The chair of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry will not “hesitate to make recommendations about the use of social media” and its role in spreading “misinformation and disinformation” around vaccines, the secretary to the inquiry has told Sky News. The independent public inquiry resumes on Tuesday with Module 4 looking at Vaccines and Therapeutics. Ben Connah,
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Volkswagen U.S. assembly of all-electric ID.4 flagship in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2022. Volkswagen The new Republican-majority Congress has wasted no time in making its energy priorities clear. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said from the House floor minutes after his reelection, “We have to stop the attacks on liquefied natural gas, pass legislation to
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A hospital in north London has advertised for a corridor nurse, as the NHS grapples with a winter crisis of rising pressures. Recent days have seen more than a dozen hospitals declaring critical incidents as a “quad-demic” of flu, COVID, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) all put a strain on the health service’s resources.
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Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy has met Israel’s prime minister in an effort to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza before the president-elect takes office on 20 January. Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed details of the meeting with Steve Witkoff on Saturday, adding that the head of the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency has been deployed to
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Police divers have been deployed to the River Dee in Aberdeen in the search for two sisters who disappeared five days ago in the city. Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV on Market Street after leaving their home on Tuesday at around 2.12am. The sisters – who are part of
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Former Manchester United footballer David May has shared his fears about developing dementia – and the impact that would have on his family. It comes after the ex-footballer revealed David Windass, the former Hull City, Bradford City and Middlesbrough striker, has been diagnosed with stage two dementia. During the early stages of dementia, people show
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Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. The injured pair are now in Kyiv and communicating with the Security Service of Ukraine, the country’s domestic intelligence agency, he said. Ukrainian special forces and paratroopers captured the North Koreans, Mr Zelenskyy said in a post on
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Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Investigative reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit since 2007 Co-author of New York Times best-selling books “League of Denial” and “Game of Shadows” Co-winner, 2004 George Polk Award Open Extended Reactions When Jim Tyrer first appeared on an Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Jan 11, 2025, 07:45 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Danielle Collins had no intention of being at this year’s Australian Open, but the past finalist is glad to be back at Melbourne Park and taking comfort in the routines of tennis after personal setbacks. The American former world No. 7 had planned to retire at
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Pete Thamel, Senior College Sports InsiderJan 10, 2025, 06:30 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — The top of the quarterback market appears to have solidified for the 2025 NFL draft, with an ESPN poll showing that Colorado‘s Shedeur Sanders and Miami‘s Cam
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Pete Thamel, Senior College Sports InsiderJan 10, 2025, 06:45 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas – Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers told ESPN that he expects to enter the NFL draft whenever Texas’ 2024 season ends. In an interview with ESPN’s College GameDay prior
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ESPN News Services Jan 11, 2025, 12:10 AM ET Bill McCartney, a three-time coach of the year in the Big Eight Conference who led the Colorado Buffaloes to their only national football title in 1990, has died. He was 84. McCartney died Friday night “after a courageous journey with dementia,” according to a family statement.
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Field Level Media Jan 10, 2025, 06:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Forward Dylan Guenther, who leads the Utah Hockey Club in goals with 16, was ruled out indefinitely Friday with a lower-body injury. Guenther was hurt Wednesday during Utah’s 4-1 home loss to the Florida Panthers. He was on the receiving end of a
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