Legendary opera tenor Andrea Bocelli, who survived COVID-19 this spring, is suffering a major setback in Italy after he said the coronavirus blockade made him feel “humiliated and offended” by depriving him of his personal autonomy to enter and go out whenever you want. Bocelli spoke on a panel Monday …
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Kerry Washington’s most visible Emmy nomination on Tuesday was for her lead role as Mia Warren, a traveling artist and headstrong mother to a teenage daughter in “Little Fires Everywhere.” But that acting nod was just one piece of a great morning for Washington, largely as a producer. “Fires”, of …
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The disease caused by the new coronavirus can damage other organs of the body, including the heart, and now two separate studies, published in the journal JAMA Cardiology on Monday, provide more information on how Covid-19 can have a prolonged impact on heart health in those who have recovered from …
Read More »SLO County Reports Death of Two Additional COVID-19 Patients
San Luis Obispo County reports that two more county residents who tested positive for COVID-19 died. Health officials say they were both 80 years old and had underlying health conditions. They both also lived at Vineyard Hills Health Center in Templeton, a skilled nursing facility that has had an outbreak …
Read More »Uber and Lyft drivers win the battle for unpaid unemployment benefits
It is the latest development in a long-running battle for labor rights among so-called workers seeking to classify themselves as employees to secure benefits like employer-funded health care and sick leave. Many tech companies, including Uber and Lyft, argue that their workers are independent contractors. Court records show that New …
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