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A large trial known as COPCOV being led by the University of Oxford, U.K., the Wellcome Trust and the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Thailand is aiming to enrol more than 40,000 frontline health care workers and staff who have close contact with COVID-19 patients. The goal is to investigate whether or not hydroxychloroquine and the related drug chloroquine are effective in preventing or reducing the severity of COVID-19 infections....

Mings said Patel seemed “interested and engrossed” in his perspective during a Zoom call Patel invited him onto to share his thoughts on racism. Patel has since opposed players kneeling or making gestures to signal their support for the anti-racist movement. Mings said he hopes education will help Patel and others understand why the players are kneeling. “The home secretary is one of many, many people that oppose us taking the knee or refuse to defend it,” Mings said Tuesday at England’s St....

Judging from Bolton’s reaction, you might have thought that Malloch Brown had just insulted the ambassador’s mother. Red-faced and furious, Bolton declared that Malloch Brown, as a mere “international civil servant” who had no right to say such things. “It’s just illegitimate,” Bolton said. The hardliners in the House of Representatives promptly voted to cut millions from U.S. dues as retribution for Brown’s words. That little-noted exchange offers a lot of insight into the problem of John Bolton, who announced Monday he was stepping down after Democrats made it clear that they would not confirm his recess appointment when they take control of Congress in January....

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent group of medical experts that makes evidence-based recommendations for preventive services and screenings, suggested that screening at a younger age could facilitate earlier medical treatment. The new guideline comes amid rising rates of obesity and diabetes in the United States. Around 13% of U.S. adults have diabetes while 34.5% meet the criteria for prediabetes, according to CDC’s 2020 National Diabetes Statistics Report....

Speaking with the BBC, the last leader of the Soviet Union warned that the U.S. and Russia remain in a state of conflict even though the Cold War ended some 30 years ago. This confrontation—which he described as “chilly, but still a war”—is among the greatest threats to global security, the 88 year old suggested. “Look at what’s happening—in different places there are skirmishes, there are shootings,” he explained. “Ships and aircraft are being sent here, there and everywhere....

Bradley Lowery, for those of you who are still not aware, was a Sunderland fan who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, neuroblastoma, at just 18 months. He, however, fought the disease valiantly, but succumbed to it on July 7, 2017. He regularly appeared as a mascot in many of the club’s games last season. During his time as a mascot, he struck a great friendship with the then-Sunderland striker, Jermain Defoe, who did his best to support his little pal....

Both of them were on top of their game and the animosity between the two was there to see. Deville picked up the win tonight on SmackDown but something tells us that this is far from over. Next was an eight-man tag team match that featured all four teams from this Sunday’s SmackDown Tag Team Championship match. While Miz & Morrison and The Forgotten Sons won tonight’s battle, all four teams put on a clinic tonight in what could be a prelude to things to come at MITB....

The trend essentially involves posting a heavily filtered photo of a public figure (actors, singers, politicians, and reality TV personalities have all been featured) with a sentimental caption along the lines of “My gorgeous mother (Russia, 1992)” or “Grandma in the ’50s.” The bulk of the humor comes from the discrepancy between the implication (that the subject of the photo is a relative) and the reality (that the subject of the photo is a household name)....

Right after Virat Kohli mentioned the pacer would replace Shahbaz Ahmed at the toss, fans expressed their disappointment on the micro-blogging site. Fans drew quite a few comparisons between Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, and Navdeep Saini. They commented that Siraj was walking in Bumrah’s path in terms of nailing the yorkers and variations, while Navdeep Saini was walking in the ace pacer’s path in terms of bowling no-balls. The fact that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) also failed to pick up a wicket in the powerplay for the first time this season disappointed the aficionados....

Japan’s Momiji Nishiya, 13, clinched the Olympic title in the women’s street skateboarding competition on Monday, becoming the first female skateboarder to strike gold at an Olympics and one of the youngest gold medal winners in Olympic history. Brazil’s Rayssa Leal, also 13, took the silver medal, similarly becoming the South American nation’s youngest-ever Olympic medallist. After nailing their final runs, the teenagers shook hands off the skate park, before Leal pulled her rival in for a heartfelt hug....

Rocco Grimaldi was playing a minor league game in San Antonio on Tuesday morning. On Tuesday night, he was playing an NHL game near his hometown. And his mom watched him play both games. Grimaldi, a 21-year-old forward, got The Call from the parent Panthers during the second intermission of a matinee in Texas that began at 10:36 a.m. CT. Florida needed reinforcements for its 9:35 p.m. CT game against the Kings after Aleksander Barkov was scratched with an illness....

House of the Dragon was a huge success for HBO. It pulled in similar numbers as Game of Thrones did in its later seasons and very quickly earned an official renewal for season 2. HBO had been planning for more Game of Thrones spin-offs since before the show had concluded, as the first show was one of HBO’s tent pole successes and its ending threatened to leave a gap in HBO’s line-up....

Instead, the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase concentrated its presentation on niche announcements. This included the mobile game Marvel World of Heroes, the visual novel Tron: Identity, and the Mario Kart-esque Disney Speedstorm. Its most sizable announcement, or at least the most anticipated, was the reveal of Skydance’s Marvel game. However, that game did not even share its title, and its details remain obscure besides who its four playable protagonists are....

According to a press release issued by the zoo, two gorillas began coughing on January 6, which prompted zoo officials to initiate “the process of testing fecal samples from the gorillas for SARS-CoV-2 through the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System.” “On January 8, the preliminary tests detected the presence of the virus in the gorilla troop,” the press release said. “The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed the positive results on Monday, January 11....

According to the statement, the first cat was tested by its veterinarian after showing signs of a mild respiratory illness. While the cat tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, no individuals in the household where the cat lived, were confirmed to have the virus. “The virus may have been transmitted to this cat by mildly ill or asymptomatic household members or through contact with an infected person outside its home,” the statement read....

The Bothell Police officers were shot during a chase after initiating a traffic stop on a black sedan along westbound State Route-522 at around 9:40 p.m. on July 13. After a short pursuit, the vehicle struck a pedestrian, crashed through the center median and stopped in the 10300 block of Woodinville Drive before gunfire was exchanged. The suspect then fled the scene on foot. In a press conference, Bothell Police Captain Mike Johnson said one of the officers is dead and the other is in Harborview Medical Center being treated for non-life-threatening injuries....

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