It starts with a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which is when a blood clot forms in a deep vein, usually in the lower leg, thigh, or pelvis, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
When that clot breaks loose and travels through the bloodstream to the lungs, it can cause a pulmonary embolism.
PE is a serious condition.
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After the Crisis event last year, the CW had been looking to go with a smaller crossover according network president Mark Pedowitz, who said in May that the crossover would be a two-hour event, most likely including Batwoman and the upcoming Superman & Lois show.
In a new interview with EW, though, Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries confirmed what we'd already assumed.
"When we were getting crossed with Superman & Lois, I was really looking forward to seeing Batwoman on the Kent farm," Dries said to EW.
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Ann-Marie Metten, executive director of Historic Joy Kogawa House in Vancouver, says a huge limb of the aging cherry tree was torn off during the storm on Tuesday night.
The backyard tree is the focus of Kogawa's children's book Naomi's Tree, which became a symbol of her desire to return home after she and thousands of other Japanese Canadians were interned during the Second World War.
Her acclaimed novel Obasan prompted Canada to confront the legacy of persecution suffered by Japanese Canadians and although Kogawa could not return to her childhood home, supporters saved it from demolition in 2006, turning it into a literary landmark.
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That will include offering 300 more appointments per day at the Orange County Convention Center, holding vaccination events at local churches and hosting a closed pod for school board employees, according to Dr?
Raul Pino, the director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County.
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Read More..We welcome the news that Zolgensma has been approved by Health Canada.”
She said that the Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance has been working with Novartis, adding the Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance “has also requested that Novartis provide additional compassionate coverage for those patients unable to access the drug until these processes are complete.”
Read More..variant has been detected in 50 countries, while the variant that emerged in South Africa in December has been found in 20 countries, including Australia, France and the U.K
Early research on the South Africa variant suggests that it could be almost twice as transmissible as the original virus
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The number of people in the UK to have been given a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine as of January 13 is 2,918,252, according to Public Health England (PHE), a rise of 278,943 from the figures published on Wednesday.
A total of 437,977 people have received a second dose in the UK as of January 13, a rise of 9,745 from the previous day, PHE added.
Locally, the number of Covid-related hospital deaths since the start of the pandemic is as follows:.
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Long-term research will be helpful in confirming just how much protection people get from one dose of either of the approved two-dose vaccines, and how long it's safe to delay the second shot.
Some provinces, such as Manitoba and Saskatchewan, are sticking with the dosing schedule set out by the vaccine manufacturers. .
But since federal recommendations suggest delaying a second dose up to 42 days at the most, other regions are considering a looser approach. .
Read More..Intuitive Machines (IM) has chosen SpaceX and the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket for its second moon mission.
This will be the Intuitive Machines IM-2 Polar Mission, and will bring the IM Nova-C lander to the moon, where it’ll deploy the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment (PRIME-1) drill by December 2022.
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"That is pretty fast and at the extreme end of how fast we think a neutron star can be moving, even if it got a kick from the supernova explosion," Banovetz said.
"More recent investigations call into question whether the object is actually the surviving neutron star of the supernova explosion.
It is potentially just a compact clump of supernova ejecta that has been lit up, and our results generally support this conclusion.".
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Processing and transmitting internet data in the U.S., the researchers found, has a carbon footprint that is 9% higher than the world median, but water and land footprints that are 45% and 58% lower, respectively.
Incorporating the water and land footprints of internet infrastructure painted a surprising picture for a few countries.
Even though Germany, a world renewable energy leader, has a carbon footprint well below the world median, its water and land footprints are much higher.
Read More..Preterm birth prediction, AI lamps for sleep training and a warning system for leaving your baby in a hot car: here's the best of CES 2021.
The Cradlewise smart crib senses when your baby is waking up early, and rocks them back to sleep.
As a pregnant woman, I went into CES 2021 eager to see technology that could make the childbearing experience easier.
Read More..Samsung’s new QLED and Neo QLED TVs boast extensive accessibility features that make using the remote, finding content, and fully experiencing what’s on the screen possible for more people.
The initiative, called "Screens for All,” provides new settings that specifically benefit those with visual and auditory impairments.
But as with wheelchair ramps, subtitles, and automatic steering, advancements that benefit the disabled community often benefit us all.
Read More..The refreshed UI seems like a good thing to bring to the current version of desktop Windows, as long as Microsoft doesn't insist on also bringing that terrible File Manager replacement.
It's a fresh new look for Windows, even though it looks fairly similar to Chrome OS and somewhat similar to iPadOS.
Windows 10X is expected to be available as a pre-installed OS on devices slated to launch later this year
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Tech mogul Elon Musk -- known as widely for slinging cars into the sun's orbit as he is for advocating against COVID-19 safety measures -- took to Twitter last week to slam Facebook over its latest privacy policy updates for its supposedly secure encrypted messaging app WhatsApp.
Musk instead recommended users choose encrypted messaging app Signal. .
Use Signal.
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A Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $5.2 million US. That's a new record for a sports card, shattering the $3.94 million paid for a one-of-a-kind Mike Trout rookie only five months ago (yes, cards are a thing again).
Unlike most super-expensive cards, this Mantle is not a rookie.
But the 1952 Topps is special for a few reasons.
Read More..Yet a month after the first shots were given, the nation's vaccination campaign is off to a slow start with about 10.3 million people getting the first of two shots, although more than 29 million doses have been delivered.
Biden believes the key to speeding that up lies not only in delivering more vaccine but also in working closely with states and local communities to get shots into the arms of more people.
The Trump administration provided the vaccine to states and set guidelines for who should get priority for shots, but largely left it up to state and local officials to organize their vaccination campaigns.
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SIU investigating after man shot by Toronto Police Service officer in area of Midland Avenue and Eglinton Avenue.
Further details to be released later.
— SIU (@SIUOntario) January 15, 2021.
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The California native holds a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering, a Master of Science in Flight Test Engineering, a Master of Science in Systems Engineering and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science.
Glover is a Naval Aviator and was a test pilot in the F/A‐18 Hornet, Super Hornet and EA‐18G Growler.
He and his family have been stationed in many locations in the United States and Japan and he has deployed in combat and peacetime.
Read More..Sylvain contributed guitar, piano, and vocals on the Dolls’ first two albums, 1973’s New York Dolls and 1974‘s Too Much Too Soon.
Sylvain embarked on a solo career following his tenure in New York Dolls, releasing his eponymous debut album in 1979.
He recorded numerous albums as a solo artist up until the late 1990s.
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Earlier in the podcast, Affleck also spoke about what it was like going straight from rehab in 2018 to the set of The Way Back. In the Gavin O'Connor-directed film, Affleck plays an alcoholic that's hired to coach a high school basketball team.
"One of the things that happened to me was that I was forced to really honestly look at myself -- my failings, my shortcomings, my character flaws -- to find accountability, to not hide or run from feelings," he explained.
"And I developed a much greater access, this sounds very actory, so forgive me, to the full range of my emotions.".
Read More..Also starring Emmy winner Peter Dinklage and Oscar winner Dianne Wiest, the film will be available for streaming on Friday, February 19, 2021.
Check out the video in the player below!
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PlayStation is giving PS4 and PS5 users a Resident Evil Village freebie.
Today, Capcom announced a new Resident Evil event for next week which will include an update -- and likely a release date -- for Resident Evil Village.
And now Capcom has teamed up with PlayStation to give PS4 and PS5 users a special Resident Evil Village avatar for free.
Read More..According to Bloomberg, Epic Games is claiming that Apple's decision to remove Fortnite from the App Store was unlawful, and the company is aiming to get Apple to allow Fortnite back into the British App Store.
In a statement provided to MacRumors, Epic Games said that the filing with the Competition Appeal Tribunal is "an important argument" that it is making on behalf of consumers and developers in the UK.
Epic Games has launched legal proceedings against Apple and Google in the United Kingdom, expanding its fight to advance fair digital platform practices for consumers and developers.
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Premier Brian Pallister claimed last week that if the province had enough vaccine from the federal government, it could immunize all Manitobans by the end of March?
It was a bogus assertion his own bureaucrats couldn’t confirm.
This week, officials came up with an alternative claim: all Manitobans could be inoculated with two shots by the end of April if enough doses were available.
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For all of Quebec – Montreal being its economic metropolis and the only large “French-speaking” city on the continent, but which is less and less so – this is very bad news.
Radio-Canada reports in fact, according to the Institut de la statistique du Québec (ISQ), “the growth rate of the Montreal population is only 2 per 1000, one of the lowest of all the regions, compared to 18 per 1000 in 2018-2019, one of the highest that year.
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With an estimated one in five having been infected, the findings, based on a study of 21,000 UK healthcare workers, suggested that herd immunity could already be slowing the course of the pandemic.
However, scientists warned that they still did not know how long immunity lasted.
“What that’s saying.
Read More..— Chris Boucher had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Kyle Lowry had 16 points and 12 assists, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Charlotte Hornets 111-108 on Thursday night
Pascal Siakam added 15 points and seven rebounds as Toronto ended a two-game skid and improved to 3-8
Terry Rozier led the Hornets with 22 points and P.J
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Premier John Horgan says his government is seeking legal advice on whether it can restrict non-essential travel both within and from outside the province amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have challenges when it comes to mobility within Canada.
We are getting further legal advice on that,” Horgan told reporters in his first news conference of 2021 on Thursday.
Read More..Elon Musk has shared his enthusiasm with the public with the recent achievement of SpaceX's SN9 Starship static fire test of its Raptor engines, having seen all three tries of the rocket to be successful without any failures.
The CEO showcased his joy over the recent venture on his Twitter account, saying that the Starship is ready for a "Hop in & go to Mars" goal.
The aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company, SpaceX, has achieved another milestone with another of its spacecraft that is bound for Mars, the SN9 Starship, which is also made up of pure stainless steel.
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