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Coronavirus Daily News Brief –March 11: Pandemic Declared Four Years Ago Today, N.J. Remains Unprepared for Next Public-Health Crisis
A worker wearing mask in open market in China in late 2019 Good afternoon. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center for...
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Happy Birthday Apple CarPlay. The Innovative System Turns 10 This Year.
In the last century, cars had a radio, an 8-track player, or perhaps a compact cassette tape player, and eventually a CD player. What they did not...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief –March 10: Free U.S. Program for Test Kits Now Suspended, ‘Pandemic: The Musical’ Hits All the Wrong Notes
Critics panned “Pandemic: The Musical” Good afternoon. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center for Long Covid Research,...
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Daylight Saving Time Started Overnight: ‘Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?’
“Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” That’s the title of a hit song by Chicago from the group’s debut album and it’s also a question...
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Severe Winter Storm and Moving Fronts Batter Northeast, Heavy Thunderstorms Hit Southeast. Thousands of Flights Delayed and Cancelled.
Delta and American aircraft waiting to take off at JFK in the rain The Northeast is facing a long night of heavy rain and flooding on...
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It Was a Really Bad Week to be CEO of United Airlines: ‘At Dawn, When You Have Trouble Getting Out of Bed, Tell Yourself: I Have to Go to Work’
With a fourth emergency in a single week, there’s a good reason that the United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is sitting at home, writing sayings such...
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Nebraska’s Interstate 80 Reopens Fully After Record Snowfall Shut Down 128-Mile Stretch
Sunset in Sidney, Nebraska, where a major snowfall closed 25% of Interstate 80 Major highways in Nebraska including Interstate 80 began to...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief –March 8: Mount Sinai Gets $2.6M for Long Covid Studies, Actor Sues Disney Over Vax Mandate, Last Day to Order Free Covid Tests
Walt Disney World in Florida Good afternoon. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center for Long Covid Research, reporting....
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U.S. Issues Warning of Imminent Moscow Attack by ‘Extremists.’ Attack on Synagogue Foiled.
An early evening photograph of Moscow taken from the Four Seasons Hotel in Manezhnaya Square The U.S. government issued a warning saying...
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China South Flight Delayed Four Hours After Passenger Throws Coins into the Plane’s Engine
A China Southern aircraft in Los Angeles A domestic China Southern flight was delayed for four hours after a passenger taking the flight...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – March 7: Biden’s SOTU, Last Day to Order Free At-Home Tests, Masks Are Off at China’s National People’s Congress
A panda at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding Good afternoon. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center...
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Why Comparing SARS-CoV-2 to the Flu is a Dangerous Fallacy of Inconsistency
The U.S. public health system is doing its best to frame the deadly coronavirus pandemic in the same category as the flu. By doing this, it is...
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4 Tips to Help Fight ‘Jet Lag’ From the Changeover to Daylight Saving Time
Clocks in North America will march forward by one hour this coming weekend but many of us who live on the continent will be left behind with a...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – March 6: Long Covid May Cause Hangover-Like Symptoms After Consuming Alcohol, Covid Killed Off One Strain of the Flu
The Moskovsky Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel Moscow. “Something to drink? “No thank you, I have Long Covid.” Good...
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Daylight Saving Time for 2024 to Start This Sunday in the U.S.
Although those living in Northern California might vehemently disagree, meteorological spring arrived last week and astronomical spring is on the...
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Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue Turns 100 This Year. One U.S. Airline Plays It on Every Flight.
When “Rhapsody in Blue” was first performed in New York exactly 100 years ago, it was a shot heard across the world that landed with a bold and...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – March 5: German Man Hypervaccinates With 217 Jabs in 29 Months, U.S. to Suspend Free At-Home Test Kits
Guten Tag, mein Herr. How many Covid shots would you like today? Good afternoon. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center...
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American Airlines Places Massive Order for 260 Planes, Largest Aircraft Acquisition in Over a Decade
A early model Boeing 787 at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport American Airlines announced what amounts to be one of the largest...
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Photo Essay: New York City in Fog is Strikingly Otherworldly
Dense fog transformed the Big Apple into a dreamy city on clouds over the weekend. The fog enveloped not only the New York City skyline but many...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – March 4: Low Iron May Trigger Long Covid, White House Lifts Covid Testing Rule for People Around Biden
The Nobels Fredssenter, or Nobel Peace Center, located in an old train station from 1872, in Oslo Good afternoon. This is Jonathan Spira,...
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JetBlue Calls Off Merger With Spirit Airlines Citing ‘Regulatory Hurdles’
JetBlue aircraft at JFK JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines said Monday that the two are calling off their plans to merge. In a...
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Coronavirus Weekend News Brief – March 3: This is Your Brain… on Covid, Florida Swamped by Measles, CDC Shortens Isolation Period
Cinderella Castle, inspired by the late 19th century Schloß Neuschwanstein, a castle commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, and fireworks...
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Iceland Evacuates Iconic Blue Lagoon Ahead of ‘Imminent’ Volcanic Eruption
Guests enjoying the waters of the Blue Lagoon. The water’s milky blue hue is due to its high silica content. Icelandic authorities...
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Powerful Life-Threatening Blizzard in California, Closing Major Highways and Power Outages; Wind Gust of 190 MPH Reported
Heavy snow is forecast through at least Monday night in the region At press time, millions across the western United States are on alert...
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Macy’s to Shutter 150 Stores Including Flagship San Francisco Union Square Location
The entrance to Macy’s flagship store and corporate headquarters on Herald Square in New York CIty Macy’s Union Square in San...