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The NBA is keeping to its mantra of not jumping the line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but it’s not on the sidelines with getting the word out as the pandemic devastates the United States. Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar performed a PSA, announcing he will take the vaccine and is encouraging others to follow suit, right before the league takes center stage on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Starting on Tuesday, the L.A. Forum will be used as a vaccination site for Los Angeles County,… Source link

TipRanks Raymond James: 2 Big 7% Dividend Stocks to Buy Now Watching the markets with an eye to the main chance, Raymond James strategist Tavis McCourt sees both risk and opportunity in current market conditions. The opportunity, in his opinion, stems from the obvious factors: the Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats in the recent runoff vote, giving the incoming Biden Administration majority support in both Houses of Congress – and increasing the odds of meaningful fiscal support getting… Source link

GlobeNewswire Yamaha Announces 2021 Side-by-Side and ATV bLU cRU Race Support Yamaha Factory-Supported Racers and Increased Championship Payouts Walker Fowler Continuing a historic run in the GNCC series, longtime Yamaha factory-supported racing veteran, Walker Fowler, will defend his sixth-straight XC1 Pro ATV championship on his WFR / GBC / Fly Racing YFZ450R. Chad Wienen Heading up the ATV MX’s AMA Pro class for Yamaha is the second all-time winning, seven-time champion, Chad Wienen, on… Source link

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks with Over 9% Dividend Yield Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major indexes have recently surged to all-time highs as investors seemingly looked beyond the pandemic and hoped for signs of a rapid recovery. Veteran strategist Edward Yardeni sees the economic recovery bringing its own slowdown with it. As the COVID vaccination program allows for further economic opening, with more people getting back to… Source link

Topline Amid an ongoing effort by Google to counter the deluge of misinformation and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic, the tech giant said Tuesday it will devote up to $3 million to back fact-checking initiatives to counter vaccine misinformation, which it says has emerged as a particularly troubling phenomenon as global immunization efforts get underway.  Google is funding fact-checking initiatives to tackle Covid-19 vaccine misinformation. … Source link

In another effort to shore up its ability to surface true and factual information, Google is looking to fund fact-checking groups working to correct falsehoods around the new coronavirus vaccine. Offering $3 million total in grants through its ongoing Google News Initiative, which over the last year has also given money to fund various newsroom diversity projects and fact-checking nonprofits, Google is looking specifically for fact-checking efforts on the new vaccine for COVID-19 with its… Source link

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks with Over 9% Dividend Yield Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major indexes have recently surged to all-time highs as investors seemingly looked beyond the pandemic and hoped for signs of a rapid recovery. Veteran strategist Edward Yardeni sees the economic recovery bringing its own slowdown with it. As the COVID vaccination program allows for further economic opening, with more people getting back to… Source link

The Boston Celtics will reportedly be without one of their best players for at least 10 days. Forward Jayson Tatum is expected to go into quarantine under the league’s COVID-19 protocols, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Boston Celtics All-NBA star Jayson Tatum is expected to enter quarantine and miss 10-to-14 days due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 9, 2021 The situation appears to have… Source link

An internal medicine doctor in San Antonio, Texas, is gaining national attention after revealing that he uses the antiparasitic medication ivermectin — which is commonly used to treat head lice — on his COVID-19 patients. Dr. Hoan Pho tells Yahoo Life that he has been “very aggressively” treating his patients who develop COVID-19 for months with a series of medications, including antibiotics, statins, aspirin, prednisone and high doses of vitamins C and D. But he added ivermectin to… Source link

TipRanks 3 Stocks Trading at Rock-Bottom Prices; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ A new year, a new addition to the stock portfolio – what can make more sense than that? The right time to buy, of course, is when stocks are priced at the bottom. Buying low and selling high may be a bit hackneyed, but it’s true, and truth has staying power.But the markets are up. The NASDAQ rose 43% in 2020, and the S&P 500 showed a gain of 16%. With a market environment like that, finding stocks that are caught in… Source link