Month: December 2021

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Covid News Updates: Another spike in Covid cases in Delhi & Mumbai; Night curfew in national capital from tomorrow

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Wrap Up: All you need to know

  • MHA sets up panel headed by Vivek Joshi, a secretary rank officer, to examine whether to lift AFSPA from Nagaland: Sources
  • 19 more cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Kerala: state Health Minister
  • Maharashtra reports 31 new Omicron variant cases; state tally reaches 141: Health dept
  • Covaxin has shown good immune response in children during trials, says NTAGI chief
  • Night curfew to be imposed in Delhi from Dec 27 from 11:00 PM to 5:00 AM
  • Karnataka reported 348 fresh Covid cases, 198 recoveries, and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours
  • COVID-19: Mumbai reports 922 new cases, 2 deaths and 326 recoveries today
  • Congress to contest on all assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh in upcoming polls: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
  • Delhi records 290 fresh coronavirus cases, one fatality; positivity rate at 0.55 per cent: Authorities
  • Madhya Pradesh reports 8 cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19: Minister

U.S. airlines scrapped nearly 1,000 Christmas Day flights

The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has caused a spike in COVID-19 infections, forcing airlines to cancel flights as pilots and crew go into quarantine

Covaxin has shown good immune response in children during trials, says NTAGI chief

Covaxin has shown that it has a very good immune response in children in trials, Chairman of India’s COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) Dr NK Arora said on Sunday.

UN chief says Archbishop Tutu was “inspiration to generations”

Tamil Nadu: Customs officials at Chennai Airport seized 944 gms of gold worth Rs 42.27 lakhs under the Customs Act from the baggage of three passengers who had arrived from Colombo & Sharjah

MHA sets up panel headed by Vivek Joshi, a secretary rank officer, to examine whether to lift AFSPA from Nagaland: Sources

COVID-19: Apollo Hospitals chairman welcomes vaccine for 15-18 age group

Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, Dr Prathap C Reddy on Sunday welcomed the central government’s move to vaccinate children between 15 and 18 years against COVID-19.

Congress reiterates its charge that Centre was hatching “conspiracy” to bring back three farm laws through “back door” after next round of assembly polls and urges people to teach government a lesson by defeating it in elections

There is no special effort required in the implementation of the vaccination. Immunization of these children can be started in a short period w/o specific preparation. It’s a 2-dose schedule given at a 4-week interval; dosage requirement is the same as the adults

– Dr. N K Arora

Children b/w the age of 12-18 years behave very much like adults. Almost 2/3rd of COVID-19 deaths in India are within this age group. So adolescents need to be protected, they’re mobile & therefore their risk of getting infection is high

– COVID19 task force chairman Dr. N K Arora

Fauci vows more testing as Covid’s Omicron hammers US

Top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci on Sunday acknowledged a Covid “testing problem” as the Omicron strain overwhelms the nation, and he vowed to make more tests available to Americans next month. “One of the problems is that that’s not going to be totally available to everyone until we get to January, and there are still some issues now of people having trouble getting tested,” Fauci told ABC talk show “This Week.”

Light to moderate intensity rain to occur over & adjoining areas of a few places of Delhi, NCR during the next 2 hours: Indian Meteorological Department

Haryana reports one more Omicron case; tally mounts to 10

Digvijaya Singh made a very irresponsible statement. Now that he doesn’t have any major role in Congress party’s decision making, he’s saying all this to be in the limelight. It’s utter rubbish

– Union Min Pralhad Joshi on Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s remark on Veer Savarkar

19 more cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Kerala: state Health Minister

COVID19 | Gujarat reports 177 new cases, 66 recoveries, & no deaths today

  • Active cases: 948
  • Total Omicron cases: 49

An earthquake of magnitude 2.8 occurred at Mandi, Himachal Pradesh at 18: 50 hours today: National Center for Seismology (NCS)

China’s Xi’an reports 485 COVID-19 cases amid surge

People above 60 years of age will need a ‘comorbidities certificate’ to take the COVID-19 precautionary dose

– National Health Authority (NHA) CEO, Dr. R S Sharma

The inquiry ordered by Army is progressing expeditiously & efforts are being made to conclude it at the earliest. Army is fully cooperating with the SIT inquiry ordered by Nagaland govt

– says Indian Army while regretting loss of civilian lives in Mon district on December 4

Farmers haven’t forgotten their humiliation; will vote out BJP in UP assembly polls

– Congress leader and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel

Maharashtra: 31 new Omicron cases were reported in the state; till date, a total of 141 Omicron cases have been reported in the State

Maharashtra reports 1,648 new cases, 918 recoveries and 17 deaths today

Active cases 9,813

Night curfew to be imposed in Delhi from tomorrow (Dec 27) from 11:00 PM to 5:00 AM

Delhi reports 290 new Covid cases, 1 death in last 24 hours

Karnataka reported 348 fresh Covid cases, 198 recoveries, and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours

Active cases 7,418

PM Modi to inaugurate hydropower projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore in Himachal Pradesh tomorrow

The Election Commission of India will convene a meeting on 27th Dec with senior officials of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare including Secretary Rajesh Bhushan. The meeting will discuss the prevailing COVID19 situation for upcoming Assembly elections in five states.

COVID-19: Mumbai reports 922 new cases, 2 deaths and 326 recoveries today

Active caseload at 4,295

COVID-19: Tamil Nadu reports 610 new cases, 10 deaths and 679 discharges

Active cases 6,629

Aam Aadmi Party releases fourth list of 15 candidates for 2022 Punjab Assembly Elections

COVID19: Kerala reports 1,824 fresh infections, 16 deaths & 3,364 recoveries

Active caseload stands at 22,691.

48 students & 3 staff of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Takli Dhokeshwar, Ahmednagar found positive for COVID-19 till now: Ahmednagar District Magistrate Rajendra Bhosale

Oman sets COVID-19 double jab entry requirement for visitors

Omani authorities require foreign travellers aged 18 or older to have received at least two COVID-19 vaccine doses to enter the sultanate, the state news agency reported on Sunday.

French virus infections spike over holidays

France has recorded more than 100,000 virus infections in a single day for the first time since the pandemic struck, and COVID-19 hospitalizations have doubled over the past month as the fast-spreading omicron variant complicates the government’s efforts to stave off a new lockdown.

AFSPA panel will submit recommendations within 45 days, based on which final decision will be taken: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio

MHA addl secy (NE) to head committee on AFSPA; panel to comprise Nagaland chief secy, DGP: CM Neiphiu Rio

Centre to institute five-member committee to look into withdrawal of AFSPA from Nagaland: CM Neiphiu Rio

PM Modi to visit Kanpur on 28th December and inaugurate Kanpur Metro Rail Project

Indian Army’s Engineer-in-Chief Lieutenant General Harpal Singh was conferred with the ‘Eminent Engineering Personality Award’ by the Institution of Engineers (India) for his contributions in the field of engineering in the Defence Forces and Border Roads Organisation.

China’s local COVID case count driven to 21-month high by Xian outbreak

China reported its highest daily rise in local COVID-19 cases in 21 months as infections more than doubled in the northwestern city of Xian, China’s latest COVID hot spot. The city of 13 million, which entered its fourth day of lockdown, detected 155 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms for Saturday, up from 75 a day earlier, official data showed on Sunday.

Maharashtra | Due to the State imposed night curfew from 9pm-6am, Sai Baba Temple will be closed for devotees during the night hours

The regular early morning and night ‘aartis’ will also be closed for devotees: Shri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi

First Omicron case detected in Gaza, Palestinians say

Samajwadi Party is dreaming that it will come to power again in Uttar Pradesh and they will stop the ongoing works at Ram Janmabhoomi. Akhilesh Ji, no one can stop the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya

– Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Orai, Jalaun

Jammu & Kashmir | Terrorists hurl grenade towards police post near Post Office, Pulwama

Today, I want to say that we’re going win more than 300 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election 2022. Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party are casteist parties. While, Modi Ji and Yogi Ji stand for ‘Sabka saath, Sabka vikas’

– Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Orai, Jalaun

Air Force personnel and family members pay tribute to Wing Commander Harshit Sinha, in Lucknow, who lost his life in the MiG-21 fighter aircraft crash on December 24

A total of 51 Omicron patients were admitted here out of which 40 have been successfully discharged. The majority of patients were asymptomatic & recovered without any medications. None of the patients was given oxygen support, steroid or Remdesivir

– Dr Suresh Kumar MD LNJP, Delhi

Few miscreants allegedly vandalised a statue at Holy Redeemer Church in Ambala last night, say police.

We’re examining CCTV footage to identify the culprits. The miscreants will be identified and rounded up soon. A thorough investigation will be conducted: ASP Ambala Pooja Dabla

Cong’s Adhir Ranjan writes to PM Modi regarding two Covid Hospitals in West Bengal

ongress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding Covid Hospital in West Bengal’s Murshidabad and Kalyani. “I am very thankful to you for sanctioning two covid hospitals, one for Murshidabad and another for Kalyani on my request through the PM-Cares Fund,” the release read.

Amit Shah held meeting to discuss Nagaland on December 23

Four major Indian carriers’ dues to AAI more than doubled between Jan 2020 and Oct 2021

Dues of four major domestic airlines — IndiGo, SpiceJet, Go First and AirAsia India — to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) more than doubled between January 2020 and October 2021, according to internal AAI documents.

Salman Khan bitten by non-venomous snake at his Panvel farmhouse, discharged after treatment

Madhya Pradesh reports 8 cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19: Minister

Bihar: Five died, six injured in boiler blast in a noodle factory in Muzaffarpur

Further investigation is underway, as per the District Magistrate Pranav Kumar

COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra school rise to 51

The number of coronavirus cases at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district has gone up to 51, including 48 students, a health official said on Sunday.

Himachal Pradesh reports first case of Omicron

The person had returned from Canada on December 18. The patient’s latest RTPCR is negative and her three close contacts have also tested negative, as per the State Health Department.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi set to launch poll campaign in Punjab from 3rd January for upcoming state Assembly polls

PTI reported quoting sources

Madhya Pradesh: Cabinet withdraws recently issued ordinance for conducting panchayat elections

The proposal has been sent to Governor

Anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu has passed away: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

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What channel is Ravens vs. Bengals on today? Time, TV schedule for NFL Week 16 game

Having lost three straight games, the AFC North is slipping away from the Baltimore Ravens. They’ve dropped consecutive games to the Steelers, Browns, and Packers, the lattermost loss on a failed two-point conversion at the end of the game in a game in which they played without Lamar Jackson. Sunday, they have a chance to right the ship against the current AFC North leader, the Cincinnati Bengals, who are continuing to be one of football’s most fun surprises.

The Bengals are showing versatility in their ability to win games. They took two straight losses into last week’s showdown with the Broncos and stopped their skid by winning 15-10 in a slugfest. Pro Bowler Ja’Marr Chase had just one catch for three yards, while the defense played a gritty game as the offense struggled. It was a bend-don’t-break style victory, and it’s the kind of win that should be heartening for Bengals fans hoping that this team can make waves in the postseason.

The Bengals thumped the Ravens when these teams met in November in a 41-17 laugher. Chase had eight catches for 201 yards and a touchdown in that game, while Joe Burrow threw for over 400 yards. On the other side, Lamar Jackson played a solid all-around game but just couldn’t keep up with the Bengals, who had a throttling win.

Jackson is still nursing an ankle injury and has been ruled out for Baltimore. His backup, Tyler Huntley, was placed on the COVID-19 reserve list, meaning NFL veteran Josh Johnson will get the start for the Ravens.

Here’s what you need to know to watch Ravens vs. Bengals this Sunday, including kickoff time, TV channels, and the full Week 16 NFL schedule.

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What channel is Ravens vs. Bengals on today?

  • TV channel (national): CBS
  • TV channel (Baltimore): WJZ
  • TV channel (Cincinnati): WKRC
  • Live Stream: Paramount +, fuboTV

Ravems vs. Bengals will be broadcast regionally on local CBS affiliate channels in Week 16. Kevin Harlan and Trent Green will call this game for CBS, with Melanie Collins on the sidelines. Gene Steratore will provide rules analysis for CBS.

You can find the Ravens’ away broadcast on SiriusXM channel 385, while the Bengals’ home broadcast airs on channel 228.

In Canada, viewers can watch Ravens vs. Bengals with a subscription to DAZN, which includes every NFL game.

Ravens vs. Bengals start time

  • Date: Sunday, Dec. 26
  • Kickoff: 1 p.m. EST

Ravens vs. Bengals is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. This game will be regionalized between the Greater Ohio and Baltimore regions.

Baltimore Ravens schedule 2021

Week Date Opponent Kickoff time TV
1 Sept. 13 at Raiders 8:15 p.m. ET ESPN
2 Sept. 19 vs. Chiefs 8:20 p.m. ET NBC
3 Sept. 26 at Lions 1 p.m. ET CBS
4 Oct. 3 at Broncos 4:25 p.m. ET CBS
5 Oct. 11 vs. Colts 8:15 p.m. ET ESPN
6 Oct. 17 vs. Chargers 1 p.m. ET CBS
7 Oct. 24 vs. Bengals 1 p.m. ET CBS
8 Oct. 31 BYE ———— ——
9 Nov. 7 vs. Vikings 1 p.m. ET Fox
10 Nov. 11 at Dolphins 8:20 p.m. ET Fox, NFL Network, Amazon Prime Video
11 Nov. 21 at Bears 1 p.m. ET CBS
12 Nov. 28 vs. Browns 8:20 p.m. ET NBC
13 Dec. 5 at Steelers 4:25 p.m. ET CBS
14 Dec. 12 at Browns 1 p.m. ET CBS
15 Dec. 19 vs. Packers 1 p.m. ET Fox
16 Dec. 26 at Bengals 1 p.m. ET CBS
17 Jan. 2 vs. Rams 4:25 p.m. ET Fox
18 Jan. 9 vs. Steelers 1 p.m. ET CBS

Cincinnati Bengals schedule 2021

Week Date Opponent Kickoff time TV
1 Sept. 12 vs. Vikings 1 p.m. ET Fox
2 Sept. 19 at Bears 1 p.m. ET Fox
3 Sept. 26 at Steelers 1 p.m. ET CBS
4 Sept. 30 vs. Jaguars 8:20 p.m. ET Fox, NFL Network, Amazon Prime Video
5 Oct. 10 vs. Packers 1 p.m. ET Fox
6 Oct. 17 at Lions 1 p.m. ET Fox
7 Oct. 24 at Ravens 1 p.m. ET CBS
8 Oct. 31 at Jets 1 p.m. ET CBS
9 Nov. 7 vs. Browns 1 p.m. ET CBS
10 Nov. 14 BYE ———— ———
11 Nov. 21 at Raiders 4:05 p.m. ET CBS
12 Nov. 28 vs. Steelers 1 p.m. ET CBS
13 Dec. 5 vs. Chargers 1 p.m. ET Fox
14 Dec. 12 vs. 49ers 1 p.m. ET CBS
15 Dec. 19 at Broncos 4:05 p.m. ET CBS
16 Dec. 26 vs. Ravens 1 p.m. ET CBS
17 Jan. 2 vs. Chiefs 1 p.m. ET CBS
18 Jan. 9 at Browns 1 p.m. ET CBS

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Coronavirus Today – Nov 30


By Anne Blythe

Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, brought out her charts and graphs on Tuesday to update North Carolinians on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic.

That latest COVID news, even as the Omicron variant adds new mystery about how long the pandemic will last, was dwarfed by Cohen’s announcement that she is stepping down as DHHS secretary at the end of December.

North Carolina Health News will have more extensive coverage of her decision to resign in the morning.

At the briefing with Gov. Roy Cooper and reporters, Cohen talked about the questions scientists will be trying to answer over the next few weeks about the newest COVID-19 variant.

“All viruses change over time and COVID-19 is no exception,” Cohen said during the Tuesday afternoon briefing. “The latest variant Omicron was recently designated as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization. We still have a lot to learn about Omicron.”

Many questions remain: Is the new variant more contagious? Does it make people sicker? What impact will it have on the treatments and immunity?

“Cases with the Omicron variant have not yet been detected here in North Carolina or elsewhere in the United States,” Cohen said. “But many experts believe it is likely already here. While there’s no need for alarm, we do need to closely monitor the science and data on this new variant.”

The Omicron variant can be picked up by a standard PCR test, the same test that’s been used all through the pandemic, according to Cohen. 

“Interesting part about the Omicron variant, it does give off a particular signal on the PCR test,” Cohen said. “It does help our lab folks actually hone in on which sample they should be sequencing. So I do think there we’re going to be looking for this particular signal that it gives off on a PCR test, and doing a lot more samples of that, do the sequencing.

“All of the samples that come at least to the state lab, we sequence every single one of those positives,” she said. “That’s a small fraction of the tests that are done here in North Carolina, we have many labs that have been helping us with testing.”

Though North Carolina has seen its COVID-19 caseload drop significantly since a high in September, when the Delta variant was causing severe illness and hospitalization, there has been a slight increase over the past few weeks in the number of people visiting emergency departments with symptoms of the virus.

North Carolina reported 1,755 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. There have been more than 1.5 million cases reported during the pandemic.

There were 1,121 people hospitalized with illness related to the virus on Tuesday.

Since the start of the pandemic, 18,740 people in North Carolina have died from the virus.

Cooper and Cohen stressed COVID-19 vaccines are the best tool for moving beyond the pandemic.

In North Carolina, 68 percent of the 18-and-older population is fully vaccinated, according to the DHHS dashboard. Though parents have started getting children 5 and older vaccinated, the state still has a ways to go to get those numbers where Cooper and public health officials would like to see.

Up to 13 percent of the children ages 5 to 11, who only became eligible in early November, have received a COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina.

“Getting children vaccinated helps keep them healthy and protected from COVID-19. It’s why I got my daughters vaccinated right away,” Cohen said. “With the holidays approaching and people gathering, don’t wait to vaccinate.”

Coronavirus by the numbers

According to NCDHHS data, as of Tuesday afternoon:

  • 18,740 people total in North Carolina have died of coronavirus.
  • 1,534,005 have been diagnosed with the disease. Of those, 1,131 are in the hospital. The hospitalization figure is a snapshot of people hospitalized with COVID-19 infections on a given day and does not represent all of the North Carolinians who may have been in the hospital throughout the course of the epidemic.
  • North Carolina has tracked COVID-19 re-infections in the case counts from March 1, 2021 through Sept. 20, 2021. All told, North Carolina has tracked 10,812 reinfections, 200 of those were in people who were previously vaccinated. Ninety-four people who were reinfected with COVID-19 have died. 
  • 1,489,392 people who had COVID-19 are presumed to have recovered. This weekly estimate does not denote how many of the diagnosed cases in the state are still infectious. Nor does it reflect the number of so-called “long-COVID” survivors who continue to feel the effects of the disease beyond the defined “recovery” period.
  • To date, 20,272,361 tests have been completed in North Carolina. As of July 2020, all labs in the state are required to report both their positive and negative test results to the lab, so that figure includes all of the COVID-19 tests performed in the state. Most recently, 9.4 percent of those testing were testing positive. 
  • People ages 25-49 make up the largest group of cases (39 percent). While 12 percent of the positive diagnoses were in people ages 65 and older, seniors make up 74 percent of coronavirus deaths in the state. 
  • 310 outbreaks are ongoing in group facilities across the state, including nursing homes and correctional and residential care facilities, that’s up from 107 outbreaks in early August.
  • As of Wednesday, 288 COVID-19 patients were in intensive care units across the state. 
  • As of Nov. 30, 6,423,443 North Carolinians have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Ninety-one percent of people over the age of 65 have been completely vaccinated, while 57 percent of the total population is fully vaccinated. 1,525,741 boosters have been administered.
  • Children between the ages of 5 and 11 became eligible for vaccination during November. A total of 120,103 first doses have been given to those children, a total of 13 percent of that population.

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Forza fashion: The pioneering vision of Armani | Fashion

“As ever for me, the best ideas are the intuitive ones:” Giorgio Armani is musing on his era-defining casting of Posh and Becks in his advertising campaign for Emporio Armani underwear back in 2008. “In those years, David and Victoria were at the center of attention,” he recalls. “In the mirroring of their respective personalities, they embodied the moment: the metrosexual man, and the seductive woman with a fierce entrepreneurial outlook on things. And they both paid utmost attention to their physical appearance [so] having them in underwear looked like the right idea … and it took very little effort to persuade both.”

Armani – or Mr Armani as the fashion industry unofficially-officially refers to him – is a man who is no stranger to having the right idea. Aside from his multi-billion-pound Giorgio Armani empire, his Emporio Armani brand for which he managed to get the world’s most-talked-about couple down to their pants for is case in point. Established back in 1981 as a more liberal multi-platform to complement his eponymous mainline after seeing “a gap in the market and hunger from younger people for something new and fresh”, he proudly marked its 40th anniversary this year with an exhibition in his native Milan chronicling its trajectory.

Bare essentials: a billboard advert for Emporio Armani underwear in 2008.
Bare essentials: a billboard advert for Emporio Armani underwear in 2008. Photograph: Courtesy of Giorgio Armani

“I wanted to show how innovative the brand has been since its very beginning,” says 87-year-old Armani who famously, like many designers of his generation – most notably the late Karl Lagerfeld – is “fiercely anti-nostalgic”. Initially, he says he “resisted the idea” of the exhibition but ever young at heart he says he “changed my mind when we switched from the retrospective format to adopt the concept of the exhibition as an experience and a lively manifesto”.

A visual blitz through the past, The Way We Are is very much Armani’s homage to living in the present, documenting key moments such as its first menswear and womenswear catwalk shows in 1985 and its iconic campaigns shot by the likes of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Peter Lindbergh and Armani’s longtime collaborator Aldo Fallai.

Perfect presentation: The Way We Are exhibition.
Perfect presentation: The Way We Are exhibition. Photograph: Courtesy of Giorgio Armani

“Honestly, it feels like an achievement,” reveals Armani in a rare self-congratulatory moment. “The collection that stemmed from my desire to talk to the younger generations evolved into an essential part of the Armani lifestyle as a whole: one that speaks a metropolitan language that still retains my pared-down, essential idea of elegance.” The first years of the brand, he continues, “are the ones I am most fond of, quite simply because we kept experimenting in order to find the right communication language, the perfect tone of voice for a collection that was so new.”

If that sounds like familiar rhetoric in the current age of brands rushing to “speak” to Gen Z, back in 1981 Armani’s methods were pioneering. One of the most mined assets belonging to Emporio Armani for the exhibition is the brand’s huge glossy bi-monthly magazine which was launched in 1988 and helped to lay the foundations for the fashion industry adopting the concept of combining content with commerce.

Making strides: the cover of Emporio Armani Magazine, 1994.
Making strides: the cover of Emporio Armani Magazine, 1994. Photograph: Max Vadukul/Courtesy of Georgio Armani

“Today, it’s normal for fashion brands both large and small to produce content of all kinds, but in 1988, Emporio Armani Magazine was something new,” says Armani, crediting his sister, Rosanna in helping him “create a product that was much more than a catalogue: a real magazine, in which photographic reports on the collection … were accompanied by articles dedicated to the most diverse topics, written by prominent authors.”

To mark the brand’s anniversary, Armani commissioned a special issue of the publication for which features current Italian icons, including the Ferrari F1 drivers – and Armani ambassadors – Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in conversation; the actor Pierfrancesco Favino on what it means to be an actor; and GQ-famed editor Masafumi Suzuki on the power of the suit alongside shoots of current collections.

“I think printed matter will never die, because in the age of transience, it stays,” he says. “That is the statement I wanted to send out with this special, one-off issue of the magazine. I wanted to offer a picture of this moment that in twenty or forty years’ time will still feel relevant and timely.”

The anniversary couldn’t pass without an ode being made to Milan, the city to which Armani is considered royalty. The hangar in the city’s Linate airport which has greeted arrivals with Emporio Armani in shimmering sky-scraping signage since 1996 is celebrated in all its dominant glory (“[I] love people to feel welcomed in a city that has always expressed modernity, energy, an optimistic outlook towards the future; an international metropolis with an Italian soul, exactly like Emporio) and the famous “Broletto” billboard in central Milan that, as well as the Beckhams, saw Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Nadal supersized in their underwear (he has a soft spot for sport, he admits, by virtue of the “discipline, hard work and teamwork” he relates to) both take centre stage.

Flying high: Giorgio Armani photographed for Designers’s World in Elle Magazine, May 1997.
Flying high: Giorgio Armani photographed for Designers’s World in Elle Magazine, May 1997. Photograph: Jean-Marie Périer/Courtesy of Giorgio Armani

“I am quite proud of the fact that the Broletto billboards have become part of the Milanese urban landscape and as such a landmark,” he says. “What started as a fresh idea – adopting the bold language of traditional advertising and bringing it into the fashion world – has turned into a series of endless surprises that engage and entertain whoever passes from that spot.” During the pandemic, Armani – who donated more than €2m to hospitals in Milan, Rome, Bergamo, Piacenza, and Versilia in the devastating first few months – eschewed advertising on the billboard to instead “send out messages of hope, support, and happiness. It is a blank canvas that allows me freedom to communicate in a very direct way, and I truly enjoy it.”

It’s a sentiment that he applies to his vision for Emporio Armani in its 40th year and for the future. “It stands for a set of values that are not merely aesthetic even though they are based on my appreciation for simplicity and elegance,” he says. “The only way to push boundaries is to keep looking at the world, at the evolutions of society, and act inventively. Fashion, for me, is always a reflection, and at times also an anticipation, of the moment.”

Emporio Armani – The Way We Are is on display at Armani/Silos in Milan until 6 February 2022

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Albert Bourla of Pfizer is the CNN Business CEO of the Year

But Bourla was our preference for all that Pfizer has finished in a year in which Covid vaccines went mainstream (vaccine was even named term of the year by Merriam-Webster) and helped stabilize America’s economic system — and the world’s for that make a difference.

“Pfizer did a great deal of great [for] humanity and we are quite, pretty happy of it,” Bourla mentioned in an job interview with CNN Enterprise. “Not only have been we able to save so numerous life … but we are experiencing superior ranges of corporate track record appropriate now. Folks like us.”

Hoping to get Covid capsule authorised in early 2022

Pfizer is just not the only company that has created a vaccine. But the Massive Pharma chief, even far more so than its European partner BioNTech (BNTX) or rival vaccine developer Moderna (MRNA), has come to be synonymous with the battle from Covid.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was the first authorized in the United States for 5- to 11-year previous young children. But numerous mother and father of even young youngsters are now ready to hear about when a vaccine may well be accredited for toddlers, toddlers and pre-schoolers.
A 8 year-old child receives their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Michigan on November 5, 2021.

Bourla said he understands the disappointment of mothers and fathers who are fully vaccinated but are not able to get their youngest young ones guarded.

“We are working pretty intensively on that to make absolutely sure we can provide a answer for that,” Bourla stated.

Final data on pills to treat Covid-19 holds strong against hospitalization and death, Pfizer says

“We are searching at different doses, perfectly down below the doses that have been utilized [for adults and older kids.] We know that it will be risk-free. What we are on the lookout to see is if that will guard them by offering the decrease dose,” he added.

But Pfizer announced following the interview with CNN Business took spot that it is nonetheless assessing no matter if a few lesser doses of its vaccine will be productive for kids below 5 after obtaining two boy or girl-sized doses ended up not manufacturing the anticipated immunity in 2- to 5-calendar year-olds.
In addition, Pfizer has developed a pill that could greatly minimize the threat of significant complications, hospitalization and dying for people who contract the virus. The Food items and Drug Administration announced adhering to the job interview with Bourla that it experienced accepted Pfizer’s Paxlovid oral therapy.

But Bourla pressured to CNN Business enterprise that the pill is not meant to be a substitute for the vaccine.

Completely ready to start an Omicron-particular vaccine if required

The the latest rise of the Omicron variant has created fears all-around the world about the efficacy of the current vaccines. But Bourla instructed CNN Enterprise that he thinks its and BioNTech’s vaccine will management Omicron “pretty nicely,” specially if folks have gained two doses and the booster.

He conceded, having said that, that it is possible Pfizer will have to have to launch a new vaccine to especially target Omicron or any other foreseeable future variants. Bourla explained Pfizer is previously creating a shot aimed at Omicron, and that he thinks it could be tested and submitted to regulators for acceptance by March.

If Pfizer demands to develop Omicron-precise shots, that will not slow the production of the current vaccine, Bourla explained.

A freezer farm for Covid-19 vaccines at the Pfizer Kalamazoo Manufacturing site on February 19, 2021, in Portage, Michigan.

“We are aiming for a four billion [dose] annual production capability of our latest vaccine. And if we have to switch concerning the two, the old and the new, we nevertheless will make 4 billion. We you should not count on that we will eliminate any volume,” he reported.

Bourla also acknowledged that there are cynics who issue whether Pfizer is just making an attempt to make as a lot income as achievable from the vaccine.

Immediately after all, Pfizer explained in its newest earnings launch in November that it produced $13 billion in income from the vaccine in the third quarter and that it now expects $36 billion in earnings from it for the comprehensive calendar year.

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at Manning High School in Manning, South Carolina, on Friday, March 12, 2021.

Bourla informed CNN Business enterprise that it is charging poorer, developing nations a lot less for the vaccine than it does to wealthier international locations. But price tag isn’t the only obstacle. He mentioned some international locations, these kinds of as those in remote components of Africa, are “missing primary infrastructure.”

“They never have facilities to vaccinate men and women, particularly in distant spots. They do not have ample nurses,” he claimed. “Sometimes they are lacking syringes, in some cases they are lacking refrigerators so that they can retail store the vaccine. So this is regretably the situation.”

Bourla is hopeful the Earth Wellness Organization and the public-personal vaccine alliance Gavi will be in a position to help solve some of these concerns. He also explained the company is on the lookout into drone shipping far more to be certain that people get the vaccine much more rapidly.

“We are carrying out every thing we can to locate ourselves on the right [side] of record,” he mentioned.

Bourla also continued to anxiety that the vaccine is harmless and that the only way for lifestyle to return to typical is for folks to get the shots.

“I you should not see any motive why up coming year will not be a ordinary year if we do the simple things that are out there for us,” Bourla explained. “If we have extremely massive figures of men and women that really don’t want to do a third dose or you should not want to vaccinate at all, which is a trouble.”

Extra to Pfizer than the Covid vaccine

Pfizer and Bourla aren’t resting on their laurels.

The company has also been at the forefront of creating lots of other promising blockbuster medication this kind of as blood thinner Eliquis, breast cancer treatment method Ibrance and rheumatoid arthritis capsule Xeljanz, as nicely as the Prevnar loved ones of pneumonia vaccines.

Bourla is thoroughly aware that for a drug enterprise to keep on being prosperous, it has to have even a lot more promising medications in the pipeline.

A number of of Pfizer’s recent major sellers are owing to drop patent protection in the next handful of a long time. When they expire, that opens the door for more affordable generic prescription drugs to contend with them.

That’s a major reason why Pfizer introduced plans for a practically $7 billion deal earlier in December to receive Arena Prescription drugs (ARNA), a firm acquiring prescription drugs to address immuno-inflammatory diseases. The acquisition came just one particular thirty day period soon after Pfizer done a extra than $2 billion purchase of cancer drug maker Trillium Therapeutics.

“It’s challenging to multitask,” Bourla mentioned. “But let’s not overlook what else we are operating on. There are so a lot of medicines for most cancers, for other infectious health conditions, for cardiovascular conditions, for other ailments.”

“We are heavily invested suitable now in most cancers,” Bourla included. “The most significant proportion of our R&D investment goes into oncology correct now.”

Traders have rewarded Pfizer, which ironically plenty of was booted from the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Typical in 2020 just a few months prior to its vaccine was approved. Shares are up virtually 65{cfdf3f5372635aeb15fd3e2aecc7cb5d7150695e02bd72e0a44f1581164ad809} in 2021 — much more than any Dow inventory — and are not much from a history significant.
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Probiotics for dementia: What’s the evidence?

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A review asks no matter whether probiotics could boost cognitive purpose for men and women with dementia or moderate cognitive impairment. Nikola Nastasic/Getty Images
  • Alzheimer’s disorder is the most common variety of dementia in the United States, impacting far more than 6 million men and women.
  • The success of a meta-analysis propose that probiotic supplementation may make improvements to cognitive function in people today with delicate cognitive impairment.
  • The review provides more information and facts about the correlations in between intestine health and fitness and mind health and fitness.

Some research hint that probiotics and prebiotics may well sluggish the progression of some neurodegenerative disorders.

Having said that, there are restricted facts on their outcomes in humans with Alzheimer’s ailment or mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Researchers from Jiangnan College in China collaborated to assessment the proof to day. Their systematic overview and meta-assessment seems in the journal Meals.

General, the authors report: “Consistently, our conclusions recommend that probiotic intervention at early stages of Alzheimer’s ailment, these as MCI, could boost cognitive functionality and delay ailment progression.”

The team explored quite a few databases for research released involving 1984 and early 2021 involving subjects with Alzheimer’s or MCI.

Zhu and colleagues sifted as a result of 294 reports, ultimately including just eight article content for the systematic critique and seven for the meta-evaluation.

Cognitive function was the major end result of all the studies, measured by Mini-Psychological Point out Evaluation (MMSE) scoring. Secondary outcomes incorporated nutritional status, irritation biomarkers, metabolic profiles, and oxidative tension.

The review’s authors identified that probiotic health supplements improved cognitive purpose in individuals with MCI. Having said that, the effects ended up less impressive for individuals with Alzheimer’s ailment. Over-all, the authors conclude:

“Compared with placebo or handle interventions, probiotic supplementation significantly improved cognitive operate in the participants with MCI, but it only brought on a modest cognitive improvement in people with Alzheimer’s sickness.”

The range of probiotic strains administered, their dosage, and the duration of procedure performed a purpose in the extent of cognitive advancement.

Probiotic supplementation also altered the composition and composition of fecal microbiota in persons with Alzheimer’s.

The co-authors cite experiments that clearly show a lowered fecal microbial range in Alzheimer’s. Nevertheless, only 1 analyze in the overview showed that probiotic supplementation altered the framework and composition of fecal microbiota in men and women with Alzheimer’s.

Dr. David A. Merrill, Ph.D., is an adult and geriatric psychiatrist and director of the Pacific Neuroscience Institute’s Pacific Brain Health and fitness Middle at Providence Saint John’s Overall health Middle in Santa Monica, CA. He was not included with this assessment.

In an job interview with Health care News Now, Dr. Merrill discussed:

“This meta-evaluation — a examine of scientific tests — supplies an important update about latest evidence demonstrating that gut health may perhaps assist mind function in more mature grown ups, in particular those with moderate cognitive impairment […] This is an significant update on a subject matter which reveals that our gut overall health impacts not only our systemic wellness but our emotional and cognitive well-staying, as effectively.”

Dr. Merrill was intrigued by the review’s locating that prebiotics may perhaps greatly enhance the output of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF):

“We know that BDNF levels decrease in the brain of Alzheimer’s clients, and this decline of BDNF is believed to play a part in the enhanced dying of neurons in the mind. So, maybe indirectly, prebiotics may perhaps support the circulating levels of BDNF in the system, leading to larger cell survival in the brain.”

Zhu and fellow scientists mentioned quite a few limits to their meta-examination. For starters, some of the trials applied modest sample dimensions.

Also, the chosen studies did not contemplate how other dietary dietary supplements and lifestyles may perhaps have impacted the gut microbiota and metabolic profiles.

The research provided in the examination also employed distinct score scales for cognitive impairment to evaluate cognitive function. Only four of the integrated studies referenced the typically applied NINCDS-ADRDA standards for dementia.

Four of the scientific studies unsuccessful to report any adverse effects of probiotic supplementation. Even though probiotics have been usually safe and sound, more mature individuals are extra susceptible to serious gastrointestinal, skin, and systemic aspect consequences.

Zhu and the group also expressed worry that experimental layout flaws and industrial funding may well have skewed some benefits.

The review’s authors hope that foreseeable future research will explore the adverse results of probiotic nutritional supplements. They also want to see scientific trials that group and evaluate individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and MCI in accordance to disease severity.

Further more, Dr. Merrill mentioned: “Knowing the most productive dose of specific probiotic strains for various condition situations like memory decline remains a obstacle.”

The psychiatrist cautions that this meta-assessment does not demonstrate that probiotics will support all people with MCI. On the other hand, he said:

“If you’ve had a overall health anxiety to your gut like having surgical procedure or needing to just take antibiotics, a person may take into account having probiotics for a time to improve the diversity of the good micro organism in the gut and return the intestine to its healthiest achievable state.”