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A panel of eight advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted unanimously in favor of the recommendation. Soon after, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signed the recommendation, allowing millions of moderately and severely immunocompromised people to get a third shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. For individuals whose immune response was weak or non-existent after the initial doses, the additional shot may grant them a higher degree of protection against COVID-19....

In a webinar with the National Funeral Directors Association this week, the CDC said there was no evidence to suggest that people could be infected from a deceased person if their cause of death was coronavirus-related. But the agency said people should follow social distancing advice and limit how many people attend funerals in person during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. David Berendes, an epidemiologist at the CDC, said funerals should be limited to close relatives and streamed online for other mourners....

Since the series’ debut in 2013, Attack on Titan has provided anime fans with plenty of iconic moments and characters that will live on past the final episodes. Now, fans will be able to immortalize them in apparel, statues and more. “Attack on Titan was part of the anime renaissance as storytelling became bolder and even more sophisticated,” said Anna Songco Adamian, Funimation Vice President of Licensing and Merchandise in a press release....

One of those judges was the late Antonin Scalia, who did what he did best: explain what makes our Constitution the most important political document in world history. Scalia, when not firing off some of the most interesting legal opinions in Supreme Court history, loved to travel the country teaching students—law school, college and high school students alike—about our nation’s Founding document. That’s precisely what he was doing back in October 2011 in Washington, D....

Learn about the procedure, why it’s used, possible risks, how to prepare, and the recovery time. What Is the Celiac Plexus? The celiac plexus is a cluster of nerves located in the upper abdomen. The celiac plexus is located behind the pancreas, near the body’s largest blood vessel, the aorta. As part of the nervous system, the nerves in the celiac plexus send messages to the brain from the digestive organs in the body....

Alas, no. The Celtics are likely to play their final home game of the season Sunday, as they trail the Cavaliers in their opening-round playoff series 3-0, but the fact that they’re still playing in late April is a testament to Stevens and his transition from in-over-his-head collegian last season to savvy X’s and O’s expert this year. MORE: Love finds playoff identity after 7 years | Tom Brady wishes Celtics good luck...

Kittens and Cats: A First Reader is a children’s book written by Eulalie Osgood Grover back in 1911. The 84-page book features cats and kittens dressed in various costumes and placed in funny settings along with related captions. The cat photos are all framed by intricate illustrations and have clever one-liners underneath, reminiscent of the modern meme. The book was intended to educate children with vocabulary and entertaining rhymes. The book starts by introducing a queen cat and all of the guest cats attending her party....

The cerebrum is responsible for processing sensory functions like vision, hearing, and touch; and it is involved in movement of your body. It’s also the source of intellect and enables you to think, plan, read, hold memories, and process emotions—among many other tasks. Brain injuries and diseases can affect how the cerebrum functions and, by extension, can impact the way you think, move your body, or feel sensations. This article will give you an introduction to the structure of the cerebrum and its functions plus common conditions that can affect this brain region....

The everted or inside-out parts of the endocervix appear red, raw, and are often covered with a yellow discharge—this can be visualized by a doctor during a pelvic exam using a speculum. You may have heard cervical ectropion being called cervical erosion. Despite its name, the cervix is not actually eroding. Instead, those “eroded-looking” areas are parts of the cervix where the normal squamous cells of the outer cervix (ectocervix) are replaced by columnar cells of the inner cervix (endocervix)....

The Blue Bombers had a chance at winning their third consecutive CFL title, but the Argonauts had other ideas, playing spoiler and knocking off the top team in the CFL this season with a 24-23 win at the 2022 Grey Cup. It was the 18th win for the Toronto franchises, as the Argos continue to add to their club’s storied history. No team has won more Grey Cups in the history of the CFL than the Argonauts....

The Dodgers pitcher will have season-ending surgery next week on the same elbow, according to Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com. This injury, however, is less severe. Billingsley has a partially torn flexor tendon and he hopes to return next season. "I'll have spent two years of my life rehabbing, but I've got to do it," Billingsley told Saxon. "It's not as long as Tommy John rehab, they tell me, about six months, so that's good....

Releasing on Netflix on Friday, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom—an adaptation of the August Wilson play and directed by George C. Wolfe—is the story of rising tension among the members of the legendary blues singer Ma Rainey’s band during a recording session on a blazing hot day in the 1920s. Viola Davis stars as the Mother of Blues while Boseman serves as her cornet player who’s starry-eyed jazz ambitions lead to more misfortune than luck....

Other possessions taken were a baseball bat, numerous knives (including some shaped like handguns) and brass knuckles, according to a photo shared to Twitter by @TSA_Gulf on Sunday. “Except for the grenade and the gasoline, these items could have been placed in a checked bag,” @TSA_Gulf tweeted. “It was the passengers’ decision to leave them behind.” At the New Orleans airport, the TSA also said on Sunday, 70 guns, mostly loaded, have been seized by agents at security checkpoints so far in 2021, more than in 2019 and 2020....

The Tuesday slate includes an eye-catching Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich matchup, with Manchester United, Chelsea and Juventus also in action. MORE: UEFA Champions League futures betting guide Below are best bets for each of Tuesday’s matches. Odds courtesy of DraftKings: Group F: Young Boys (SUI) vs. Manchester United (ENG) Time/TV/Stream: 12:45 p. m. ET (TV & streaming) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium (Bern, Switzerland) Weather: 71 degrees, cloudy Manchester United -1.25 Asian Handicap: -120...

What makes the appointment even more unusual is that Kantor got her first journalism job just four years ago. She’d majored in history at Columbia University then spent a year in Jerusalem working for nongovernmental organizations and another year working for former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani before finally deciding to pursue a career in journalism–just after she started class at Harvard Law School. Leaving law school for a job at an upstart online publication wasn’t easy to explain to friends and family at the time....

Stockard Channing? Great name, but how did she become a great presence? “I worked my butt off,” is her concise explanation. How did a Park Avenue debutante with a Radcliffe education, a trust fund and a moneyed husband come to work her butt off? The trust fund has long since dwindled away. The husband, Walter Channing, supplied her name (originally Susan Stockard) and has been succeeded by three other spouses....

A week after throwing three touchdown passes to tight end Antonio Gates to knock off the Seattle Seahawks, Rivers hit Eddie Royal for two scores in a 22-10 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. MORE: Danny Woodhead carted off field with ankle injury Royal scored on 3- and 5-yard receptions and finished with four catches 42 yards. Malcom Floyd had two catches for 98 yards in a game the Chargers never trailed....

American philanthropy isn’t what it used to be. Gone are the days when old money was doled out by bureaucrats from mahogany-paneled rooms. More people are giving out more money than ever before, at much younger ages, and to a much wider variety of causes. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan’s call for private charity to replace government largesse was greeted with hoots of liberal derision–and an outbreak of giving. The number of private foundations rose from 22,000 in 1980 to 55,000 today....

The former NBA star opened up on his relationship with Jordan during an interview on the “Waddle and Silvy Show” on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. Barkley was recently featured in ESPN’s documentary series “The Last Dance” so it seemed like a natural thing to ask. THE LAST DANCE: TV schedule | Netflix arrival | Best moments Barkley said his friendship with Jordan deteriorated following comments he made several years ago regarding how Jordan runs the Charlotte NBA franchise....