It has been more than a year and a half into a pandemic that has killed over 4. 5 million people and returned all of our lives upside down. The world scientists are still hunting for answers. This startsed in wuhan at th market. The first hypothesis is it came from a bat. With 75% of all emerging diseases caused by a jump from animals into humans, there were warning signs. Every few years there is a new spillover event with a new disease that humans have no i m t immunity to. It s a probability this originated from animals as well but the possibility also remains that the virus leaked from a lab. The wuhan novel respiratory coronavirus lab. The disease is the same name as the lab. It s a laboratory at the heart of the city where the outbreak occurred that s undertaking some risky work. Laboratory accidents happen much more often than we know. The biological window to learn what happened thanks window might be closing. , happe window might be closing. Twindo closing. Hwindow might be cl
U. S. Capitol police say the force is closely monitoring plans for gathering september 18th. Associated press say sources show extremist groups plan to attend the rally, designed to demand justice for the hundreds of people charged in connection with january s insurrection. The associated press adds that discussions are under way about whether to reinstall the fence put up around the capitol after the riot, and politico reports that new court filing shows prosecutors who reviewed body cam footage concluded the rioters committed more than 1,000 assaults on federal officers. In texas, ban on abortion after six weeks is raising fears about the future of roe v. Wade. New measure is strictest state level abortion ban that went into effect after the supreme court did not act on a request to block it. Private individuals can sue anyone who performs an abortion or helps a woman obtain one. White house wasted no time in voicing objections to the ban. This extreme texas law blatantly violates th
Authorization. The moderna vaccine is expected to be fully approved in the fall. Experts believe full approval will make a difference in convincing some people to get vaccinated. But perhaps more importantly, it could lead to a surge in vaccine mandates. Today, the cdc reported 135,494 new cases of coronavirus today in the united states. Across the nation, the weekly average for covid hospitalizations is 11,521. That s an increase of 14. 2% from the week before. In six states, alabama, florida, louisiana, mississippi, oregon, and washington, new admissions of patients with coronavirus are currently at their highest level since the start of the pandemic. Hospitalization and infection rates for children are also on the rise. Nbc news reporting as of wednesday, u. S. Hospitals were tending to an average of more than 1,200 children a day, twice the number from the end of july. Alabama admitted nearly 260 kids between august 10 and 16, an average of 37 per day and an increase of more than 3
From the week before. In six states, alabama, florida, louisiana, mississippi, oregon and washington, new admissions of patients with coronavirus are currently at their highest levels since the start of the pandemic. Hospitalizations and infection rates for children are also on the rise. Nbc news reporting, as of wednesday, u. S. Hospitals were attending to an average of more than 1200 children a day. Twice the number from the end of july. Alabama admitted nearly 260 kids between august 10th and 16th. An average of 37 per day. And an increase of more than 300% from the previous week. Florida leads the nation entrails children hospitalized with covid19, averaging 54 new admissions a day over the past week, according to the cdc. Of course, florida s republican governor, along with a number of other republican governors across the country, are still banning mask mandates in schools. But parents and school boards, they are fighting back. Millions of students in florida, texas and arizona a
Firmly in control of kandahar, the second largest city in afghanistan. The militants expanding their territory in the south, north and the west. Where they seized the historic city of herat, and waits military commander. In this taliban propaganda video, the man who fought the taliban in 2001, says he hopes the militants will bring peace, stability and security. The lightning fast takeover has shocked the world. The militant group took its first provincial capital one week ago today. Now, their territory looks like this, closing in on kabul. The pentagon scrambling to send 3000 troops to the kabul airport, most arriving by the end of this weekend, a temporary mission to get embassy staff out safely. The deteriorating conditions are a factor, a big factor in why the president has approved this mission. As the u. S. Embassy is ordering staff to destroy sanctity of documents and computers, according to a memo obtained by npr. Nbc news has confirmed that half of afghanistan s provincial ca