Rio de Janeiro

The Municipal Health Department of Rio de Janeiro (SMS-Rio) confirmed today the first case of monkeypox in the city. The victim is a 38-year-old Brazilian who lives in London, England. He arrived in Brazil on Saturday (June 11) and, the following day, sought medical attention at the National Institute of InfectiousContinue Reading

An argument that started Friday afternoon at the Club Vape kiosk at the Westfield Brandon mall led to one person getting shot outside the mall. Now, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) announced the arrest of the suspect Saturday night. Quran Deandre Johnson, 19, was arrested while operating a stolenContinue Reading

The Florida Department Agriculture and Consumer Services reported on a Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) case in a 4-year-old pony from Columbia County in northern Florida. The unvaccinated horse presented with signs of apprehension, depression, fever, muscle twitch, incoordination, inability to stand, and head pressing, and listlessness earlier this month. TheContinue Reading

President Biden created more outrage Tuesday with statements defending abortion in the wake of the leaked SCOTUS opinion draft which indicated the court’s intention to overturn Roe v. Wade. “Roe says what all basic mainstream religions have historically concluded, that the existence of a human life and being is a question.Continue Reading

The Endurance, the ship of British explorer and World War I veteran Ernest Shackleton, was found off the coast of Antarctica in the Weddell Sea, preserved by the icy waters Over 100 years after it went missing, crashing in 1915, the Endurance was located by a team of marine archeologists andContinue Reading

Buenos Aires

Officials in Buenos Aires province say the cocaine that caused the deaths of 23 people in Argentina last week and hospitalized 84 more was adulterated with a powerful opiate. Investigators are also seeking to clarify whether the distribution of these highly toxic drugs was due to a mistake made by those who cut the narcotics,Continue Reading

The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reports that of the latest batch of samples sequenced, 677 samples, more than 91 percent were the Omicron variant (618) and five percent were the Delta variant of COVID-19 (35). In addition, health officials report the BA.2 sub-lineage was found to be the majorityContinue Reading

Disney is honoring Women’s History month by redesigning Minnie Mouse to look less feminine, changing her classic dress to a new polka dot pantsuit. Beginning on March 6, 2022, at Minnie Mouse will begin wearing the new blue pantsuit at Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris, designed by StellaContinue Reading

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston removed DJ Ferguson from their heart transplant list because he’s not vaccinated and so the “patient who receives a transplanted organ has the greatest chance of survival.” According to Ferguson’s father, the COVID vaccine goes against his son’s “basic principles, he doesn’t believe inContinue Reading