An English rose in Georgia: Dreaming of Downton

[ad_1] It has been almost two years since I returned to my homeland, thanks to Covid restrictions on both sides of the pond. This is the longest time I have been in the US since moving here over 12 years ago and while Georgia is definitely my home, I can’t help but miss England . … Read more

Pfizer asks FDA to clear its Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday morning they had asked federal regulators to allow emergency use of their coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, a move that could help protect more than 28 million people in the United States. The companies said they were submitting data in support of the change … Read more

What have we learned from Pandora Papers

[ad_1] “The rich put cream on their berries; the rich drive shiny black cars. – (from the Broadway musical “Carnival!”) The Pandora Papers, “an exposition of the financial secrets and offshore transactions of dozens of heads of state, officials and politicians,” writes CNN, could not have come at a better time for the “progressives” in … Read more

CDC recommends ‘virtual’ Thanksgiving – backs off and claims ‘accident’ after backlash

[ad_1] American News Oct 5, 2021 9:57 PM EST The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday withdrew their 2021 vacation guidelines and said the update was an incident. The agency said its recommendations for virtual gatherings reflecting the 2020 guidelines do not reflect those this year, and new suggestions are coming soon. “ … Read more

Global film series to focus on Chinese-language cinema

[ad_1] Chinese-language cinema will be the focus of an upcoming series of virtual lectures and films co-sponsored by the English Department’s Center for Global Film and the Confucius Institute. The series will begin at 4 p.m. on October 21 with a Zoom talk by Christopher Rea, professor of modern Chinese literature at the University of … Read more

Mother of 2 dies of blood clots after receiving COVID-19 vaccine

[ad_1] SEATTLE (KING) – A woman in Washington state has died from rare blood clotting syndrome after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Health officials say this is the first such death in the state. Jessica Berg Wilson, a 37-year-old mother of two, died on September 7 from what her obituary says was “COVID-19 … Read more

UB Enrollment Surpasses 30,000 Again – UB Now: News and Views for UB Faculty and Staff

[ad_1] UB posted another record enrollment this fall, surpassing 30,000 students for the third year in a row. The number of students on the North, South and Downtown campuses reached 30,523 for the fall semester of the 2021-22 academic year, according to Lee Melvin, vice-president of enrollment management. This includes 20,006 undergraduate students and 10,517 … Read more

COVID slams New England despite high vaccination rate

[ad_1] A week ago, I noticed that Maine was seeing an increase in hospitalizations related to COVID. This happened despite the fact that 84% of all people over 12, 85.3% of all people over 18, and 98.4% of all people over 65 are less partially vaccinated. Now the mainstream media has caught up with the … Read more