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Exhaustion is one reason medical workers have high vulnerability to infection, said John Nicholls, a Hong Kong University pathologist who worked on the 2003 SARS outbreak (he never saw deaths from overwork during the fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome, though). Others include lack of training in personal protective equipment, contaminated surfaces, close contact with sick patients, and — perhaps most pertinent to China’s situation — people operating outside their area of expertise. … [Read more...] about Doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus in China die of both infection and fatigue

Hood completed the new world record at 515 Fitness, which made a day-long event of the goal on Feb. 15, using the hashtags #breatktheplank and#breakthestigma to raise awareness about mental illness. The day's festivities included live music from local school bands, motivational speeches, raffle prizes and an after-party with pizza. … [Read more...] about Naperville Man, 62, Sets Planking World Record

“Meowijuana is all about having fun, using puns and cat spoofs in each of our products, to appeal to both cats and their people,” states Meowijuana Partner and Chief Meowing Officer Geralynn Cada-Ragan. “Our goal is to inspire more daily engagement between humans and cats through product-solutions that offer a great appeal for all. Gone are the days of the same old boring cat toys, and the Meowijuana team is thrilled to showcase our latest innovations this week at the pet industry’s biggest stage – Global Pet Expo 2020. … [Read more...] about Meowijuana®, a Natural Catnip Company, Launches New Out of the World Cat Toys and Buzzworthy Cat Treats at Global Pet Expo 2020

Douglas, who has acted and produced in dozens of films over a five-decade career, won the Academy Award for best actor for his role as ruthless financier Gordan Gekko in the 1987 movie “Wall Street.” Other films have included “Fatal Attraction,” “Basic Instinct,” “Romancing the Stone,” “Traffic” and the recent “Ant-Man” superhero movies. He also won an Emmy and Golden Globe for his portrayal of Liberace in the 2013 HBO production “Behind the Candelabra.” … [Read more...] about Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones to co-host Jerusalem ceremony

Nobody could accuse them, however, of not having put their own blood at risk. Returning to the Yale campus in New Haven, Conn., for the school year, the young men enlisted more of their friends and classmates in their flying scheme; eventually 28 joined together to form the “Yale Aero Club.” Davison went to Washington to offer the organization’s services to the Navy as a reserve unit. However, the Secretary of the Navy lacked the imagination to envision the potential value of their services for his surface fleet. Nonetheless, the farsighted Davison and his friends continued with their own family money to pursue flight training, convinced that this disruptive new technology would one day overturn the hidebound Navy’s ways of making war. With the help of a young Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Davison and some of his classmates did fly from New Haven occasionally to the New London Navy Submarine Base where they went out with their own … [Read more...] about When The One Percent Sent Its Kids to War