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The largest study of its kind ever carried out in the UK has found that 7,180 of the 40,393 hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 could have been avoided had the population been fully vaccinated.The landmark study from Health Data Research (HDR) UK and the University of Edinburgh looked at the hospitalizations and deaths that occurred across the region – England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales – from June 1 to September 30, 2022.The extensive work saw researchers access secure, anonymized National Health Service…

Eleven years ago, my colleagues and I estimated that about 2 million people around the world were dying from fungal infections annually. My latest estimate puts the figure today at nearly double that: around 3.8 million deaths.To put this in perspective, it accounts for around 6.8% of total global deaths. Coronary heart disease is probably responsible for 16% of the world's total deaths, followed by stroke at 11%. Smoke-related lung disease (COPD) comprises 6% of total deaths, with fungal infection being responsible for…

When police officers went to a house on South Church Avenue in Reedley, Calif., on Saturday morning to make a welfare check, they were not prepared for the scene that greeted them when they entered. They saw evidence of a burglary, but also signs of a violent crime, Reedley Police Chief Joe Garza said at a news conference Wednesday.In the backyard, they found two bodies — and what appeared to be freshly dug earth, Garza said. Police officers painstakingly dug up the ground with their hands and found a third body in a…

Your drive into the office likely takes longer than ever. Your holiday travel plans may have been delayed, then delayed again. And you’ve probably noticed how common it is for the driver next to you to be distracted by the blue glow of their phone. Whether you’re stuck in rush hour traffic, behind an erratic and dangerous driver, or witnessing a crash on the side of the road, it’s easy to feel like our transportation system is moving in the wrong direction—that driving is getting worse instead of getting better. …

A lawsuit blaming Snapchat for a series of drug overdoses among young people can proceed, a Los Angeles judge ruled this week. A group of family members related to children and teens who overdosed on fentanyl sued Snapchat maker Snap last year, accusing the social media company of facilitating illicit drug deals involving fentanyl, a synthetic opioid many times deadlier than heroin. Fentanyl, which is cheap to produce and often sold disguised as other substances, can prove lethal in quantities as small as a 2…

Mob movies bring a lot of destruction, and a lot death. Some of the most memorable death scenes stay with us long past walking out of the theater or turning off the TV. It's not always the most violent ones that spook us, though sometimes they do. Here is our haunting list of mob deaths in movies that we can't stop thinking about. (Obviously, big spoilers ahead for the movies mentioned in this list!) (Image credit: Paramount)Sonny Corleone (The Godfather)It's not like audiences are ever surprised to see Don Corleone's…

While he's technically not an alien, Hyperion is his world's last Eternal and was sent to Earth on a ship similar to Kal-El's in the moments before his planet is destroyed. Just like Clark Kent, his human father instilled in him the morals and sense of justice that would lead him to heroism. The two share a similar power set, including flight, super-speed, super-senses, and unfathomable strength. Hyperion even has his own Atomic Vision to match Supes' Heat Vision. The resemblances between the two…

Colorado saw fewer work-related fatalities in 2022, bucking a trend that saw workplace deaths rise nationally, according to an update from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday. Colorado recorded 89 worker deaths on the job last year, which is a 7.3% decrease from the 96 workers who died on the job in 2021, according to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries program, which is a collaborative effort between the CDLE’s Office of Labor Market Information and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last year,…

2023 was filled with emotions as we said goodbye to many notable faces. From Friends star Matthew Perry's sudden death to Dixie Chicks' Laura Lynch's tragic car crash, fans across the world were left shocked after their favourite star's deaths. However, their legacies continue as they live on forever in the hearts of those who love them. Here's a list of this year's most shocking celebrity deaths: Matthew Perry, Lisa Marie Presley, Angus Cloud, and Tina Turner died in 2023 Laura Lynch Wrap up the year gone by…

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. —  John Heenan knows the terror of feeling a sting on his foot, then looking down and seeing two bright red puncture wounds about an inch apart and a massive rattlesnake slithering away into tall grass.It was a summer morning in 2017, and the 74-year-old horticulturist was carrying a box of fruit in a Marin County orchard when, he said, “I stepped right on him, then called out to a partner, ‘Hey, I’ve been bitten by a rattlesnake.’”It’s a snapshot imprinted in Heenan’s brain. “The fangs struck a…