53 m. ago America’s infatuation with boy geniuses and ‘Great Men’ is ruining us

We’re obsessed with narratives about powerful men and how they got that way. But our mania for founder myths obscures an ideology of inequalityOne Saturday in the spring of 2021, a little achy after receiving our first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, my husband and I decided to stay in bed and click on the first thing suggested to us by our TV. It was WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, a documentary produced by Hulu about the New York startup WeWork’s spectacular fall from grace. The film mostly chronicles the misdeeds of founder Adam Neumann, the surfer-dude dolt who turned a good idea – co-working spaces that lease small offices to tech startups – into a surreally overvalued conglomerate, before he made a mortifying attempt to take the company public that eventually ended in his forced resignation. As a consolation prize, Neumann infamously received a $1.7bn golden parachute.The WeWork cautionary tale is partly about slick marketing, which is what seems to...

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52 h. ago GPs 'send urgent sex warning texts' after surprise pregnancy alert

The news comes after a dramatic warning from health officials that so called 'skinny jabs' could harm unborn babies - advising women to stop taking them if they fall pregnant

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2 d. ago ‘She’s sold out’: Meghan McCain accused of going ‘full grift’ after promoting COVID vaccine ‘detox’

‘Grifters can only keep up a grift for so long,’ Meghan McCain ironically tweeted just a few months ago

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2 d. ago 'Mounjaro babies' alert as women fall pregnant while taking weight

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued its first alert to the public on contraception and weight loss and diabetes jabs after concerns they may not be used safely

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3 d. ago NHS deadline warning for Covid booster jab as new variant NB.1.8.1 hits UK

Those eligible for the spring Covid-19 vaccine can still get the jab

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3 d. ago Who can get a Covid booster jab as new variant NB.1.8.1 arrives in UK

The full list of eligibility criteria for getting the Covid-19 vaccine spring booster on the NHS

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4 d. ago Covid NB.1.8.1 variant symptoms, vaccines and travel advice as it spreads in UK

Cases of the new Covid variant have been confirmed in both Northern Ireland and Wales

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8 d. ago CDC removes language that says healthy kids should get COVID shots

The nation’s top public health agency has posted new recommendations that healthy children may — but no longer should — get COVID-19 vaccinations

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1 week ago Doctors fear ‘devastating consequences’ for pregnant people after RFK Jr order on Covid

The US health secretary decided to remove booster shots from the recommended immunization scheduleAdvocates for pregnant people said they are alarmed by Robert F Kennedy Jr’s unprecedented and unilateral decision to remove Covid-19 booster shots from the recommended immunization schedule.A vaccine’s inclusion on the schedule is important for patient access, because many private health insurance plans determine which vaccines to cover based on the schedule. Continue reading...

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1 week ago RFK Jr drops Covid vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children from CDC list

It comes as a new Covid variant proliferates around the U.S.

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1 week ago New Covid variant spreading from Asia now surges across US — what is it and where is it spreading

The spread of NB.1.8.1 comes after the Trump administration announced a plan to limit access to Covid vaccines

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1 week ago Kennedy says COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women

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1 week ago A new Covid variant surging in Asia is now spreading across the US. Here’s where it is and what to know

The spread of NB.1.8.1 comes after the Trump administration announced a plan to limit access to Covid vaccines

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2 w. ago Pregnant women moved to safety as fire breaks out on roof of maternity hospital

The blaze has now been extinguished

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2 w. ago Fire at major maternity hospital as pregnant women and babies evacuated

Black smoke has been spotted pouring out of a major maternity hospital.

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2 w. ago Pregnant women and babies evacuated from UK hospital as huge fire breaks out

The fire broke out at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol as pregnant mums and babies were evacuated and firefighters tackled the blaze with 'thick, black smoke' pouring from the building

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2 w. ago Trump's FDA drops Covid vaccine bombshell as Pfizer and Moderna admit heart damage risk

The FDA is forcing Pfizer and Moderna to expand warning labels about the risks of two forms of heart damage, myocarditis and pericarditis, that have been tied to Covid vaccines.

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2 w. ago Biden officials hid deadly health risks of COVID vaccines, bombshell Congressional report reveals

The Biden administration has been accused of purposefully covering up potentially deadly side effects of the Covid vaccines.

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2 w. ago Moderna withdraws application for US approval of combined flu

After talks with Food and Drug Administration, company plans to resubmit vaccine application later this year Moderna said on Wednesday it had withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and Covid combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the US Food and Drug Administration.The company said it would resubmit the application later this year with vaccine efficacy data from a late-stage trial of its experimental seasonal influenza vaccine, which it expects to report this summer. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump Jr says ‘maybe one day’ when asked if would ever run for president – US politics live

President’s eldest son says ‘that calling is there’ while speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that his administration will move forward with developing the so-called “Golden Dome” missile defense system that he envisions will protect the United States from possible foreign strikes using ground and space-based weapons.Flanked by the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, in the Oval Office, Trump also said that he wanted the project to be operational before he left office. He added that Republicans had agreed to allocate $25bn in initial funding and Canada had expressed an interest in taking part.The Trump administration said it will permit use of Covid vaccines by adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, raising questions about whether some people who want a vaccine will be able to get one. The FDA framework, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, urges companies to conduct large, lengthy studies before tweaked ...

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