Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave LONDON — Michelle Mone calls herself one of Britain’s “most celebrated” entrepreneurs. She frequently speaks about her “rags to riches” life story: How she went from the “rough streets” of Scotland to become a lingerie tycoon who was honored by the queen and then made a baroness … Read more
Right now, all eyes are on the new COVID variant JN.1, a heavily mutated new strain that has swept the United States in recent weeks. JN.1 is now the fastest-growing variant in the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It currently accounts for more than one-fifth of all infections in … Read more
A year after China abruptly scrapped its notoriously stringent zero-COVID controls and amid a recent surge in respiratory illness cases, some Chinese citizens are starting to worry about a potential reintroduction of the controversial regime of mass testing and restrictions that defined the pandemic years in the country and ultimately led to an unprecedented eruption … Read more
LONDON — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Wednesday that his government was too slow to grasp the extent of the COVID-19 crisis, but skirted questions about whether his indecisiveness had cost thousands of lives. Testifying under oath at Britain’s COVID-19 public inquiry, Johnson acknowledged that “we underestimated the scale and the pace of … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave LONDON — Boris Johnson, who was pushed out as prime minister for misleading the public over raucous parties at 10 Downing Street during covid lockdowns, defended his overall response to the pandemic in testimony on Wednesday before an independent inquiry. Johnson largely refrained from his usual bombast … Read more
Signet Jewelers CEO Gina Drosos told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday that marriage proposals are finally on the rise, years after Covid disrupted typical dating patterns and hurt the company’s business. “We know a lot about dating couples, and so we feel quite confident that our predictions are right, and that the engagement trough has … Read more
A last-ditch attempt to save a dog from a mysterious illness plaguing the nation is seemingly working — with one vet deciding to prescribe the popular COVID-19 drug intended for humans … Paxlovid — and it seemed to work! The life of a bulldog named Cash — who was struggling to breathe with inflamed lungs … Read more
Robyn Brown, the fourth and only wife left of the formerly polygamous Brown family, is breaking her silence on what caused the end of her plural marriage to Kody Brown. Brown exposed the details in a recent interview, claiming that trouble began when the family relocated to a new home. The star’s reflection is amidst … Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When Raynesha Cummings enrolled her three teenagers in a private school, she hoped to keep them safe from COVID-19. It was small, with no frills — there was just one teacher and the school didn’t serve lunch — but it worked for her family, at least initially. Her son graduated … Read more
CHICAGO — With COVID-19 hospitalization back on the rise in Illinois, state public health officials are asking residents to double down on protecting themselves against seasonal illness. Twenty Illinois counties are now at a medium level for hospitalization related to COVID-19, with a 17% increase in hospital COVID-19 cases since last week. Flu and RSV … Read more