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FDA approves first RSV vaccine for moms-to-be to prevent infections in infants

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

(The Hill) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday approved the first vaccine meant to prevent infections in infants, with the new drug designed to be administered to pregnant mothers in their third trimester so their newborn infants can have protection from the moment they're born.The single-dose injections, called Abrysvo, are made by Pfizer and have been approved for use between 32 through 36 weeks of pregnancy. The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted in favor of recommending the drug in May.Abrysvo has already been approved for use in preventing RSV in older adults.“RSV is a common cause of illness in children, and infants are among those at highest risk for severe disease, which can lead to hospitalization,” Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. What to know about new COVID-19 shots, RSV treatments "This approval provides an option for healthcare providers and pregna...

Buy for $150 or less at Affordable Arts Festival this weekend

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR) — A Littleton-based and highly successful graphic artist will be one of 165 artists selling their work at the annual Affordable Arts Festival.The term "starving artist" doesn’t quite fit Monte Moore. That's because, well, he's successful. Coffee shop uses glass jars to reduce plastic waste He's a Colorado State University graduate in graphic design, but it seems creating art is in his DNA."I was in high school when I was sitting at the art table with other friends there. We were just having a discussion about it. I said, 'I think this is what I want to do for a living,'" Moore said. Pop culture is Moore's bread and butter, but Western art is in his blood.Of all the shows and galleries Moore’s creations have graced, the Affordable Arts Festival has not been one of them until now."Fantastic local reputation. A friend of mine, Bruce White, another local artist, just said this is a show you have to do. It’s the best show, not only for sales, but for great atten...

Denver Police investigate death at Cheesman Park

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Police officers were investigating an outdoor death Monday at Denver's Cheesman Park.Just after 10 a.m. Monday, the Denver Police Department tweeted about an outdoor death investigation at Cheesman Park, located south of East Colfax Avenue. The park itself takes up five square blocks within the neighborhood that bears the same name. ‘South Park’ fan Ed Sheeran dines at Casa Bonita during Denver tour stop The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner will provide the cause of death and identify the person. As of Monday afternoon, Denver Police had not said whether the death was criminal in nature and said they would provide an update when more information became available. This was the second outdoor death investigation in Denver on Monday. The other took place in the 600 block of South Downing Street, which has Washington Park on one side and residential buildings on the other.

New program allows some EV owners in Cambridge to run power to vehicles on the road

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

A pilot program in Cambridge is allowing some residents to run power cables across their sidewalks so that they can charge their electric vehicles on the road.Russell Keziere is one of many Cambridge residents without a garage or driveway. So, when he and his wife bought a new electric vehicle last year, they were presented with a problem.“The choice was to either move to a new home with a driveway in the suburbs, but then we give up Cambridge, which is full of great neighbors, density, places to go,” said Keziere. But now thanks to the program, he doesn’t have that problem because he can run a cable through an ADA compliant ramp.“They’re lightweight, even I can carry them out, put the cable in, charge them, and there’s no problem for people in wheelchairs, shopping carts, baby buggies and that kind of thing,” he said.Cambridge City Councilor Patty Nolan spearheaded the program. Similar initiatives are already underway in other cities, inclu...

Column: Where would the Chicago Cubs be had they re-signed Javier Báez?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

When the Chicago Cubs dealt Javier Báez to the New York Mets during the great summer sell-off of 2021, many fans hoped they’d bring him back as a free agent that offseason.While President Jed Hoyer reportedly spoke with Báez’s agent about a return, the Cubs had no intention of paying the kind of money the Detroit Tigers did when they reeled him in with a six-year, $140 million deal.As Báez faced his old team Monday at Comerica Park, the Cubs were in the middle of a playoff hunt while the Tigers remained in their usual mode — perpetually rebuilding. The Cubs took the first game of the series, 7-6.So would the Cubs be in the same place had Hoyer re-signed Báez?The obvious answer is “no chance.”Báez’s .592 OPS going into Monday’s game was second-worst in the majors among qualified hitters, ahead of only White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson (.568). He’s hit a combined .231 with a .637 OPS in his two seasons in Detroit,...

‘T. rexes’ race to photo finish at Washington state track

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur costumes.The 2023 T-Rex World Championships at Emerald Downs — an event that started in 2017 as a pest control company’s team-building activity — ended in a photo finish on Sunday, with three competitors hitting the finish line together.Ocean Kim, who entered the race as Boto Rex, took top honors in the 100-yard (91.2-meter) dash after officials agreed Kim, of Kauai, Hawaii, hit the finish wire just ahead of the pack. Second place went to Colton Winegar of Boise, Idaho, who entered as Deno the Dino. Seth Hirschi, of Renton, as Rex Ray Machine, finished in third.The actual T. rex roamed the planet between 65 million and 67 million years ago. A study published two years ago in the journal Science estimated that about 2.5 billion of the dinosaurs ever lived. Hollywood movies such as t...

Japan to start releasing Fukushima plant’s treated radioactive water to sea as early as Thursday

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government announced Tuesday the treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be released into the ocean as early as Thursday.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave the final go-ahead at a meeting of Cabinet ministers involved in the plan and instructed the operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, to be ready to start the release Thursday if weather permits.The water release begins nearly 12 and half years after the March 2011 nuclear meltdowns caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami.Japanese fisheries groups have opposed the plan out of worry of further damage to the reputation of their seafood. Groups in China and South Korea have also raised concern, making it a political and diplomatic issue.The government and TEPCO say the water must be released to make room for the plant’s decommissioning and to prevent accidental leaks. They say the treatment and dilution will make the wastewater safer than inte...

FACT FOCUS: Is Dodger Stadium flooded? No, it was just an illusion

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

A viral aerial video of Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium has many social media users convinced that floodwaters submerged the ballpark over the weekend amid Tropical Storm Hilary.“Dodger Stadium flooded in Los Angeles after Tropical Storm Hilary slams California,” reads one popular post on X, formerly known as Twitter, alongside a still from the footage appearing to show the stadium surrounded by water. “Dodger Stadium is an island,” said another.But the team says the stadium, which is built into a hill, was never under water — and the apparent flood in the video is just an optical illusion.Here’s a closer look at the facts.CLAIM: An aerial video shows Dodger Stadium was flooded during Tropical Storm Hilary.THE FACTS: The stadium was not flooded, Steve Brener, a spokesperson for the Dodgers, told The Associated Press. The team also posted a picture online of the parking lot looking dry on Monday. While the footage from Sunday does make it look like a moat formed around the outside of the...

Trump to surrender Thursday on Georgia charges tied to efforts to overturn 2020 election

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

Former President Donald Trump says he will surrender to authorities in Georgia on Thursday to face charges in the case accusing him of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss.“Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump wrote on his social media network Monday night, hours after court papers said his bond was set at $200,000.The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday afternoon that when Trump surrenders, there will be a “hard lockdown” of the area surrounding the main county jail.Trump, according to the papers, is also barred from intimidating co-defendants, witnesses or victims in the case — including on social media — according to the bond agreement signed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Trump’s defense attorneys and the judge. It explicitly includes “posts on social media or reposts of posts” made by others.Trump has repeatedly us...

North Korea may try to launch a military spy satellite in the coming days after its earlier failure

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:27 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — North Korea told Japan on Tuesday it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days, possibly a second try to put a military spy satellite into orbit three months after its first effort failed, Japanese officials said.In late May, a North Korean rocket carrying a spy satellite plunged into the sea soon after liftoff, posing a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to establish a space-based surveillance system to better monitor the U.S. and South Korea. North Korea had vowed to make a second attempt after studying what went wrong with the first launch.Japan’s coast guard said North Korean authorities notified it about a plan to launch a satellite from Aug. 24 and the end of Aug. 30. Coast guard spokesperson Hiromune Kikuchi said that the notice didn’t specify what type of satellite North Korea intends to launch but that he believes it possibly refers to one similar to the spy satellite in the May launch. The North Korean notice mentioned three maritime z...