In COVID-19 Omicron patients, high blood pressure doubles risk of hospitalization

PHILADELPHIA - The 90-degree days are back this weekend as hot temperatures hit the Delaware Valley yet again.Saturday is set to be the 39th day to hit 90 degrees this summer, an upward trend across the area.Sun is the forecast all day with a bit a lingering humidity. Temperatures will start to drop overnight as Sunday highs are not expected to reach the 90s.A chance of storms Sunday into Monday to start another hot and humid week this August.___SATURDAY: More humid.

PHILADELPHIA - When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a "beautiful" spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn, he heeded the request of city officials.He stomped on it."I don’t like killing things. Not many people do.

Man injured after fight erupts into shooting in Chinatown. PHILADELPHIA - A fight turned shooting left one person injured in Chinatown Saturday morning.Police say two men were walking down 10th Street around 5 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA - Chaotic scenes unfolded on Broad Street after a two-car race turned tragic Saturday morning.Police say two cars were racing down Broad Street around 3 a.m. when one car collided with an SUV.Six people were injured, with one person being ejected from a vehicle, according to police.

PHILADELPHIA - An innocent bystander became the victim of a double shooting after an attack quickly escalated inside a hookah bar in Chinatown early Saturday morning.Police say a 27-year-old man sucker-punched and assaulted an armed security guard at Day 'N' Nite Hookah Bar on Cherry Street just after midnight.When he tried to attack with a hookah, the security reportedly drew his weapon and fired three times, hitting the attacker at least once in the hip. A 22-year-old woman became "collateral damage" when she was struck in the thigh by one of the bullets, according to police.Both the man and woman were transported to local hospitals, where they are said to be in stable condition.MORE HEADLINES:Police say the security guard and his attacker knew each other, and had some history.

Jamie Oliver has revealed that his wife, Jools, suffered from ‘deeply scary long Covid for the past two years. The celebrity chef revealed the mother-of-five became very ill when she contracted the disease and continues to battle with the side effects. ‘She’s had bad Covid and long Covid, so she’s been really affected by it, sadly,’ he said.

Married At First Sight Australia star Michael Brunelli has revealed he was pulled over by police after taking partner Martha Kalifatidis to hospital.The couple, who were put together on the reality show's sixth season in 2019 and are still going strong, have been having some private struggles recently.Martha, 34, has been suffering with a viral infection since she and Michael, 31, returned home from an overseas trip.READ MORE: MAFS star Morag Crichton teases huge move to racy subscription site OnlyFansAnd while they've dealt with things very privately recently, Michael revealed on Instagram that they almost had yet another problem added to their list.The Aussie hunk said things were "slowly getting better" before letting his fans in on the traumatic ordeal.He said: "I got pulled over by police at 12am after taking Martha to the hospital (she's ok) for having these on my plates."The caption was written over a picture of a sheer number plate cover, which police told Michael was "reflecting the headlights from their car", adding: "They couldn't read my number plate and thought the car could be stolen..."Said I would normally get a fine, but gave me a warning after explaining where we'd been."That wasn't all though, as Michael revealed he'd been going through some health issues of his own too, as he'd been experiencing "abdominal pain for a few months".He explained he went to get an X-ray, but then had to get a CT scan.However it turned out to be nothing to worry too much about, as he shared: "Thinking the absolute worst, only to find out I'm just full of s***."Michael then took aim at Martha for giving him grey hairs, writing: "I'm pretty confident that I'm getting a new grey hair for every day Martha is sick!"The reality

combating the deadly virus that keeps mutating and evading the immunity response humans develop owing to the available vaccines. What started with coronavirus, has further delved into Delta variant, Omicron Variant, and their respective sub-variants, thereby causing an alarming ebb and flow of new covid-19 cases throughout the globe.

LOWER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. - A Pennsylvania boy who briefly went missing on Friday and prompted state police to issue an alert has been found. Authorities first reported the 4-year-old boy missing from Lower Macungie Township in Lehigh County around 7 p.m. The child's last known location, police said, was somewhere in the township on Friday afternoon. Hours after Pennsylvania State Police issued a Missing Endangered Person alert, authorities said the child was found safe. No information was provided about what caused the child's brief disappearance. 

Jamie Oliver has recently opened up about his wife Jools’ two-year long battle with long Covid.The celebrity chef, 47, has said his wife’s condition has left doctors “mystified” as she continues to fight against the virus, which he described as “deeply scary.” In an interview with the Daily Mail, Jamie described his 47-year-old wife of 22 years as a “superstar” and that she had been “really affected” by her long Covid symptoms. READ MORE: Jamie Oliver's private life - huge net worth, cheating accusation, and making wife cryThe couple had attended appointments with private doctors across London, however no medic has been able to find a resolution yet.He said: “She’s had bad Covid and long Covid, so she’s been really affected by it, sadly.“She’s OK, but still not what she wants to be.

FILE - A cashier scans school supplies for a customer at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. location in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif.

Today we are reporting 3,302 community cases, 467 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 3,828 – last Saturday it was 4,418.

A Pennsylvania judge has ordered three Republican-controlled counties to add about 800 contested mail-in ballots to the results of the May election, ruling in a legal dispute that stalled statewide certification of the primary results for governor and U.S. Senate.The Republican judge sided Friday with the Democratic governor in a lawsuit over whether mail-in ballots that lack handwritten dates on their return envelopes should be counted.

seal inside their home. Phil Ross, a marine biologist working at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, said his wife, Jenn, and two children, Noah and Ari, were home when they got the unexpected visitor. The seal had entered through the family cat’s cat flap of which there are two, one on the garage door and one on the interior door, Phil explained. The seal, which Phil identified as a 10-month-old New Zealand fur seal, managed to make its way into the house and proceeded to terrorize the family cat but Phil suspected the cat might have been mostly to blame. Seal seen in the hallway of the Ross home. (Jenn and Ari Ross)"I haven't heard of seals going through cat flaps before but I blame our cat, Coco.

TRUCKEE, Calif. - The unsolved disappearance of Kiely Rodni prompted several Northern California law enforcement agencies to take a closer look at registered sex offenders in the area as the search for the missing teen nears week two.The sweeps to see if sex offenders are in compliance with law enforcement occurred throughout the Truckee and North Tahoe area Thursday and resulted in one arrest for charges not related to Kiely's case, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office. Charges are expected to be filed on a second person, who also is not related to the teen's disappearance.The operation also found several sex registrants in violation of their terms, the sheriff's office said.Meanwhile, many young people who attended the same party as Kiely, 16, in Truckee on the night she vanished are remaining tight-lipped, according to a report from the New York Post, Several hundred people attended the gathering at a campground on the night of August 5.

SAN FRANCISCO - A 23-year-old man charged with killing his father and stepmother over the weekend as they slept in their San Francisco Bayview home, tells KTVU in an exclusive interview what led up to the deadly shootings and why he did it. We previously heard from his stepmother's family, but on Thursday, Irvin Hernandez Flores, granted KTVU an interview from San Francisco County Jail where he is being held. Irvin Hernandez Flores grants KTVU an exclusive interview from San Francisco County Jail.  He was soft-spoken at times and emotional. He said he only remembers some details about what happened. Flores said he had drank heavily before he drove to his father and stepmother's home in the Bayview District early Saturday morning armed with a gun but that he did not have any intention of killing them. When asked why he had a gun on him, he answered, "I don't remember much, but that gun was legally mine."Flores said he went to Jose Hernandez and Yessenia Soto Hernandez's bedroom while they were sleeping.

LOWER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police on Friday issued a Missing Endangered Person alert for a young Lehigh County boy. Authorities say 4-year-old Mason Courtney was last seen around 1 p.m.

Popular TV chef Jamie Oliver has revealed that his wife Jools Oliver has been suffering with 'long Covid' for two years. As he promoted a new cookbook and TV show, the long-running chef told MailPlus that he was dedicating his newest book to his wife - who he met over 30 years ago - saying: "If I can’t dedicate a book to the one I love, what can I do? I’ve used up all my best tricks on birthdays and anniversaries so now I’m grovelling!" Jamie, 46, went on to reveal that his family had had a tough couple of years, with mum of five Jools, 47, suffering with Covid and its longterm affects, or "long Covid" which can affect some people who have contracted the virus. Jamie explained: "She’s had bad Covid and long Covid, so she’s been really affected by it, sadly.

UPPER DEERFIELD TWP., N.J. - A serious accident has caused New Jersey officials to shut down Route 77, in Upper Deerfield Township, in Cumberland County, as crews investigate.New Jersey State Police say multiple injuries were reported at the crash sight, located on Rt.

PHILADELPHIA - It wouldn’t be a New Year’s Day in Philadelphia without the Mummers Parade.The Fancy Brigade Division of the Mummers is hiring some Emmy Award-winning help.John Best, a nationally acclaimed event producer, will be the new event producer, beginning next year.Fancy Brigade Division of the Mummers. He will lead a transformation of the Fancy Brigade Festival and Finale during the Mummers Parade, as well as how it is presented on television and streaming services."The Fancies have a long history of over 60 years and we’re going to continue to tell their story.

Miami-Dade Police Officer Cesar Echaverry was shot and killed in the line of duty earlier in the week. MIAMI - A firefighter in Miami has been fired after writing "who cares" in a profanity-laced text about law enforcement officers after a Miami-Dade police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty. WSVN reports the firefighter, who worked for Miami Fire Rescue, has been terminated, effective Friday. The unidentified firefighter made the controversial comment in a group chat in response to the death of 29-year-old Miami-Dade Police Officer Cesar Echaverry on Wednesday, just after news of the officer's passing:"Who cares? Another dead cop, probably against gun control.

PARKLAND, Fla. - Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering 17 people during a rampage at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving a jury to decide whether he will be executed for one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings.Relatives of the victims who sat in the courtroom and watched the hearing via Zoom shook their heads or broke down in tears as Cruz entered his pleas and later apologized for his crimes."Today we saw a cold and calculating killer confess to the murder of my daughter Gina and 16 other innocent victims at their school," Tony Montalto said. "His guilty pleas are the first step in the judicial process but there is no change for my family.

HAINESPORT, N.J. - A youth pastor in Burlington County has been indicted for online child sexual exploitation.Prosecutors say 31-year-old Sean Higgins, of Palmyra, forced underage boys to send him inappropriate pictures and videos on social media.Sean M.

One of the newly described scorpion species. Named Paruroctonus soda, the scorpion is featured here carrying young on its back.

Image courtesy WBZ via FOX MATTAPOISETT, Mass. - A huge fire at a Massachusetts marina left several boats and vehicles burned-out shells Friday and produced a plume of black smoke so thick it was picked up by weather radar.Aerial video taken by WCVB-TV showed much of the boatyard in Mattapoisett engulfed in flames Friday afternoon, destroying a number of boats, vehicles and buildings. Firefighters from around the region, including from as far away as Providence, Rhode Island about 30 miles away, responded to the blaze.People who picked up the phones at the Mattapoisett fire and police departments said no one was available to comment.

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James Webb telescope is peering farther into the universe than ever before, and now, the celestial objects it’s finding along the way need names.The International Astronomical Union, the organization tasked with naming celestial objects, is launching a contest to name 20 exoplanetary systems — or planets orbiting other stars — that the long-awaited telescope has discovered. Organizers say the contest, NameExoWorlds 2022, "invites communities across the globe to connect their own cultures to these distant worlds."The James Webb — the world’s largest and most powerful telescope — launched in December 2021 and traveled a million miles to its final destination.NASA released its first images from Webb in July.

Coronation Street viewers seem to have had enough of Summer Spellman following her recent collapse after failing to take her medication.The young teen, who has type 1 diabetes, was in a panic when she couldn't find her passport ahead of her holiday with her boyfriend Aaron.Rushing around the flat trying to find her missing belongings, Summer dramatically fell to the floor.READ MORE: Corrie's Sally Carman and Joe Duttine host second wedding bash attended by co-starsBut as this isn't the first time Summer's been in this predicament, viewers were not impressed seeing her health deteriorate on their screens again and begged producers to change the script.Jumping onto Twitter, disgruntled fans shared their thoughts on the scene.One person wrote: "Summer is such a bad advert for a Type 1 Diabetic. The first thing she would have is a Libre sensor on her arm."Blood sugars can be checked immediately without the old fashioned finger pricking.

A study of California public transportation workers published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) shows public transportation workers have higher rates of both COVID-19 incidence and mortality compared to other industries.The study was based on confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks in California w

Rates of "brain fog," dementia, psychotic disorders, and epilepsy or seizures remained elevated 2 years after COVID-19 infection, according to a study of nearly 1.3 million adults and children in the United States, Australia, Europe, and Asia.

Travis Barker has tested positive for Covid-19 just two months after he was hospitalised with pancreatitis. The Blink-182 member, who married reality star Kourtney Kardashian in a lavish Italian ceremony earlier this year (23 May), updated fans on his health today alongside a topless action-shot of himself playing the drums on a table.

Moderna. The bivalent vaccine is designed to protect people from the original strain of COVID-19 and the original strain of the most dominant form of Covid, Omicron, specifically Omicron BA. 1.