Uncategorized

Influenza continues to spread across the US, infecting millions, CDC reports

Influenza continues to spread across the US, infecting millions, CDC reports

The floodgates have opened for the flu, with millions of people in the US reporting illness and nearly 3,000 deaths from the flu since early October, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.With the start of the holiday season and large family gatherings, cases are expected to continue to rise. “We are likely to see an increase in the coming weeks,” Lynnette Brammer, an epidemiologist and leader of the CDC's household influenza surveillance team, told NBC News. So far this season, there have been approximately 6.2 million cases of flu, according to the most…
Read More
Republican criticism of Trump grows after his dinner with a white supremacist

Republican criticism of Trump grows after his dinner with a white supremacist

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is embroiled in another controversy, and this time some Republicans on Capitol Hill are less willing to defend him.After dining with notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes and rapper Ye, who has come under fire for anti-Semitic comments, former President Trump faces mounting denunciations from Republican senators, including some nominal allies who rarely, if ever, criticize him. him or his actions.In interviews with NBC News as the Senate returned from Thanksgiving recess on Monday, reactions from Senate Republicans ranged from horrified incredulity to calls to shake up Trump's team of advisers to a sense of vindication among…
Read More
Brett Favre’s lawyers file motion to dismiss lawsuit in Mississippi welfare scandal

Brett Favre’s lawyers file motion to dismiss lawsuit in Mississippi welfare scandal

Brett Favre's attorneys filed a motion Monday to dismiss a complaint against the former NFL quarterback and his Favre Enterprise business with the Mississippi Department of Human Services.Favre has been embroiled in the Mississippi welfare scandal and is one of more than three dozen companies being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) in an attempt to recover $24 million of the $ $77 million in federal welfare money, according to Mississippi. This day.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre #4 attempts a pass against the New York Giants October 3,…
Read More
Biden urges Congress to pass legislation to prevent rail strike

Biden urges Congress to pass legislation to prevent rail strike

President Joe Biden on Monday called on lawmakers to quickly pass a labor deal that would prevent what he called a "potentially crippling national rail shutdown" starting Dec. 9.The tentative agreement, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would vote on this week, is aimed at avoiding a freight strike just two weeks before Christmas, but has divided workers into two of the largest rail unions. greats of the countryBiden urged lawmakers to adopt the tentative agreement between rail workers and operators "without modification or delay," warning that the economic fallout from shutting down the nation's freight trains would "devastate"…
Read More