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CDC advisers recommend updated Covid-19 vaccines

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccine advisers voted 13-1 on Tuesday to recommend updated Covid-19 vaccines for all Americans 6 months of age and older.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, is a panel of experts that advises the CDC on its vaccine recommendations.Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the CDC, must sign off on the recommendations before the shots can be administered. The committee heard in its meeting Tuesday that the new vaccines will be available in pharmacies within 48 hours of her signoff.The endorsement from the committee means the vaccines will be covered by public and private insurance plans.The new vaccines have been updated to fend off the currently circulating viruses that cause Covid-19. They’re arriving amid a late summer uptick in Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths.The most recent data from the CDC shows that hospitalizations for Covid-19 rose 9% from the week prior. Despite the increase, hospitaliz...

San Jose's Bellarmine preps for campus updates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

(BCN) -- Bellarmine College Preparatory, a prestigious private Catholic boys high school in San Jose, is planning for several updates to facilities on its campus in the city's College Park neighborhood. The 17.6-acre campus could see an expansion to its building space--from 347,000 square feet to 487,000 square feet -- if San Jose leaders approve a rezoning and redevelopment plan for the 172-year-old school. The city's Planning Commission will consider approval at its meeting Wednesday, and the San Jose City Council will have the final say at a later date. The planning commission will also consider approval of environmental review documents for both short-term and long-term potential redevelopment on the campus. Plans include relocating a 107-year-old historic home known as Berchmans Hall, located at 870 Elm St., at the corner of West Hedding Street. Apple’s new iPhones get faster chips, better cameras and new charging ports The goal is to move it across Elm Street into ...

Why the new COVID booster shot could be costly for some people

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

The updated COVID-19 booster shots are expected to be available to the public in the coming days, but for adults without insurance, they will be costly.“This is the first time that COVID vaccines are basically entering the commercial market,” said Jennifer Kates, a vaccine policy analyst with KFF, an independent policy research organization. “Up until this time, the federal government had purchased them all and given them for free.”That is why people are encouraged to bring proof of insurance when they get the new booster.“The good news is that virtually everybody with private or public insurance will still not have to pay anything for these vaccines,” Kates said.People under 18 years old will be able to get the boosters for free.However, uninsured adults will need to pay an estimated $110 to $130 for a single dose, unless they can get access to a federal program that offers the new boosters for free.“It’s going to be like the flu shot...

McCarthy pide una investigación formal de juicio político contra Biden en medio de la presión de los conservadores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Kevin McCarthy, anunció este martes que pedirá a sus comisiones dar inicio a una investigación formal de juicio político contra el presidente Joe Biden, a pesar de que todavía no se han probado las acusaciones acerca del presunto beneficio directo que el mandatario podría haber obtenido de los negocios de su hijo en el extranjero.La decisión de McCarthy se produce en medio de la creciente presión de su flanco derecho para que siga adelante con la investigación, incluidos algunos miembros de la extrema derecha que han amenazado con destituir a McCarthy como presidente de la Cámara de Representantes si no avanza lo suficientemente rápido en dicha investigación. McCarthy también está tratando de conseguir votos en el marco de las negociaciones para mantener la financiación del gobierno y evitar un cierre de la administración, más allá de la fecha límite del 30 de septiembre.Fiscal especial acusará a Hunter Biden de cargos rel...

Vaccine skeptics dominate South Carolina pandemic preparation meeting as COVID-19 cases rise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A meeting Tuesday of South Carolina lawmakers considering how to best counter future pandemics was dominated by vaccine skeptics pushing concerns about COVID-19 immunizations that are unaccepted by the greater medical community.Members of the all-Republican panel seeking more independence from federal health regulators were receptive to speakers who sewed doubt about vaccine safety and efficacy, as well as distrust in the scientific establishment. Testimony began with an hourlong presentation from Aaron Siri, the managing partner at a New York law firm that 2021 tax filings show received over $3 million from an influential Texas-based group that campaigns against vaccine requirements.The previously scheduled pandemic preparedness listening session convened just one day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 vaccines in an attempt to temper any surge this fall. Health officials are now treating the shot like the flu immunizations t...

Kaspien Holdings Inc: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Kaspien Holdings Inc. (KSPN) on Tuesday reported a loss of $1.2 million in its fiscal second quarter.The Spokane, Washington-based company said it had a loss of 23 cents per share.The specialty retailer posted revenue of $33.1 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on KSPN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/KSPNSource

La esposa del Chapo, Emma Coronel, saldrá de prisión este miércoles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

(CNN) –– Está previsto que Emma Coronel Aispuro, la esposa del narcotraficante mexicano Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, salga de prisión este miércoles 13 de septiembre.Coronel Aispuro fue sentenciada a tres años de prisión y cuatro años de libertad condicional en noviembre de 2021 por cargos de tráfico de drogas y lavado de dinero relacionados con el imperio de narcóticos de su esposo.Emma Coronel, esposa del Chapo Guzmán, sentenciada a 36 meses de prisiónLa Oficina Federal de Prisiones le confirmó a CNN la fecha prevista para que Coronel Aispuro salga de prisión. Y añadió: “Por razones de privacidad y seguridad, no damos detalles sobre planes de liberación específicos”.Según el localizador de reclusos de la Oficina Federal de Prisiones, Coronel Aispuro se encuentra actualmente en un centro de Gestión de Reingreso Residencial en Long Beach, California.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Farmer Brothers: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

NORTHLAKE, Texas (AP) — NORTHLAKE, Texas (AP) — Farmer Brothers Co. (FARM) on Tuesday reported a loss of $46.8 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.The Northlake, Texas-based company said it had a loss of $2.33 per share. Losses, adjusted to account for discontinued operations, were 84 cents per share.The coffee and tea company posted revenue of $85.5 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $79.2 million, or $4.04 per share. Revenue was reported as $340 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on FARM at https://www.zacks.com/ap/FARMSource

Movie Review: Kenneth Branagh crafts a sumptuously spooky ‘A Haunting in Venice’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

Kenneth Branagh indulges in the kind of macabre theatricality that only a crumbling Venetian palazzo on a stormy Halloween night can provide in “ A Haunting in Venice. ”Moviegoers probably long ago made up their mind one way or another about Branagh’s stately and flawed Hercule Poirot franchise, but should there be any curiosity left for this third installment is worth it. It is spooky, fun and features Tina Fey, looking smart and sleek in post-war suits as the fast-talking author of wildly successful whodunnits who says things like “I’m the smartest person I know” in a mid-Atlantic accent.Set in 1947 on a particularly foggy night in the city of canals, “A Haunting in Venice” is beautiful to look at, with costumes by Sammy Sheldon, production design by John Paul Kelly and cinematography by Haris Zambarloukos. And it’s embellished with moody but palatable scares that feel reminiscent of classics like “The Innocents” and “The Others,” that are enhanced by Hildur Guðnadóttir’s score. I...

Bea Romer, Colorado first lady who championed preschool, dies at 93

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:43 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado first lady Bea Romer, who helped establish public funding for preschool to help the state's neediest children in the 1980s, has died. She was 93.Romer, the wife of former Democratic Gov. Roy Romer, championed early-childhood education nationwide throughout her life. She died in her daughter’s Colorado home on Sunday after a “long illness,” according to a statement from her family. Specifics of the illness were not provided. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox The Colorado Preschool Project, as it was called then, was an early incarnation of what's steadily grown into a universal preschool program for Colorado children that launched in 2023.“Children were the light of her life. Nothing compares to the smile on Bea’s face in the presence of a child. She never stopped thinking about how to make the world better for them,” said Liz Romer, one of Romer's seven children.Romer was born in 1929 in Laramie, Wyoming. Her mother an...