By year-end, 1 in 5 Americans at risk of being infected by covid: Ex-FDA head

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images) SpaceX’s Elon Musk said Thursday that the first orbital flight of his towering Starship — the world's most powerful rocket ever built — could come in another month or two.While he anticipates failures, he’s confident Starship will reach orbit by the end of this year.Musk provided his first major Starship update in more than two years while standing alongside the 390-foot (119-meter) rocket at SpaceX's Texas spaceport.

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at Germanna Community College in Culpeper, Virginia, on Feb. 10, 2022.

The University of Regina Cougars Women’s Hockey team picked up two key victories last weekend against the Manitoba Bisons, thanks in no small part to the play of winger Lilla Carpenter-Boesch.

Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday.

Dustin Lynch’s album "Blue in the Sky" has finally dropped. The country star announced the surprise follow-up to "Tullahoma" in a tweet on Jan. 19 – about a year after releasing the project that included a duo of No.

Two fake companies that fraudulently took £180,000 from Covid-19 financial assistance schemes have been shut down.

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Barbara Corbo, a former Mercy Career & Technical High School teacher, was accused of engaging in "sexual contact" with a student.  PHILADELPHIA - A former Philadelphia teacher has been charged after being accused of sexually assaulting a student, according to police. On Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, Philadelphia police arrested 30-year-old Barbara Corbo on the 800 block of Kelly Drive in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Corbo taught at Mercy Career & Technical High School in Philadelphia.

Covid lockdown was introduced, which means by now most of us are used to testing ourselves to see if we have been infected with the virus.Many people may now associate the phrase ‘positive result’ with a confirmed case of the infectious virus that has caused the pandemic.But, that was not always the case.This was clear when a woman messaged a friend with a picture of her pregnancy test - which gave a positive result.Having snapped a photo of the white stick portraying two red lines, the women wrote “positive” with a neutral face emoji.However, there was a bit of a modern day mix-up.Just like how lateral flow tests show two red lines for a positive result, the friend thought they tested for Covid - not for being pregnant.The confused friend replied: “Damn, I hope you feel better.”Along with a prayer emoji, they added: “Quarantine.”Stunned at the response, the pregnant woman slammed: “Are you stupid?”A screenshot of the text was posted to Facebook by user Amber Lee Clark which has now racked up thousands of likes and 33,000 shares.People were left in stitches at the confusion so tagged their mates with laughing emojis whilst they poked fun at the mix-up.One person chuckled: “I hope she takes all the necessary precautions that the CDC has lined out. Don’t need that s*** spreading”Another added: “Name your kid Covid.”Whilst a third user related: “Remember when I sent you my Covid results and you thought I was pregnant?”Someone else shared: “I laughed too hard at this.” Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

Patty Hajdu says the number of COVID-19 infections in First Nations communities has begun to decline, bringing hope that the worst of the Omicron wave has passed.Hajdu says she understands why Indigenous leaders are sounding an alarm that progress could be lost in regions where provincial governments are rapidly moving to lift public health orders.“Indigenous leaders obviously are concerned,” Hajdu said during a news conference Thursday. High anxiety levels expected in Canadians wary of COVID restrictions lifting - experts Daily active case counts in Indigenous communities have declined 13.2 per cent from last week.

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP, Dr Lisa Cameron, attended a drop in event in the Houses of Parliament to mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2022.

Taking lateral flow tests regularly continues to be an important part of Scotland's fight against the spread of Covid.

Philadelphia police detectives are investigating a carjacking where an Uber driver was shot on Thursday night.  PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating after an Uber driver was carjacked and shot around 11:34 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in Delaware County responded to a gruesome scene Friday morning after they say a man murdered his girlfriend and attempted to decapitate her. Officers responded to the Willow Apartments on the 400 block of Springfield Road in Clifton Heights around 4 a.m. Friday morning.Law enforcement sources tell FOX 29’s Steve Keeley that police found the man using a machete in an attempt to decapitate the victim. The suspect was taken into custody at the scene and the victim was pronounced dead.

coronavirus early on.On Wednesday afternoon, Trump confessed of "playing it down" with regard to the pandemic and its severity to the American people."I'm a cheerleader for this country," Trump said. "I love our country. And I don't want people to be frightened.

UPDATE (9/09/20, 10:34 PM ET): Journalist Bob Woodward is coming out with yet another tell-all book about Donald Trump, after conducting 18 interviews with the POTUS. In a preview for this book called Rage, which will hit bookstands on Sept. 15, Woodward documented startling conversations with Trump about the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

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U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged back in March that he was deliberately playing down the threat of COVID-19, even as he publicly claimed that the coronavirus would “disappear” several times over the following days, weeks and months.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday addressed audio recordings of him admitting to journalist Bob Woodward that he “wanted to always” downplay the COVID-19 disease, as well as excerpts from a book alleging he intentionally downplayed the virus, saying he merely did not want to show panic when speaking about the coronavirus in public.

Donald Trump acknowledged back in March that he was deliberately playing down the threat of COVID-19, even as he publicly claimed that the coronavirus would “disappear” several times over the following days, weeks and months.“I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don’t want to create a panic,” Trump told veteran journalist Bob Woodward in an interview recorded on March 19.Trump also acknowledged that he knew in March that the virus was a threat to different age groups, though he has publicly claimed children were “virtually immune” as recently as August.“Now it’s turning out it’s not just old people, Bob.

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Asked about Bob Woodward’s new book, which alleges U.S. President Donald Trump intentionally misled the public as to the true threat posed by COVID-19, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday flatly denied the allegations.

JUPITER, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 08: President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the environment during a stop at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse on September 08, 2020 in Jupiter, Florida. President Trump announced an expansion of a ban on offshore drilli WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the U.S.

A view of the south lawn of the White House in the wake of the RNC celebration held there, in Washington, DC on Sept. 8.

Polls conducted by several sources and published on 270towin show that in the months leading up to the election, most of the state favors Biden over current President Donald Trump on most policies.RELATED: Arizona, long considered a GOP stronghold, could be swing state in 2020 presidential election, experts say“After voting primarily Republican from 1920-2004, the state has voted with the Democrats in the last three presidential elections, including Hillary Clinton's five-point margin in 2016,” according to 270towin.Graph showing Colorado’s voting result history.

the same day that AstraZeneca and eight other drugmakers issued an unusual pledge, vowing to uphold the highest ethical and scientific standards in developing their vaccines.The announcement follows worries that President Donald Trump will pressure the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a vaccine before it’s proven to be safe and effective.The U.S.

coronanvirus vaccine in October, ahead of the November election, as Joe Biden demanded transparency from the government as it studies the shots.“This could’ve taken two or three years, and instead it’s going to be -- going to be done in a very short period of time," Trump said during a news conference in which he criticized Biden for his skepticism that the FDA is operating free of political pressure.“Could even have it during the month of October," Trump added, calling Biden’s doubts “political lies."Many public health officials and scientists have expressed concerns that the Food and Drug Administration is under pressure from the White House to approve a vaccine before Trump faces re-election on Nov. 3.

White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “disparaging" for political gain a vaccine he repeatedly has said could be available before the election.“It's so dangerous for our country, what they say, but the vaccine will be very safe and very effective," the president pledged at a White House news conference.Trump leveled the accusation a day after Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate, said she “would not trust his word" on getting the vaccine.

WASHINGTON – At the height of the coronavirus lockdown, President Donald Trump and his top health advisers trumpeted a new test that would help Americans reclaim their lives — one that would tell them if they already had the virus and were protected from getting it again.Their arrival would help “get Americans back to work” by showing those who might have “the wonderful, beautiful immunity,” said Trump, a point repeated at the daily briefings last April.Months later, the U.S. is awash in the tests but the bold predictions about their usefulness have yet to materialize.“There was definitely a lot of wishful thinking that there was going to be a magical test that was going to save us all, but we’re not there yet,” said Dr.

The head of Operation Warp Speed and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) both made public statements yesterday concerning US COVID-19 vaccine developments, assuring the public that any vaccine approval would be an apolitical decision and not part of an "October surprise" by President Donald Trump to sway favor in the upcoming election.

Health workers not a priority?The group rejects the argument that its policies would reward bad management such as that in the United States, which leads the world in the number of virus deaths and cases."You shouldn't penalize Americans because Donald Trump can't seem to manage this pandemic," said Emanuel.Against Covid-19 "you don't say everyone gets the same," he said."The country with the worst situation, they have to be treated first," he added, comparing the situation to an emergency room where a heart attack victim is treated before the patient with sore throat.After calculating the years of life that might be saved, the experts propose taking into consideration minimizing the economic and social impact of the virus, such as

U.S. President Donald Trump said during a rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Thursday that shutdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic are “causing much bigger problems,” and telling the crowd “you haven’t even opened up the great Commonwealth.”

During a rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s mask-wearing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, asking the crowd, “did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as him?”

With talk of a vaccine in time for Election Day ramping up, both Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and incumbent Donald Trump continue to confront the pandemic as a major talking point for the presidential election, now 2 months away.

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ROCK HILL, SC - AUGUST 29: Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden addresses a crowd at a town hall event at Clinton College on August 29, 2019 in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said in a video message posted on social media Wednesday that he, his wife and their two young children tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks but that they all have recovered and are healthy. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson confronts Donald Trump: ‘Where are you?’ Johnson, 48, said in the Instagram post that he and his spouse, Lauren, 35, and their daughters, Jasmine, 4, and Tiana, 2, caught the coronavirus about two and a half weeks ago from “very close family friends” whom he said had no idea how they had become infected.

Healthcare workers, first responders, and adults with pre-existing conditions that put them at risk for severe symptoms of COVID-19 should be the initial recipients of the first approved vaccine in the United States, according to a framework from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) published yesterday. Today, NAM will hold a virtual public meeting on the recommendations.The NAM report offers a detailed approach about how to

(FOX 9) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said he is taking a "survival of the fittest" personal approach to the coronavirus, even if it kills him.In a recent interview on Spotify's "10 Questions With Kyle Brandt" podcast, Cousins said, "If I die, I die. I kind of have peace about that."Cousins also said that he does not believe face masks work in helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but also said that he tries to respect others' concerns about the virus.Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said he thought it was a prank at first when President Donald Trump reached out to congratulate him on Sunday’s win over the New York Giants.

Blake Shelton was called out for sharing misinformation on social media about the coronavirus pandemic. The musician, 44, tweeted a statistic that was unfounded over the weekend and his followers were quick to point out Shelton should check sources before spreading theories.

Members of the Covid Memorial Project hold American flags in front of the Washington monument to commemorate COVID-19 victims on Aug. 27, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

As COVID-19 cases surge and protests rage over racial injustice in the U.S., the candidates for November’s presidential election are hitting the campaign trail.

Trump administration says that it has recovered nearly 70 per cent of the government novel coronavirus relief payments that went to dead people.The Government Accountability Office said Monday it had been told by the Treasury Department that nearly 70 per cent of the $1.6 billion that had mistakenly gone to dead people had been recovered.The GAO said it could not immediately verify that amount but said its auditors were working with Treasury to determine the exact number of payments that have been recovered. Trump donors among the first U.S.

The Voice mentor Blake Shelton posted a tweet with false information about the COVID-19 pandemic and fans were quick to respond.

US Food and Drug Administration raised the possibility in an interview published Sunday that a future vaccine against the coronavirus might be given emergency approval before the end of trials designed to ensure its safety and effectiveness.A request for such extraordinary approval would have to come from the vaccine developer, Stephen Hahn told the Financial Times."If they do that before the end of Phase Three," which involves large-scale human testing, "we may find that appropriate.