Has anyone ever tried to question your dream with critiques like: What are you going to do with an art degree? Or, playing video games is not a job! Or, drawing cartoons is just a kids’ hobby, isn’t it? Well, Otis College of Art & Design has some answers for them — and maybe, for […]
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Houston entrepreneur launches online upcycled fashion marketplace – Houston Chronicle
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateFashion entrepreneur Hannah Le wears upcycled denim from Re.Statement, Le’s new upcycled clothing online marketplace on December 15, 2022, in Houston, Texas. Le won a $10,000 award from the city’s Lift Off Houston program to hep launch the marketplace.Iris Welch, 62, and her mother, Annie […]
Continue readingChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tests positive for COVID-19 again – Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot masks up at a March news conference. She tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, according to her office.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-TimesFor the second time this year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has tested positive for COVID-19. Lightfoot’s office announced her latest diagnosis Friday afternoon as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rise once again across Illinois heading […]
Continue readingL.A. County returns to strongly recommending COVID masking – Los Angeles Times
Amid a sustained rise in coronavirus transmission, Los Angeles County is once again strongly recommending wearing a mask in indoor public spaces.The daily number of newly reported cases has jumped almost 70% from a month ago, though case rates are still well shy of previous waves and officials continue to tout the benefits of available […]
Continue readingFlu and RSV hit hard and early; now, Covid-19 is starting to rise – CNN
Flu and RSV hit hard and early; now, Covid-19 is starting to rise CNNsource
Continue readingActive COVID-19 cases, deaths rise in West Virginia on Friday – WCHS
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Continue readingXi Jinping tied himself to zero-Covid. Now he keeps silent as it falls apart – CNN
Xi Jinping tied himself to zero-Covid. Now he keeps silent as it falls apart CNNsource
Continue readingChina’s Covid-19 patients face insurance battle over pandemic-related payouts – South China Morning Post
Published: 7:27pm, 17 Dec, 2022Updated: 8:35pm, 17 Dec, 2022 source
Continue readingWhat China's Zero-COVID Protesters Say About the Crackdown – TIME
Just a few days after the zero-COVID protests began in Shanghai, Xia, 17, went to see her friends’ performance of their theater school play in early December. It was a routine production except for a small but significant change. In one scene, one of the characters throws his hands up, flinging a stack of white […]
Continue readingEarly Estimates of Bivalent mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness in… – CDC
Early Release / December 16, 2022 / 71 Mark W. Tenforde, MD, PhD1; Zachary A. Weber, PhD2; Karthik Natarajan, PhD3,4; Nicola P. Klein, MD, PhD5; Anupam B. Kharbanda, MD6; Edward Stenehjem, MD7; Peter J. Embi, MD8,9; Sarah E. Reese, PhD2; Allison L. Naleway, PhD10; Shaun J. Grannis, MD9,11; Malini B. DeSilva, MD12; Toan C. Ong, […]
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