The study, conducted by researchers at the Northwell Health COVID-19 Research Consortium and the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, observed 5,700 COVID-19 patients admitted to 12 hospitals within Northwell Health between March 1 and April 4. The latest study is believed to be “the first large case series of sequentially hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 in the U.S.,” the report said. Northwell Health serves nearly 11 million people across New York City, Long Island and Westchester County....

Among this list are Commander Lloyd Austin, who Biden nominated as his defense secretary and who served as the commander of the United States Central Command under former President Barack Obama, as well as Alejandro Mayorkas, who has been tapped as the secretary of homeland security, a department he served in during the Obama years. Denis McDonough, who served as the White House chief of staff during Obama’s second term, has been nominated as Biden’s secretary of veteran affairs....

A team of reporters contacted aides for all congressional Republicans the morning of Trump’s 46-minute video where he falsely claimed that he had won the presidency and continued his unsubstantiated claims that widespread fraud flipped the election to Biden. The reporters asked three questions—(1) who won the presidential contest? (2) do you support or oppose Trump’s continuing efforts to claim victory? (3) and if Biden wins a majority in the electoral college, will you accept him as the legitimately elected president?...

Obviously using the real Kingsbury would be too distracting. Source: SB Nation

Before the Surgery The majority of the pre-surgical testing you’ll need to complete will be done during the weeks and days prior to your scheduled surgery date. You’ll most likely be asked to arrive at the hospital or outpatient center a few hours before your procedure to tie up any loose ends. Arriving early allows some time to change into your hospital gown, complete last-minute paperwork, ask questions, and have your vital signs checked (such as blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen level)....

In Toronto, ATMs dispense movie tickets; in Lake Tahoe, ski-lift passes and in Hawaii, airline tickets. Welfare benefits, stamps, phone cards–all are available at ATMs. ““It’s going to let you do things that you normally stand in line to do,’’ says Thomas Swidarski, senior director of worldwide marketing for Diebold, one of the largest ATM manufacturers. Many of these services are still being tested, but Swidarski predicts they’ll be widespread in the next decade....

Zena Rodriguez shared the moment they offered a neighbor a wagon to take his elderly dog back home, after its legs wouldn’t let it go any further. “Saw this poor dog having a hard time walking, his legs kept giving out so we offered our wagon so he could make it home,” she wrote on-screen, with footage of the kind gesture. The man approached the neighbor across the street with a wagon to offer it as transportation....

Viewers had been eagerly awaiting news on the show’s future after the recent series dropped in December 2021, with many expecting Netflix to only renew the romantic comedy drama for one more season. Season 3 of Emily in Paris is sure to pick up from the cliffhanger ending of Season 3, which saw Emily faced with choosing whether to stay in Paris and work for Sylvie’s (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) new company and between Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) and Alfie (Lucien Laviscount)....

Most of the cast are returning for the second season, including the leads Alisha Wainwright and Ja’Siah Young. Here’s everything you need to know about the new season of Raising Dion ahead of its release on Netflix. When Does ‘Raising Dion’ Launch on Netflix? The entire second season of Raising Dion will be released on Netflix on Tuesday, February 1. Netflix renewed the show in January 2020, just three months after Season 1 aired, but filming for Season 2 did not begin until 2021....

Both have a good showing in this month’s top 10 most watched movies list, calculated via the data the streamer releases on its top 10 website. Four out of 10 movies in the most viewed list in December 2021 have “Christmas” in the title, with the new release A Boy Called Christmas the most popular. As for Oscar-bait movies, The Power of the Dog was a surprise hit, and Netflix subscribers watched over 100 million hours of the star-studded Don’t Look Up in less than a week....

On Thursday, the Netherlands’ public health institute recorded 16,364 new positive tests in 24 hours—the country’s highest number throughout the whole pandemic. In an Associated Press report, Rutte said the Dutch government wants to “deliver a hard blow to the virus.” Beginning Saturday, the lockdown will make bars, restaurants and supermarkets close at 8 p.m. and stores selling non-essential items to close at 6 p.m. Also, sports stadiums will have to be empty during upcoming matches....

The Oranje had been made to wait for their breakthrough against Senegal but were in front within six minutes here, their two goalscorers from the first game combining to devastating effect. Davy Klaassen was sharp to pick up a loose ball and find Gakpo, who unleashed a stunning left-foot shot into the top corner of Hernan Galindez’s goal. Any thoughts of a straightforward Netherlands win were swiftly dispelled as Valencia’s effort was headed away by Virgil van Dijk, the Ecuador captain looking his side’s most likely route back into the game....

The news came as a surprise considering it had been over a month since the last time anyone – a player or coach – had entered the league’s COVID protocols following the league’s outbreak in Dec. and Jan. How long will Nash be out and who is filling in as his replacement? Here’s everything we know below. MORE: Watch NBA games live with Sling TV (3-day free trial) How long will Steve Nash be out?...

In a statement Thursday, Cegavske said there were approximately 190,150 ballots statewide left to be counted. Ninety percent of them are from Clark County, which is home to Las Vegas. Democrats make up roughly 40 percent of registered active voters in the county, while Republicans account for 28 percent. The Associated Press has not yet declared a winner in Nevada, as the race remains too close to call. New data released Thursday showed Biden ahead of Trump by more than 11,000 votes....

The Wolf Pack scored 10 points in the final minute of the fourth quarter, the last three on a 56-yard field goal by freshman Brandon Talton as time expired, to beat Purdue 34-31. Nevada (1-0) intercepted Purdue quarterback Elijah Sindelar at midfield to set up Talton’s winning kick. MORE: Talking points from Friday’s games The Wolf Pack, who trailed the Boilermakers (0-1) 24-7 at halftime and 31-14 in the third quarter, tied the game 31-31 on a 20-yard touchdown pass from freshman quarterback Carson Strong to Elijah Cooks with 52 seconds remaining....

In the first of the new studies, researchers at New York’s Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center put nine volunteers on a three-drug regimen within 90 days after they contracted HIV. The virus was flourishing in the patients before they started treatment. But after several weeks on AZT, 3TC and the protease inhibitor ritonavir, none of them had any detectable HIV in his blood. The researchers have now followed the volunteers for periods of three to 10 months, and blood tests have yet to turn up any sign of virus....

One of the newest shows on the roster is The Love Trap, which premiered on Channel 4 in the U.K. on October 20. According to a press release announcing the show back in July, the show “ingeniously subverts familiar dating show tropes in order to explore just how good we all are at spotting a genuine connection.” Like many shows of the genre, The Love Trap takes place in a mansion....

In a CDC media statement, Walensky, previously the chief of the Division of Infectious Disease Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said “wherever needed, [the] guidance will be updated so that people can make decisions and take action based upon the best available evidence.” Making sure that guidance actually reaches people is one of Walensky’s goals for the immediate future of the CDC. On Tuesday, she participated in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Q&A series to discuss her priorities for the CDC and its pandemic response....

The exhibit people thought the 86-foot Apatosaurus should face west rather than east in the new dinosaur halls at New York’s American Museum of Natural History. So the great critter had to be dismantled, cleaned and reconstructed. And one more thing. The 22-ton bed of dinosaur footprints (called a trackway) that trails the beast had to be moved down the hall. That’s harder than it sounds. So one day, Steve Warsavage and his installation crew attempted the equivalent of slipping a tablecloth back under the china....