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Paxlovid May Not Significantly Benefit Vaccinated Seniors, Study Says
Most of us are pretty adept by now at managing COVID-19, with an armor of past infections, vaccinations, self-tests, and antiviral medications like Paxlovid. In the latest study, however, researchers report that taking Paxlovid may not provide as much benefit as doctors originally thought—particularly for older people who are vaccinated. In a research letter published…
Read MoreGreen Hydrogen: a Perfectly Clean But Complicated Solution to A.I.’s Power Hunger
Q Hydrogen’s New Hampshire facility (the red building) under construction. Courtesy Q Hydrogen The generative A.I. boom is fueling a surge in data center construction as companies scramble to meet the skyrocketing demand for compute power. But data centers are notoriously energy-hungry, straining the electric grid and raising concerns about rising electricity costs. In their…
Read MoreEuphoria’s Hunter Schafer Says She Was Issued Male Passport After Trump Executive Order – E! Online
Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer Says She Was Issued Male Passport After Trump Executive Order Hunter Schafer is sharing the personal effects of recent American policies. After President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 20 requiring government agencies to only recognize citizens by their gender assigned at birth, the Euphoria actress revealed that her new United…
Read MoreA Mother, Her Gay Son, and the Off-Broadway Show About Them
Matt Doyle and Caroline Aaron in Conversations with Mother. Carol Rosegg Playwright Matthew Lombardo has often built shows around strong women, some of them real-life figures. In 2002’s Tea at Five it was Katherine Hepburn, played by a Grade-A Kate Mulgrew. And in 2010’s Looped, it was Tallulah Bankhead, played by Valerie Harper in her…
Read MoreNew York Yankees Make Historic Update to Facial Hair Policy – E! Online
Razor blades have finally left the Yankee Stadium…well, sort of. The New York Yankees recently updated one of their oldest aesthetic policies: staff members and players are now allowed to wear “well-groomed beards” on the field. The MLB team’s owner Hal Steinbrenner confirmed the news in a Feb. 21 statement on Instagram, noting he spoke…
Read MoreFormer Austin police officer's murder charge dismissed in Michael Ramos death
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The District Attorney’s Office dismissed murder charges Friday for former Austin police officer Christopher Taylor in the 2020 shooting death of Mike Ramos during a confrontation Ramos had with police, according to Taylor’s attorneys. That weeks long 2023 murder trial ended in a hung jury. The District Attorney’s Office brought the case…
Read More'Broken': Georgia woman who gave birth to someone else's baby sues fertility clinic
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — A Georgia woman says her journey to motherhood has left her “emotionally and physically broken,” and now she is suing the company responsible. Even as a child, Krystena Murray, 38, of Savannah, always told people it was her dream to be a mom. Two years ago, she became pregnant after undergoing…
Read MoreHow George Clooney Initially Felt About His and Wife Amal Clooney’s 17-Year Age Gap – E! Online
Kristin Cavallari & Mark Estes One thing that’s not unwritten? The way Kristin felt about her 13-year age gap with boyfriend Mark Estes. “Me dating a 24-year-old is not something that I was searching out,” The Hills alum said on a March 2024 episode of her podcast Let’s Be Honest. “It’s not something that I…
Read MoreJensen Huang Donates a Lifeline to San Francisco’s Last Nonprofit Arts College
Jensen Huang helms A.I. powerhouse Nvidia. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images David Howse, president of the California College of the Arts (CCA), delivered grim news last summer to his faculty and students: given rapidly declining enrollment, the college’s future was in serious peril. Less than a year later, the nonprofit arts college has received…
Read MoreFrieze L.A. Takes Off at Santa Monica Airport With Dynamic Sales and Community Support
Frieze Los Angeles opened on February 20 at the Santa Monica Airport. Casey Kelbaugh/CKA Following Felix Art Fair’s energetic opening, Frieze Los Angeles took off at the Santa Monica Airport with an unmistakable sense of momentum. Just one month after a tragic event shook the city, ninety-seven galleries from twenty countries pressed forward, reporting robust…
Read MoreAustin expected to house 2K people in overnight shelters amid cold snap
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin is expecting to provide around 2,000 shelter beds for those seeking reprieve from this week’s cold snap, officials with the city of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office told KXAN Friday. Greg McCormack, program manager for Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office, said the overnight shelters experienced peak numbers throughout the week,…
Read MoreAustin weather history: The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest Valentine's Days
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