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If you've made it this far without getting covid, you may be thanking your genes. A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature found that people who have a specific genetic variation of a protein in their body are more likely to never develop symptoms of covid, even if they are infected with the virus. The protein in question is called human leukocyte antigen, or HLA. It is found on the surface of cells and helps alert the body's immune system if something goes wrong, for example, your cell becomes infected with the coronavirus. But the proteins are not identical…

Four other former Northwestern University football players came forward Wednesday to claim they were also subjected to "extreme ritualized sexual hazing" at the prestigious Big Ten school. They spoke a day after an anonymous person filed the first lawsuit. former Wildcats player whose civil complaint went into excruciating detail about hazing he claimed took place within the Northwestern football program.“The university and the soccer program have let us down. That is why we are here today", former player lloyd yachts he told reporters in Chicago, standing with other Wildcats football alumni. warren miles long, simba short and tom carnifax.“We were…

Cristian Ariel Paniagua, the referee attacked in Argentina, spoke after learning of the death of amateur soccer player Alexander Williams Tapón, who had knocked him out on Saturday from a kick to the head. The referee spoke of the alleged extortion and request for money through WhatsApp audios, which denounced the family of the deceased, and wanted them to be misinterpreted. In addition, he suggested that the 24-year-old found dead from a shot to the head "already came with a very heavy backpack, which led him to make that decision." Referee attacked by player found dead speaks Williams Tapón, the…

A proposal to redraw Alabama's congressional districts has been criticized by leaders and advocates, who say the new map is still biased against black residents, despite a Supreme Court order to address the imbalance. Last month, the conservative-led Supreme Court handed an upset victory to voting rights advocates when it struck down the map of Congress drawn up by Alabama's Republicans. Agreeing with a lower court, the Supreme Court said it diluted the power of black voters by having only one majority-black district, even though the state's black population, in about 28%, is big enough to justify two. At the…