The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced they seized and destroyed more than 1,900 pounds of prohibited pork, poultry, and ruminant products from New York City-area retailers during the last quarter of 2021. These items were sourced from China, lacked required importContinue Reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) report a trend that could have deadly effects and lead to another outbreak of disease in the form of bushmeat smuggled into the country. Since late December, CBP Agriculture Specialists at MSP have observedContinue Reading
Just a week into the new year, the Tampa Convention Center is excited to announce it will co-host the 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships and National Congress and Trade Show. The annual national event will take place August 18-21, 2022, with Amalie Arena hosting the artistic gymnastics championships, which will determineContinue Reading
The latest Florida Chamber statewide poll shows a majority (50:41) of likely Florida voters believe Florida is headed in the right direction, while at the same time nearly three-quarters of voters believe the country is on the wrong track. Only three of Florida’s ten media markets believe Florida is onContinue Reading
The City of Tampa has been awarded nearly $2 million to put toward one of its affordable housing programs. On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced it will distribute more than $100 million to non-profit organizations, and state and local government agencies,Continue Reading
The Big Bounce America, home of the only Guinness-certified world record holder of The World’s Largest Bounce House, rolls into Sarasota, Florida from Friday, January 14th through Sunday, January 16th, 2022 at Nathan Benderson Park. Produced by XL Event Lab, The Big Bounce America is the biggest touring inflatable eventContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported the first cases of strangles of the year in horses in Polk and Hardee counties. Both cases were reported on private facilities in their respective counties. The highly contagious upper respiratory disease of equids, known as Strangles, is caused by theContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine or testing requirement aimed at businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to go into effect nationwide. The majority of justices, 6-3, sent a clear message that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), charged with protecting workplaceContinue Reading
Scientists estimate that a one-year increase in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic will result in 8,000 additional deaths from alcohol-related liver disease, 18,700 cases of liver failure, and 1,000 cases of liver cancer by 2040. In the short term, alcohol consumption changes due to COVID-19 are expected to causeContinue Reading
The United States and Japan recognize and take seriously the severity of the rising number of COVID-19 cases throughout Japan. U.S. Forces, Japan (USFJ) and the Government of Japan (GOJ) are working closely to ensure the safety of the Japanese public and U.S. military personnel and their families, balancing theContinue Reading
Last week, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul announced he would be quitting YouTube citing, “I have come to the realization that my relationship with YouTube is dysfunctional.” “I begin my exodus from Big Tech, starting with the worst censor of all, YouTube,” said Dr. Paul. “As a libertarian leaning Senator, I think privateContinue Reading
According to the Vietnam Ministry of Health, the Capital city of Hanoi has reported nearly 17,500 new COVID-19 cases in 7 days. In 7 days from January 2-8, Hanoi recorded an average of 2,500 cases of COVID-19 daily. The Hanoi Department of Health on the evening of January 8 announced thatContinue Reading
On Friday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced securing 15,000 doses of Regeneron have been secured for the people of Florida and will be immediately utilized to support new monoclonal antibody sites. Earlier this week, Governor DeSantis highlighted the importance of these lifesaving therapeutics and called on the Biden Administration toContinue Reading
On Thursday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that the New Jersey National Guard will be deploying to long-term care facilities throughout New Jersey to assist with COVID-19 response efforts and to augment facilities’ staffing. “Time and time again, the New Jersey National Guard has stepped up to the plateContinue Reading
The Philippines Department of Health reported 310 additional dengue fever cases the week ending November 13, including two fatalities. From 1 January to 13 November 2021, there have been a total of 66,655 dengue cases including 237 deaths (CFR 0.4%) reported, this is 18% lower compared to the 81,396 casesContinue Reading
Women vaccinated against COVID-19 transfer SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to their breastfed infants, potentially giving their babies passive immunity against the coronavirus, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research. The study, published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, measured the immune response to the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in both breast milk and theContinue Reading
Since the beginning of 2021 and as of December 20, there have been 300 probable and 88 laboratory confirmed cases of yellow fever (YF), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Among the probable cases, there have been 66 deaths reported from six countries; Ghana (42); Cameroon (8); Chad (8);Continue Reading
Yuzhou, which has a population of 1.1 million, officially shutdown overnight, stalling transportation systems except for all but essential food stores. Xi’an, where 13 million have been confined to their homes since December 23, continued to be closed down ahead of the Lunar New Year and the Winter Olympics inContinue Reading
A student at Loyola Marymount University, a private Catholic university had her final paper marked down for referring to God as male and had to defend that choice in a revised version of the paper to get full credit. The private Catholic university theological studies professor Cecilia González-Andrieu cited theContinue Reading
Andrew Cuomo won’t be held criminally accountable for his “forcible touching” women and actions as governor of New York. The New York Post reported on Monday that “Albany County District Attorney David Soares is expected to drop criminal charges of forcible touching against disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo days before he was to beContinue Reading
Cancer deaths rose to 10 million and new cases jumped to over 23 million globally in 2019, according to a new scientific study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine. At the start of the decade in 2010, total cancer deaths numberedContinue Reading
