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☆ Children’s health leaders call for emergency response as respiratory viruses continue to spread across the US
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And health care systems nationwide continue to feel the strain of a respiratory virus season that has hit earlier and harder than usual. There have been about 8 flu hospitalizations for every 100,000 people this season – rates typically seen in December or January. While the Covid-19 emergency declaration remains in place, the federal government has not made a formal emergency declaration around children’s health care. HHS and the CDC are in regular contact with health care leaders and providers, actively monitoring situational needs and ready to provide assistance on a case-by-case basis, an HHS spokesperson told CNN. They also urge all those eligible to get their flu and Covid-19 vaccines, along with other routine vaccinations.

☆ Several Kentucky supreme court justices sound skeptical of state's near-total abortion ban
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Attendees march during a rally encouraging voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentuckys state constitution, on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 1, 2022. Several Kentucky supreme court justices on Tuesday sounded skeptical of the state's abortion ban, one of the most restrictive in the U.S., during oral arguments in a case that will decide whether women have any access to the procedure in the foreseeable future. Justice Michelle Keller, who once practiced as a registered nurse, said the state constitution protects the right to self-determination. Heather Gatnarek, an ACLU attorney representing the plaintiffs, said Kentucky's abortion ban causes irreparable injury to the patients the state's two abortion clinics serve by forcing them to remain pregnant against their will, subjecting them to physical and mental health risks. If they do block the near-total ban while litigation continues in a lower court, a 15-week abortion ban that's also on the books would remain in effect.

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☆ The method to Elon Musk's Twitter madness reveals itself
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Matt Weinberger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The theme of last week was chaos and hubris, amid a massive wave of tech layoffs and the turmoil at Twitter under new owner Elon Musk. The method to the Twitter madness emerges. Salesforce insiders say they were set up to fail. Last week, Salesforce laid off workers who it said were underperforming. The jokester behind the popular Jesus Christ account on Twitter tells Insider how Elon Musk's new Twitter Blue got him verified after 14 years on the platform.

CNN —Even before their daughter was born in June, Aaron and Helen Chavez knew she would need heart surgery. Data reported to the US government shows that as of Friday, more than three-quarters of pediatric hospital beds and 80% of intensive care beds for kids are full. Federal data shows that the strain on hospital beds for kids began in August and September, which is right around the start of the school year in many areas. It may also mean children who have chronic conditions and need procedures or hospital care, but whose conditions are stable, may have to wait. She was very thin for a baby,” Aaron said.

☆ Amy Schumer almost backed out of hosting 'SNL' after 3-year-old son was hospitalized for RSV
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Mirna Alsharif | Mirna Alsharif Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Amy Schumer almost backed out of hosting "Saturday Night Live" last week after her 3-year-old son, Gene, was rushed to the emergency room for respiratory syncytial virus, she told The Hollywood Reporter. “I was like, ‘I’m obviously not hosting [SNL] anymore," she told the outlet. In an Instagram post she made after hosting the NBC sketch comedy show, Schumer said it had been the hardest week of her life. "I missed Thursday rehearsals when my son was rushed to ER and admitted for RSV," she wrote. Schumer also shared a photo on her Instagram story of her and Gene lying in a hospital bed together as they watched a video on her phone.

☆ I'm a pediatric nurse seeing 50 RSV patients a day. This is what it's like treating inconsolable toddlers with the illness.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They opened up a zone in the hallway where we transported patients down to the emergency and put beds there so that we could keep seeing patients. I've heard this from other PICU nurses in other parts of the country. We're seeing a shortage of pediatric nurses across the countryNot everyone can be a travel nurse. I work with a healthcare company that supplies travel nurses, and we have seen 100% uptick in the request for pediatric nurses and PICU nurses. I think that's due to a lot of PICU nurses during COVID taking care of adult patients.

☆ Rainn Wilson changes name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson to protest climate change
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

“The Office” star Rainn Wilson has changed his name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson to protest climate change. The actor made the announcement via a Twitter video on Wednesday, timed to the United Nations climate change conference COP27 in Egypt this week. “With the help of my scientist friends at Arctic Basecamp, I’ve changed my name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson,” Wilson said in a statement. “This is not a joke, I’m as serious as the melting Arctic, which amplifies global risks including extreme weather events around the globe.”“I’m hoping this name change brings attention to this growing… er, melting issue. Then — and this is the important part — change your social media profile or display name to match your new ArcticRisk name.

☆ Amy Schumer says son Gene, 3, was hospitalized with RSV
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Ariana Brockington | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Amy Schumer has revealed that her 3-year-old son, Gene, was taken to the emergency room last week and treated for respiratory syncytial virus. The 41-year-old comedian shared the health update in an Instagram post on Sunday, hours after she hosted “Saturday Night Live.”In her post, she shared several videos and photos from the past week rehearsing for the comedy sketch show. “I missed Thursday rehearsals when my son was rushed to ER and admitted for RSV. Schumer assured fans that her son is now doing better and has returned home. The “Trainwreck” actor, who typically does not reveal her son’s face on social media, placed a heart emoji on his head.

☆ Accused fraudster Justin Costello has history of posing as billionaire and threatening cops, police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Justin Costello yearbook photo"It's easy to be someone you're not, but hard to be yourself," Wisconsin teenager Justin Costello wrote under his senior photo in the Oconomowoc High School yearbook in 1999. Cash and gold bars as detailed in court filing in US District court in San Diego in case of former fugitive Justin Costello. Another San Diego judge then ordered Costello back to Washington state to face trial in DOJ's criminal case in U.S. District Court, court documents show. Costello's recent arrest is not the first time he has run into trouble with the law — or posed as a billionaire, court and police records show. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards FBI Poster for Justin Costello FBI

☆ An elephant-sized demon cat is said to appear at the US Capitol before national emergencies, according to reports as far back as 1862
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A demon cat is said to appear near the grounds of the US Capitol, the White House Historical Association says. Long considered a prophecy of coming tragedy, the first reported sighting of the demon cat was in the United States Capitol in 1862, during the Civil War. From then on, it was seen in the Capitol building basement before national emergencies, according to the White House Historical Association. "I can put enough pieces together to know where the legend came from," Livengood told Atlas Obscura. The White House Historical Association did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ How George Clooney and Julia Roberts spent their first big paychecks
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

George Clooney and Julia Roberts have been working in Hollywood for over three decades — but the stars of "Ticket to Paradise" and longtime friends can still recall the excitement of receiving their first paychecks like it was yesterday. Roberts, 55, celebrated her first big payday by buying a boombox, she told POPSUGAR during a recent joint interview with Clooney. "Oh, that's great," Clooney said of Roberts' big purchase. "I was living in a closet of my buddy's apartment with his grandmother," he told POPSUGAR. Roberts and Clooney have worked on six films together before: "Ocean's Eleven," "Ocean's Twelve," "Money Monster," "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" and "August: Osage County."

☆ Ben Feigin, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ executive producer, dies at 47
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Ben Feigin, an award-winning producer on “Schitt’s Creek” and founder and CEO of Equation Unlimited, LLC, died Monday of pancreatic cancer. Feigin served as executive producer on “Schitt’s Creek,” serving as a key force in the series’ development and launch. For the final season of “Schitt’s Creek,” Feigin received an Emmy for outstanding comedy series, a Producers Guild Awards for outstanding producer of episodic television for a comedy and a Golden Globe for best musical or comedy television series. Feigin also received a GLAAD Media Award for best comedy series in 2020 and 2021. Feigin joined Anonymous Content in 2006, founding their comedy and enterprise divisions, in addition to continuing work as a producer.

☆ A billing expert investigated her husband's ER bill. She was able to knock thousands off the charge.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Bram Sable-Smith | Kaiser Health News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

She took one look at the hospital charges and decided to investigate further. “Even in our case, we waited until the second bill,” Kalsariya said. Depending on the medical procedure, Kalsariya said, a bill could contain an overwhelming number of line items that are hard to understand. Dr. Bhavin Shah was left with a $3,319 medical bill after he landed in an emergency room following a skiing accident in Wisconsin. But when a KHN reporter responded to the family’s request for help investigating Shah’s hospital bill, the couple decided to send in the form to accurately document their saga.

☆ DeSantis dodges on whether he'd serve out full time as governor but zings Biden and Crist as 'worn-out old donkey' in the process
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"The only worn-out old donkey I want to put out to pasture is Charlie Crist," DeSantis said. DeSantis was implying both Biden and Crist are old. But in the process, DeSantis criticized the age of Crist, a former Democratic congressman, and Republican governor, as well as President Joe Biden. DeSantis' comment comes after Crist accused DeSantis of wanting to run for president in 2024. Trump would be 78 if he were to become president again in 2024 — the same age Biden was when he became president.

☆ While respiratory viruses surge, shortage of pediatric hospital beds delays care for some kids
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Mikalsen knows this process intimately because in addition to being a worried mom, she works in health care. Seattle Children’s Hospital says it is seeing double the number patients they would normally see in October. The Illinois Department of Health alerted hospital systems in the state that they are running out of pediatric intensive care beds. “That’s actually an optimistic number,” says Dr. Deanna Behrens, a pediatric critical care specialist at a children’s hospital in Chicago. With hospital beds in short supply, Mattie McKoy waited weeks for scans he needed.

☆ China shuffles leadership committee and retains many Xi allies
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING — China announced Saturday its new central committee would include many known allies of Chinese President Xi Jinping, while several officials with more market-leaning tendencies were not on the list. That central committee then goes on to determine the core leadership — the Politburo and its standing committee. Four of the current seven members of the Politburo standing committee were not on the list. Li Qiang, Shanghai's party secretary, and his Beijing counterpart Cai Qi remained on the central committee list. Other Xi loyalists the Asia Society had identified were included in the list of new central committee members.

As soon as they saw her vitals, the staff at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland knew they had to admit Raegan, her mom said. “I’m glad I didn’t wait.”There’s now an “unprecedented” rise in RSV cases among children in the US, some doctors tell CNN. In Texas, where RSV cases usually spike in December or January, the emergency department at Cook Children’s in Fort Worth and its urgent cares are seeing a significant number of RSV cases. Nearly half the ICU is filled with RSV cases, hospital spokesperson Kim Brown said; between October 2 and 8, there were 210 RSV cases at Cook Children’s; a week later, there were 288. RSV symptoms RSV is a common virus, but it can cause serious illness, especially in younger infants and older adults.

☆ Sexual assault-related ER visits increased more than tenfold since 2006, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The study authors said their research represents the largest longitudinal study of sexual assault-related visits to emergency rooms in the U.S. That could be because cultural understandings of what constitutes sexual assault have expanded beyond encounters involving extreme physical violence. In 2019, for example, there were more than 139,800 reports of sexual assault to law enforcement compared to 55,296 ER visits. Sexual assault overall makes up just 0.06% of emergency room visits, according to the study. The FBI data, meanwhile, relies on voluntary reports from law enforcement and narrow definitions of sexual assault, according to the study.

☆ These are the emojis you should stop using at work now
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

'Emoji nuance' exists in the workplace and Gen Z professionals are starting to point it out on social media. Career coach says the best use of emojis at work is to 'enhance, not replace' words in a message. But HR expert and Gen Z-er Kevon Martin advised sticking with basic happy or sad face emojis to avoid any misinterpretation. Jordan Hart/InsiderCareer coach Sue Reynolds published a TikTok video advising how and with whom to use emojis while at work. Millennials and up use it frequently and Gen Z believes it to be uncool.

☆ China's top leaders are set for a reshuffle. Here are the names to watch
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

China's top leadership team around President Xi Jinping is set to change this month at a twice-a-decade congress. One of the most closely watched changes in the political reshuffle is the future of Premier Li Keqiang, who turned 67 this year. However, he could remain a standing committee member, JPMorgan analysts said, pointing to a precedent at the 15th party congress. Huang Kunming — Politburo member and head of China's propaganda department, who worked closely with Xi in the provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, the report said. Yang Jiechi, a 72-year-old Politburo member and director of the party's central committee foreign affairs office, is widely expected to retire.

☆ 'Hellraiser' review: Hulu doesn't raise the bar on Clive Barker's gory original
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Although the new “Hellraiser” is billed as “reimagining” Clive Barker’s 1987 horror film, it’s not like the title ever went away, raising six direct-to-video productions (the last one in 2018) after the four theatrical movies. It also fits Hulu’s strategy of premiering movies culled from well-known franchises, with “Prey” – from the “Predator” universe – among the recent examples. For those just seeking another fix of Pinhead and the Cenobites, that’s probably enough to get the job done. But once “Hellraiser” has made that, er, point, the movie feels more like a snack – or ‘bite – than a meal. “Hellraiser” premieres October 7 on Hulu.

☆ 'Quiet quitting' my toxic job gave me time back to start my own business. This is how I did it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Here's why she did it and how she got away with "quiet quitting," as told to Jyoti Mann. I was working hours and hours of overtime but only being paid a very modest salary. I was pretty open and direct about "quiet quitting." "Quiet quitting" for three months gave me the time back to start my own business. "Quiet quitting" is really beneficial for workers that feel undervalued.

☆ This family left the U.S. and bought an apartment in Portugal for $534,000—look inside their 400-year-old home
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-27 | by ( Alex Trias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

How we found our apartment in Lisbon, PortugalJust two days into our vacation, we started making plans to move. Photo: João Esteves for CNBC Make ItWe must have looked at more than 100 apartments online. Photo: João Esteves for CNBC Make ItMy realtor and I sat at a cafe and negotiated back and forth with the owner via text message. We took out a new loan on our Washington, D.C. home that gave us $600,000, and paid for the rest of the Lisbon apartment in cash. Photo: João Esteves for CNBC Make ItAt the other end of the apartment is our bedroom.

☆ The story of Cookies: How a former Wendy's employee turned a popular weed strain with a controversial name into a $1 billion empire
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-08 | by ( Ben Gilbert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

America's first $1 billion weed brand is here, and it's named Cookies. It's a company that he says is now worth at least $1 billion — the world's first legal $1 billion weed brand. From a logo on a hoodie to a billion-dollar companyThe inside of the Santa Ana, California, Cookies marijuana dispensary. He described this time period, between 2010 and 2018, when the first Cookies retail store opened, as a lengthy learning experience. Though he's repeatedly been offered millions of dollars for his majority stake in Cookies, Berner has thus far refused to sell.

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