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L.A. County’s surge endures: 2,481 new coronavirus infections, 28 deathsNovember 13, 2020 at 9:03 PM Los Angeles County continued its surge of COVID-19 cases on Friday, Nov. 13, reporting 2,481 new infections and issuing a desperate plea for residents to rethink their holiday plans if they intend to travel or hold a large gathering for Thanksgiving.
The county has reported new case numbers topping 2,000 almost every day since last Thursday, a sharp increase from early October, when the county was averaging 988 new cases per day.
The 2,481 cases announced Friday raised the county’s total to 332,...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Environment, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Ferrer, LA County, Barbara Ferrer, LA City, Top Stories LADN 22 people like this. Like Hassle-free real estate investing for busy doctors [PODCAST]November 13, 2020 at 7:00 PM  Tags: Health, Podcast, Practice Management, PA NP, CRNA 70 people like this. Like Covid: WHO worried young people won't want vaccineNovember 13, 2020 at 7:21 PM The WHO says it's "really concerned" some young people may not want to get vaccinated against Covid-19.Tags: Health, Who 20 million Americans could get a coronavirus vaccine next month, according to the head of Operation Warp SpeedNovember 13, 2020 at 5:39 PM Tags: Health, Politics, Science, Washington, White House, US, Trends, Healthcare, Food And Drug Administration, Astrazeneca, Pfizer, Biotech, Anthony Fauci, Health And Human Services, Johnson Johnson, Sanofi 70 people like this. Like Are brain teasers and apps a waste of time?November 13, 2020 at 4:43 PM  Tags: Psychology, Health, Google, Memory, Intelligence, Brain, Puzzles, New York Times, Innovation, Florida State University, Western University, Ontario Canada, FSU, Laszlo Bock, Wally Boot The Latest: Johnson shares Masters lead, play suspendedNovember 13, 2020 at 5:49 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the Masters, the final golf major of the year (all times EST):
5:40 p.m.
Play has been suspended in the second round of the Masters, with 48 players yet to finish.
Dustin Johnson shot a 2-under 70 for a share of the lead with Justin Thomas, Abraham Ancer and Cameron Smith at 9 under.
Patrick Cantlay and Sungjae Im were a stroke back. So was Jon Rahm, who only made it through 12 holes. Defending champion Tiger Woods was even on the day and 4 under for the tournam...Tags: Health, South Korea, Mexico, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Golf, Pga Tour, Dustin Johnson, Ncaa, Brooks Koepka, Johnson, Smith, Danny Willett, Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey 24 people like this. Like As coronavirus cases surge, elected officials resist restrictionsNovember 13, 2020 at 5:38 PM By MICHELLE R. SMITH, CARLA K. JOHNSON and LISA MARIE PANE | Associated Press
With the coronavirus coming back with a vengeance across the country and the U.S. facing a long, dark winter, many governors and other elected officials are showing little appetite for imposing the kind of lockdowns and large-scale business closings seen last spring.
Some also continue to resist issuing statewide mask rules.
Among the reasons given: public fatigue, fear of doing more damage to already-crippled business...Tags: Health, Business, Texas, News, Minnesota, Mississippi, Supreme Court, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Milwaukee, Brown University, Sport, Soccer, Wisconsin, Nevada 38 people like this. Like The Latest: Langer will be oldest player to make Masters cutNovember 13, 2020 at 4:16 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the Masters, the final golf major of the year (all times EST):
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Bernhard Langer is positioned to become the oldest player in Masters history to make the cut.
The 63-year-old Langer finished up the opening round with a 4-under 68 in the morning — his best round at Augusta National since 2001. He held on to shoot 73 in the afternoon, putting him at 3-under 141 midway through the tournament.
While the second round won’t be completed until Saturday morning,...Tags: Health, South Korea, Mexico, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Golf, Pga Tour, Dustin Johnson, Ncaa, Brooks Koepka, Johnson, Smith, Danny Willett, Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey 35 people like this. Like The Latest: Crowded leaderboard at Augusta NationalNovember 13, 2020 at 3:40 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the Masters, the final golf major of the year (all times EST):
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The Masters leaderboard is awfully crowded at the top.
Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Cameron Smith and Abraham Ancer all have a share of the lead after finishing the second round at 9-under 135.
None of the four have won a green jacket. In fact, Ancer is playing in the Masters for the first time, looking to become the first rookie since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979 to claim the championship on hi...Tags: Health, South Korea, Mexico, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Golf, Pga Tour, Dustin Johnson, Ncaa, Brooks Koepka, Johnson, Smith, Danny Willett, Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey 39 people like this. Like The Latest: Masters rookie Ancer claims share of leadNovember 13, 2020 at 3:03 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the Masters, the final golf major of the year (all times EST):
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No rookie jitters for Abraham Ancer.
Playing in his first Masters, Ancer has a share of the lead after a dazzling 5-under 67 left him at 9-under 135 midway through the tournament.
The 29-year-old from Mexico has yet to win on the PGA Tour, but he’s moved up in the world rankings with a pair of runner-up finishes in 2020.
Experience is always a key factor at Augusta National, but the conditi...Tags: Health, South Korea, Mexico, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Golf, Pga Tour, Dustin Johnson, Ncaa, Brooks Koepka, Johnson, Danny Willett, Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey, Thomas 50 people like this. Like One of Biden's top coronavirus advisors calls for focused restrictions based on disease spread instead of a nationwide lockdownNovember 13, 2020 at 1:20 PM Tags: Health, Politics, Science, News, Abc, New York City, US, Trends, Joe Biden, Getty Images, Yale, Fda, Good Morning America, Biden, Abc News, Trump 137 people like this. Like A tale of two epidemics: COVID and obesityNovember 13, 2020 at 1:00 PM Tags: Health, Obesity, China, Italy, Infectious Disease, Conditions, PA NP, CRNA, COVID-19 Coronavirus 123 people like this. Like In honor of Benjamin Franklin: Choose preventionNovember 13, 2020 at 1:00 PM Tags: Health, Infectious Disease, Benjamin Franklin, Conditions, PA NP, CRNA, COVID-19 Coronavirus 82 people like this. Like Italian farmworker given hospital order for strangling Devon writerNovember 13, 2020 at 12:10 PM Luigi Palmas admits killing Katherine Bevan and leaving her body in cattle penAn Italian farmworker with paranoid schizophrenia who strangled an animal-loving writer and left her body in a cattle pen on a Devon farm, has been given a hospital order at Exeter crown court after admitting manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.Luigi Palmas, 27, waited in the shadows at Combe Farm in Gittisham and attacked Katherine Bevan, 53, as she tended the cows she adored and which she had written ...Tags: Health, Crime, Society, UK News, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Devon, Exeter, Farm Animals, Gittisham, Katherine Bevan, Combe Farm, Luigi Palmas 30 people like this. Like Update: Springtide, an autism treatment center network, raises $18 millionNovember 13, 2020 at 12:05 PM  Tags: Health, Startups, TC, Tech, Autism, United States, Connecticut, Healthcare Industry, Medicaid, Aba, Deerfield, Ye, Deerfield Management, Sylvan Learning, Julian Harris, Optum Ventures 102 people like this. Like Is the vaccine safe? Do I need it if I've had Covid? Readers' questions answeredNovember 13, 2020 at 10:20 AM ‘Zero chance’ mRNA can alter genes, says expert, adding that vaccine can ‘top up’ immune response from infectionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“The concerted efforts put into developing a vaccine are wonderful but they can’t possibly know about long-term adverse effects. I’ll have it if it’s offered to me, and at my age long-term effects are irrelevant. I just hope it doesn’t turn out to be a latter-day thalidomide.” Jenny Walters, retired teacher, Ashburton Continue...Tags: Health, UK News, Vaccines and immunisation, Pfizer, Coronavirus, Jenny Walters 25 people like this. Like Proponents of independent non-physician practice make a dangerous assumptionNovember 13, 2020 at 11:00 AM Tags: Health, United States, Healthcare, Capitol Hill, Primary Care, Physician, PA NP, CRNA 116 people like this. Like 'Mindful' people are better goal-setters according to new researchNovember 13, 2020 at 11:39 AM  Tags: Psychology, Motivation, Facebook, Happiness, Mindfulness, Mental Health, Innovation, Mcgill, Derek, Goal-setting, Don, Buddhist, Journal of Research, Carleton University of Toronto 126 people like this. Like Viral video of ballerina with Alzheimer's shows vital role of music in memoryNovember 13, 2020 at 9:19 AM Music’s primal power for those living with dementia has inspired thousands of YouTube views for a clip of a former dancerWe see a frail and elderly woman in a chair, her eyes downcast. She motions for the music to be turned up, a swelling melody from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and with a little encouragement her hands begin to flutter. Then suddenly her eyes flash and she’s Odette the swan queen at the misty lakeside, arms raised. She leans forward, wrists crossed in classic swan pose; her chin li...Tags: Health, New York, Youtube, Society, World news, US news, Dance, Mental Health, Culture, Stage, Ballet, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Swan Lake, New York City Ballet, Saldana 13 people like this. Like Measles cases hit 20-year high as Covid disrupts vaccinations, report findsNovember 13, 2020 at 8:56 AM Number of people dying from the disease also increased by 50% since 2016, according to data from the WHO and CDCThe number of measles cases worldwide surged to nearly 900,000 in 2019, the highest figure in more than two decades, underlining a significant U-turn in global progress to combat the disease.Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the number of people dying from measles also increased by 50% since 2016, with an es...Tags: Health, Children, Society, World news, Infectious Diseases, MMR, Global development, Vaccines and immunisation, World Health Organization WHO, Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Coronavirus 20 people like this. Like Check Out Meal Replacements and Other Healthy Essentials from RuntimeNovember 13, 2020 at 8:47 AM Being someone who used to work night shift, my selection for food and snacks were atrocious. Almost a year and half ago, my life changed and I’m no longer working that shift anymore. With the new outlook on life and getting older, I’ve started to change a lot of things about myself. The first one is making sleep a priority and making sure to get at least 8 hours a day. The second one has been changing my diet and eating healthier in the process. I’ve also started working out again, going to th...Tags: Health, Product Reviews, Jazz, Product Review, Meal Replacement, RUNTIME 21 people like this. Like The long game: the race for a vaccine against all coronavirusesNovember 13, 2020 at 8:43 AM There is hope that Covid-19 immunisation might soon be a reality, but some scientists are aiming for a broader solutionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHopes have been raised worldwide this week that a Covid-19 vaccine is getting closer, after one version was shown to be 90% effective in reducing disease symptoms, but a handful of scientists are working on an ambitious plan for a different sort of vaccine.Their project, which is fraught with technical and financial cha...Tags: Health, Science, Biology, Research, Society, World news, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Vaccines and immunisation, Coronavirus, COVID 9 people like this. Like What presidential elections can teach us about losing gracefullyNovember 13, 2020 at 7:00 AM Tags: Health, Physician, PA NP, Public Health & Policy, CRNA 65 people like this. Like 'I can't fail Mary': the bereaved man fighting for pregnant women threatened by CovidNovember 13, 2020 at 7:01 AM Ernest Boateng lost his wife Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong shortly after the birth of their second child after she tested positive for coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Before the pandemic struck, Ernest Boateng and his wife, Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, were planning for the future. She was expecting their second child and – after her maternity leave – wanted to become a specialist diabetes nurse; Ernest hoped to join the RAF.But as the virus tore through the UK, Mary ...Tags: Health, UK, Pregnancy, Society, UK News, NHS, Parents and parenting, Raf, Luton, Mary, Ernest, Dunstable, Coronavirus, Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, Ernest Boateng 33 people like this. Like Google searches for 'anxiety' have hit 16-year peak, as US COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations spike, says analyst DataTrekNovember 13, 2020 at 7:02 AM Tags: Health, Google, Shopping, Kentucky, Restaurants, US, Trends, Markets, Economy, Mental Health, Consumer Spending, Retail, Pfizer, Consumers, University Of Michigan, Rabe 60 people like this. Like Is the new Covid vaccine our way back to normality? - video explainerNovember 13, 2020 at 5:09 AM The news this week that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was effective on more than 90% of trial recipients is of huge importance. The efficacy is significantly higher than hoped for and so far there appear to be no safety concerns.The Guardian's health editor, Sarah Boseley, explains that, while this is a major breakthrough, there are still several hurdles to overcome, and restrictions, such as wearing masks, social distancing and remote working, must remain in place for the time beingCovid...Tags: Health, Germany, UK News, US news, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Vaccines and immunisation, Pfizer, Sarah Boseley, Coronavirus 16 people like this. Like National cabinet endorses national vaccination policy – as it happenedNovember 13, 2020 at 3:04 AM PM and premiers meet as Covid-19 cases plummet. This blog is now closed 8.04am GMT The day is winding down so we are going to wrap up the blog. Here are the main events: 7.53am GMT The rise of rightwing extremism has coincided with the emergence of social media “echo chambers” and easily formed online communities of interest, the head of home affairs has said.Michael Pezzullo, the secretary of the department, appeared before a parliamentary hearing into social cohesion and nationhood thi...Tags: Health, Europe, Labor, US, Australia news, Australian politics, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Scott Morrison, Western Australia, ASIO, Kim Carr, Pezzullo, Michael Pezzullo, Coronavirus Ovarian Cancer Project Shows PromiseNovember 13, 2020 at 2:53 AM Porvair Sciences reports, due to promising results, it has agreed with its collaborative partners to make additional investment in the CEAT project** which aims to dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer.Tags: Health, Porvair Sciences, CEAT 16 people like this. 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