plantain Raft: Assam Rises Above Adversity Amid Severe Floods

Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv and surrounding countryside with rockets, killing at least 20 people in what Kyiv called a bid to force it to pull resources from the main battlefield to protect civilians from attack. Inside Russia, a fire tore through an oil refinery just 8 km (5 miles) from the Ukrainian border, after what the refinery described as a cross border attack by two drones. In the main battlefield city of Sievierodonetsk, where Russia has claimed to have Ukrainian forces surrounded since last week, scenes filmed by a freelance journalist made clear the battle was not over, with Ukrainian troops able to resupply their garrison by crossing a river in inflatable rafts. The Russian strikes on Kharkiv, throughout Tuesday and continuing on Wednesday morning, were the worst for weeks in the area where normal life had been returning since Ukraine pushed Russian forces back in a major counter-offensive last month. “It was shelling by Russian … [Read more...] about Twenty Killed as Russia Rains Rockets on Kharkiv

The coronavirus pandemic is “not over anywhere until it’s over everywhere,” the head of the World Health Organization says — and it’s “most certainly not over.” People who work as political signature gatherers found a new way to make a buck during the pandemic: pop-up coronavirus test sites. The mushrooming spread of coronavirus mutations is presenting an unwelcome prospect — that the virus could outrun measles as the most contagious of all known infections. (For the May 24 live blog, click here. ) Latest Updates: Washington state officials check out presumed monkeypox case in Seattle area Washington state health officials on Monday announced that they were investigating a presumptive case of monkeypox. Health officials in Seattle and King County said the case was reported on Sunday in a patient who had recently traveled to Canada. Marin County offers more grants to micro-businesses hurt by pandemic Businesses with fewer than five full-time employees that are … [Read more...] about COVID in California: San Francisco urges booster shots for kids 5-11