NEW YORK - A data scientist who was revealed Sunday as the Facebook whistleblower says that whenever there was a conflict between the public good and what benefited the company, the social media giant would choose its own interests.Frances Haugen was identified in a "60 Minutes" interview Sunday as the woman who anonymously filed complaints with federal law enforcement that the company’s own research shows how it magnifies hate and misinformation.Haugen, who worked at Google and Pinterest before joining Facebook in 2019, said she had asked to work in an area of the company that fights misinformation, since she lost a friend to online conspiracy theories.RELATED: Facebook responds to Biden’s criticism over COVID-19 information"Facebook, over.

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Thousands await medical procedures in Waterloo Region, Guelph

Ontario to begin resuming non-urgent surgeries on Monday Across the area, there are 15,937 patients awaiting surgery or procedures with 56 per cent of those affected being cataract patients.St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener and Guelph General Hospital are the two hospitals with the biggest backlogs to deal with as 7,490 patients and 4,095 patients on the hospitals’ respective waitlists.

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Man survives COVID-19 after double-lung transplant

ORLANDO, Fla. - A Florida man needed a double-lung transplant to beat COVID-19."Every time I breathe is a gift," said David Wilkinson.A gift, because the 50-year-old man is breathing air through two new lungs thanks to an organ donor.After getting COVID-19 and ending up on a ventilator five months ago, his wife was given the heartbreaking decision to keep him on life support or not.But they weren't ready to give up.They said it would take about five minutes for him to pass," said Karen Wilkinson, David's Wife "Before he was placed on life support, he made me promise that I would not let him stop fighting."MORE NEWS: Florida father killed children, 12 and 9, then himself, police sayThat’s where Dr. Cynthia Gries comes into the pictures.

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When will next Covid variant strike the world? WHO answers on Omicron mutations

Listen to the conversations here:Live Q&A on #COVID19 and Omicron sub-variant BA.2 with Dr @mvankerkhove and @DrAbdiMahamud. #AskWHO https://t.co/NVQMa8HHk7

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Alberta business group slams decision to eliminate COVID-19 vaccine passport program

Alberta government’s decision to eliminate a proof-of-vaccine program, calling it “akin to ripping the Band-Aid off before the wound has healed.”The Calgary Chamber of Commerce issued a strongly worded statement Tuesday evening, just hours after Premier Jason Kenney announced that businesses will no longer have to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination from patrons as of midnight. COVID-19: Kenney announces Alberta vaccine passport program ending at midnight Alberta’s Restrictions Exemption Program, or REP, was introduced last fall in an effort to curb spiking case rates and encourage vaccination.

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Pfizer asks FDA to authorize COVID-19 vaccine in kids

Pfizer-BioNTech formally applied to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization of its two-dose mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to be used in children ages 5 to 11.

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Indiana woman claims she is 7-year-old girl who went missing 21 years ago – and has DNA to prove it

Indiana woman has come forward claiming she is a 7-year-old girl who went missing 21 years ago. Brittany Williams was living at a foster home in Henrico, Virginia, in 2000, when she was first reported missing. Police opened an investigation, even digging up the backyard of the foster home headed by Kim Parker.

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FDA issues new warning against possibly contaminated hand sanitizer

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration again issued a warning to the public about hand sanitizers on Monday, announcing that it found "unacceptable levels of benzene, acetaldehyde and acetal contaminants" in certain artnaturals scent-free hand sanitizers.Benzene and acetaldehyde may cause certain types of cancer in humans, the FDA said in a news release.

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Covid infection rate breakdown for all 32 Scots councils in Public Health Scotland update

Scotland's Covid death toll has increased by 39 amid 2,691 new cases being confirmed within the last 24 hours.

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US unemployment claims fall to 326,000, first drop in four weeks

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, another sign that the U.S. job market and economy continue their steady recovery from last year's coronavirus recession.Unemployment claims fell by 38,000 to 326,000, the first drop in four weeks, the Labor Department said Thursday.

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Pfizer seeks FDA authorization of COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11

NEW YORK - Pfizer and BioNTech on Thursday announced that they have formally submitted a request to U.S. regulators for emergency approval of their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.The companies previously submitted data to the U.S.

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COVID-19 vaccine for kids: Pfizer asks U.S. FDA for emergency approval

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech said on Thursday they had asked U.S.

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Facebook blames global outage on error during routine maintenance

LONDON - The global outage that knocked Facebook and its other platforms offline for hours was caused by an error during routine maintenance, the company said.Santosh Janardhan, Facebook’s vice president of infrastructure, said in a blog post that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp going dark was "caused not by malicious activity, but an error of our own making."The problem occurred as engineers were carrying out day to day work on Facebook's global backbone network; the computers, routers and software in its data centers around the world along with the fiber-optic cables connecting them.In this photo illustration icons of Facebook and Instagram apps are displayed on a smartphone.

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Laundrie attorney confirms Brian left to hike preserve a day earlier than parents previously claimed

NORTH PORT, Fla. - The timeline of Brian Laundrie's whereabouts since he returned to Florida in his fiancee's van on September 1 continues to evolve as the family's lawyer confirms new details about the day he disappeared from his parents' North Port home.According to a statement from attorney Steven Bertolino, Brian Laundrie left the home of his parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, in his silver Ford Mustang on Monday, Sept. 13 – not Tuesday, Sept.

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India reports less than 20,000 Covid cases for second consecutive day; recovery rate nears 98%

COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 92 Crore landmark milestone. A total of 66.68 crore individuals have received the first shot of Covid-19 and 25.43 crore have received the second dose.

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Low vaccination rate behind the Northern Health’s COVID-19 crisis

Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has a closer look at communities in northern B.C. where COVID-19 vaccination rates are low.

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Zuckerberg loses $6B amid Facebook outage

an hours-long outage impacting the social media giant along with Facebook-owned Instagram and Whatsapp.The drop in Facebook's share price cost co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg – who owns about 15% of the company's stock – more than $6 billion in personal wealth, knocking him down a notch in the rankings of the world's richest people.RELATED: Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp down: Platforms 'coming back online' after outageAccording to Forbes' real-time billionaires list, the drop moved Zuckerberg from #5 to #6 on the publication's list of the world's wealthiest people with a new worth of $116.8 billion, falling behind Larry Ellison's $117.5 billion.

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AstraZeneca asks FDA to authorize antibody treatment to prevent COVID-19

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Man in custody after US Capitol Police investigate suspicious vehicle near Supreme Court

WASHINGTON - U.S. Capitol Police have taken a man into custody after investigating a suspicious vehicle in front of the Supreme Court Tuesday.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThe incident began around 10 a.m.

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AstraZeneca submits preventive covid-19 treatment for FDA authorization

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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen to testify before Congress

WASHINGTON - A Facebook whistleblower is set to testify before Congress on Tuesday for the first time after exposing the company’s awareness of apparent harm to some teens from Instagram and sharing accusations of dishonesty in its fight against hate and misinformation.Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist, was identified in a "60 Minutes" interview on Sunday as the whistleblower who anonymously filed complaints with federal law enforcement.

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Johnson & Johnson seeks FDA approval of COVID-19 booster shot

NEW YORK - Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine as the government looks to expand its booster program. The company said in a statement that it submitted data to the agency, seeking to receive authorization for Americans 18 and up who previously received the J&J vaccine.While J&J said it submitted data on several different booster intervals, ranging from two to six months, it did not formally recommend one to regulators."Our clinical program has found that a booster of our COVID-19 vaccine increases levels of protection for those who have received our single-shot vaccine to 94 percent," said Dr.

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Johnson and Johnson seeking FDA clearance on COVID-19 vaccine booster

Johnson & Johnson asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to allow extra shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward expanding its booster campaign to millions more vaccinated Americans.J&J said it filed a request with the FDA to authorize boosters for people who previously received the company’s one-shot vaccine.

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Facebook’s faceplant: Social giant goes offline amid whistleblower’s damning claims

Facebook, Inc.’s family of popular platforms – Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – all went offline for hours on Monday, causing disruptions around the world.

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At-home COVID-19 test: FDA approves rapid, 30-minute antigen swab kit

agency announced on Monday. The ACON Laboratories Flowflex COVID-19 Home Test is an antigen test that comes with swabs, a chemical solution and a testing strip.

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Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp down: Platforms 'coming back online' after outage

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook and its apps Instagram and Whatsapp appeared to be experiencing issues on Monday that resulted in connection trouble and the inability to load newsfeeds for thousands of users around the world, according to the company.The company did not say what might be causing the outage, which began around 11:40 a.m. ET and was still unfixed more than six hours later, although scattered users have reported partial restoration of one service or another.

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Facebook asks for dismissal of FTC antitrust complaint

WASHINGTON (AP) - Facebook is asking a federal court to dismiss a revised complaint against it by the Federal Trade Commission, arguing that the agency has not provided enough evidence to show that the company is a monopoly.In a motion filed Monday in U.S.

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp down for thousands of users, tracker shows

Online outage tracker downdetector.ca has seen thousands of users report outages on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp on Monday. It is not yet known what caused the outage nor when it will be fixed.

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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down for thousands of users, tracker shows

Facebook and Instagram have been reported as down, impacting thousands of users, tracker downdector.ca shows.On Twitter, the tracker said the two social media platforms, as well as WhatsApp, were experiencing outages just after 11:40 a.m. eastern time Monday.User reports indicate Whatsapp is having problems since 11:45 AM EDT.

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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp experience outages, according to reports

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook and its apps Instagram and Whatsapp appeared to be experiencing issues on Monday morning that resulted in connection trouble and the inability to load newsfeeds for many users, according to reports.The website DownDetector, which shares user-reported issues on websites and other platforms, showed thousands of complaints regarding the Facebook-owned apps around 11:45 a.m. ET.

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‘Parallel epidemic’ of misinformation hurting Albertans alongside COVID-19 pandemic

As misinformation runs rampant online and in social services, trusted medical professionals from across Alberta came together to issue a plea to the public. Morgan Black reports.

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NEW LEAD: Hiker claims he saw Brian Laundrie near Appalachian Trail

TENNESSEE - A Florida man hiking the Appalachian Trail claims he saw Brian Laundrie driving in a white pickup truck around 12:30 a.m. ET on Saturday in Tennessee near the North Carolina border.Dennis Davis, who spoke to a number of news outlets on Saturday including Fox News Digital twice, said it didn't at first register that the driver may have been Laundrie, but after the encounter, he looked up photos of the fugitive wanted on debit card fraud charges, and he then felt convinced enough to call in the sighting to FBI twice, as well as 911 operators in Tennessee and North Carolina."There is no doubt about it.

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Eagles fall to Chiefs 42-30 in Reid's return to Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 03: Darrel Williams #31 of the Kansas City Chiefs runs the ball during the third quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on October 03, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim PHILADELPHIA - Patrick Mahomes threw five touchdown passes three different ways, including three to Tyreek Hill, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 42-30 on Sunday.Andy Reid returned to Philadelphia and earned his 100th career win with the Chiefs, becoming the first coach in NFL history to win 100 games with two teams.

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Wilmington man found shot to death in roadway; investigation underway

WILMINGTON, Del. - Delaware State Police are conducting a homicide investigation after a man was found shot to death in a roadway Saturday night. The incident happened at approximately 10:09 p.m. when troopers were dispatched to the 3800 block of Governor Printz Boulevard for a reported shooting. When troopers arrived, they found a 63-year-old Wilmington man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the road.

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Delhi logs 1 COVID death, 33 new cases in 24 hrs; positivity rate at 0.05%

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Southwest Calgary residents excited over expected ring road opening

The final stretch of Calgary’s southwest ring road is expected to open this weekend. Residents in the area say it’s a long overdue connection. Adam MacVicar reports.

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FDA to weigh Moderna, J&J COVID-19 booster shots in October meetings

Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.In this photo illustration, a vial and a medical syringe seen displayed in front of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States logo.

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Brian Laundrie manhunt: Gabby Petito in new bodycam footage claims fiancé hit her

, Laundrie said he "didn’t have time" to defend himself from allegations he’d struck his fiancé."I pushed her away," he tells the officer. "She gets really worked up, and when she does she swings and she had her cell phone in her hand.

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Experimental pill fights COVID-19, drug-maker Merck claims

experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.If cleared, Merck’s drug would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19, a potentially major advance in efforts to fight the pandemic.

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Sample of PUP claims found almost 10% not eligible for scheme

The Comptroller and Auditor General has found there were not enough checks carried out when people applied for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment last year.

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US unemployment claims rise for 3rd straight week amid delta spread

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose for the third straight week, a sign that the highly contagious delta variant may be slowing the job market's recovery.Claims rose by 11,000 last week to 362,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Since topping 900,000 in early January, applications had fallen fairly steadily as the economy bounced back from last year's shutdowns.

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How to avail insurance claims if you have two health policies

I am covered with an individual health insurance policy. Can I buy two health insurance policies from two different insurance companies? How can I avail myself of a claim in such a scenario?

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YouTube bans all anti-vaccine videos in bid to tackle Covid misinformation

Covid vaccine content from its website, it has been announced. The video hosting website says it will expand its medical misinformation policy with new guidelines on vaccines approved for use in Scotland and across the world.Videos which falsely claim that vaccines are dangerous, do not reduce transmission or contain misinformation on the substances contained in the vaccines will be removed under the new policy.

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YouTube bans content containing misinformation about all vaccines

SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube announced Wednesday that it will block all anti-vaccine content on its platform, expanding beyond COVID-19 vaccines to include content that alleges any of the approved vaccines cause chronic health effects or contains misinformation about the substances in vaccines. As part of its new policy, the online video giant has also taken down the YouTube channels of several well-known anti-vaccine advocates, including those belonging to Joseph Mercola and the Children’s Health Defense Fund, a Robert F.

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Vancouver housing market experiences low vulnerability rate: CMHC

But as Ted Chernecki explains, another report suggests buying a place might be better than renting in the region.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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