At least 90 cases of highly contagious UK ‘super-covid’ variant are found at Michigan prison

At least 90 cases of the highly contagious ‘super-COVID’ variant from the UK have been identified at a prison in Michigan. Staff and prisoners have been undergoing daily coronavirus testing at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia after a staff member tested positive for the variant, known as B 1.1.7., last week. Of the 90 new cases, … Read more

Planet Nine: Unusual orbits detected in the outer solar system may be an ILLUSION, study claims 

There is probably no ‘Planet Nine’ at the edge of the solar system, astronomers claim, after a study found unusual orbits used to predict its existence ‘may be an illusion’. Experts from the University of Michigan examined the results of a number of solar system surveys to look for evidence of the long-theorised ‘super Earth’ … Read more

US weather: Ice particles appear as ‘light pillars’ in Nebraska sky

‘The beauty of nature’: Stunning light pillars illuminate the night sky over Nebraska due to a strange optical illusion Meteorologist Bill Taylor photographed the phenomenon over North Platte The light columns are seen in calm conditions when ice crystals float in the air Acting like thousands of mirrors, the crystals reflect light such as from lamps … Read more

Travel chaos hits the Midwest as up to 15 inches blankets Iowa to Ohio

More than 200 flights have been canceled as travel chaos hit the Midwest on Tuesday when up to 15 inches blanketed a few states during a major winter storm that left 100 million people under weather advisories.  The storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the middle of the country while … Read more

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris pray for the COVID dead as grim total passes 400,000 in US

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris used their first joint appearance in Washington D.C. Tuesday to mark the loss of more than 400,000 American lives to COVID – hours after the grim total was reached. They both appeared with First Lady-in waiting Jill Biden and Second Gentleman-in waiting Doug Emhoff in a sign of their determination … Read more

US passes 400K COVID deaths on Trump’s final full day as President

The United States hit a grim milestone and surpassed 400,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. That figure is more than the number of Americans who died during World War I, the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined and nearly the same number who died in World War II  … Read more

America passes 400K COVID deaths on Trump’s final full day of office

The United States hit a grim milestone and surpassed 400,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.  That figure is more than the number of Americans who died during World War I, the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined and nearly the same number who died in World War II. … Read more

COVID cases are down 11% across the US, deaths are dropping in 18 states

Coronavirus cases are decreasing across the United States with 44 states showing a week-over-week drop in infections and deaths declining in 18 states, new data from Johns Hopkins University shows. Nearly every state has seen a fall in the number of people testing positive in the last seven days aside from Maine, South Carolina and … Read more

Only 14M Americans have gotten COVID jabs

Only a little over 14 million Americans have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday morning, data reveal.   Already, vaccination centers are over-booked with Americans desperate to get vaccinated. Many are on the verge of running out of doses to give; some are already out. New York and Michigan have each asked the federal government’s … Read more

Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer asks HHS permission to purchase 100,000 doses directly from Pfizer

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has asked the federal government if the state can go to Pfizer Inc and directly buy 100,000 more doses more of the coronavirus vaccine. On Monday, Whitmer sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar requesting permission to purchase doses straight from the pharmaceutical company.  ‘This direct purchase … Read more