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On Monday, the hypercontagious Delta variant finally did what Joe Biden couldn’t: convinced 70 percent of U.S. adults to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Biden originally aimed to administer at least one vaccine dose to 70 percent of Americans 18 and older by July 4. But widespread vaccine hesitancy — particularly in conservative parts of the country — prevented the U.S. from meeting his deadline. Now Delta appears to be breaking down some of that resistance. A health care worker prepares… Source link

As the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department urged Americans to avoid traveling to the UK. But that’s not going far enough, U.S., Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton, GoodStock Consulting co-founder and medical director, told Yahoo Finance Live. In fact, Americans should be careful traveling to certain areas within the U.S. “If we’re going to talk about traveling to the U.K., then we should also caution… Source link

Members of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue team look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 26, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images An engineering firm said it’s “deeply troubled” by the Florida condo collapse. Morabito Consultants documented “major structural damage” at the building in 2018. Officials have confirmed five deaths so far, with 156 people still unaccounted for. Visit Insider’s homepage for… Source link

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro and assistant coaches Chris Quinn and Eric Glass showed up to the scene of a deadly South Florida building collapse on Thursday to lend a hand.  A high-rise condominium in Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed around 1:30 a.m. Thursday as many residents slept. The collapse left a pile of rubble and debris on the property after the front end of a 12-story wing came crashing down.  As of Thursday afternoon, one person was declared dead while 99 remained missing,… Source link

A Yahoo News story warning that “Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny” incorrectly framed the key finding of the study it profiled, according to the principal researcher of the study in question as well as other researchers quoted in the same article. “Florida is undercounting the number of people who died from COVID-19 by thousands of cases, casting new doubt on claims that Gov. Ron DeSantis navigated the coronavirus pandemic successfully,” begins the fear-mongering story,… Source link

A host of liberal websites and personalities gleefully shared a Yahoo story Tuesday purporting Florida undercounted its coronavirus deaths by thousands, but the story quoted more experts undercutting its premise than supporting it. The piece by left-wing reporter Alexander Nazaryan, headlined “Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny,” leads with “new research” that the state isn’t accurately reporting its death count, but critics of the article said it was the result of amateur data… Source link

WASHINGTON — New research published earlier this month in the American Journal of Public Health argues that Florida is undercounting the number of people who died from COVID-19 by thousands of cases, casting new doubt on claims that Gov. Ron DeSantis navigated the coronavirus pandemic successfully. Conservatives have celebrated DeSantis for his handling of the pandemic, which has killed more than 30,000 residents of the state. Critics of the combative governor, meanwhile, say that many of… Source link

Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel, and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde discuss former Florida Gators QB Tim Tebow’s announcement that he has retired from baseball, and reminisce what it was like to cover the superstar while he tore up the college football landscape in Gainesville. Source link

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it has settled with mobile advertising company Tapjoy over claims it used false advertising offers for the promise of in-game rewards that weren’t given. But two Democratic regulators also said Apple and Google helped create the environment that squeezes mobile gaming industry players and incentivizes them to find other monetization models that may have unsavory consequences for consumers. The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it… Source link

MMA Weekly Kevin Holland’s brutal knockout tops UFC 256 performance bonuses The UFC closed out its 2020 pay-per-view events with a fight card that suffered from several title bouts dropping off, but which delivered when it came to action come fight time. There were numerous candidates for the UFC 256 performance bonuses, including both the Fight of the Night honors and the Performance of the Night awards, for which fighters receive a $50,000 bonus. Performance of the Night: Kevin… Source link