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The 287-unit luxury Platform at Union Station apartment building in Lower Downtown sold for $125.5 million to Griffis Residential in what is said to be one of the largest multifamily property transactions in metro Denver in 2023. The 21-story building at 1650 Wewatta St. was built in 2015, directly adjacent to Union Station. Holland Partner Group in Vancouver, Wash., developed the apartment building. City records listed Union Station Investors LP in New York as the former owner. The deal closed Dec. 29. “Platform at Union…

In Brazil, the unabated use of dangerous pesticides reminds the world of the harm done by denying reality. Here, as with everywhere else, synthetic pesticides play a crucial role in agriculture by controlling pests and protecting crops. But because of their high biological activity and persistence in the environment, these substances can harm human health and the ecosystem. All too often, they do just that.Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, who, many times, criticized COVID vaccines by claiming that they were too…

On Wednesday Florida’s state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo called for stopping the use of messenger RNA–based COVID vaccines, citing—without convincing evidence—concerns about DNA fragments from the vaccines entering the human genome. Experts, including those at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, say the claims are unfounded and that this warning could cause great harm by preventing people from getting a potentially lifesaving vaccine.Last December Ladapo sent a letter to the commissioner of the FDA and the director…

January 3, 20244min readSeveral new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptomsBy Shannon Hall At least 200 million people worldwide have struggled with long COVID: a slew of symptoms that can persist for months or even years after an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. But research suggests that that number would likely be much higher if not for vaccines.A growing consensus is emerging that receiving multiple doses of the COVID…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. With Covid concerns once again lingering in the country, people are taking extra precautions this year as they return to work from the holidays or head out for winter travel. Hand sanitizer is once again a must, and airlines are still promoting the wearing of masks when traveling (aside from when you’re eating and drinking). Related: The Best Breathable Face Masks to…

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Coronavirus transmission is once again spiking in California entering the winter holiday season — and a new subvariant may be partly to blame, officials say.This latest subvariant, JN.1, is now estimated to account for roughly 44% of COVID-19 cases nationally, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That share is twice as high as any other identified subvariant, and a startling rise from the prior estimate of 21% for the two-week period that ended Dec. 9.“We’re also seeing…

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This respiratory illness season, face masks are back in fashion. U.S. public health officials are encouraging people to take precautions against rising cases of COVID, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), pneumonia, and the like. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently issued a video advising people to get updated vaccinations and stay home when sick—and, of course, wear a mask—especially as people travel and gather for the holidays.Properly wearing face masks is one of…

We’re still discovering new ways covid-19 can harm us, some four years after the emergence of this complicated viral disease. In a recent report, doctors in Massachusetts describe a teen girl whose vocal cords became paralyzed soon after a bout of covid-19. The girl required a tracheostomy in place for more than a year to help her breathe, though doctors did eventually remove it.With AI Advertising, Nothing is Real | AI UnlockedThe case report, published this week in the journal Pediatrics, was written by doctors from…