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‘Goonies’ Cast Reunited To Raise Money For COVID-19 Response

Popular film “The Goonies” became an epic part of many of our childhoods when it was released in 1985. Recently, the cast reunited to help support those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The reunion took place on Josh Gad’s “Reunited Apart” series, in which the “Frozen” star reunites some of our favorite television and movie casts. This free source of entertainment offers both connection and nostalgia for the millions of people who are staying safe at home in order to follow social distancing directives. Gad teased a clip from the recent “Reunited Apart with Josh Gad” livestream on his Instagram page. It brings together “Goonies” cast members like Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan, Martha Plimpton, Kerri G...

28Feb By viralzergnet.comNo Comments

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A secret group of scientists is working to end COVID-19

A secret group of highly-qualified scientists is working to end COVID-19 with the backing of some of the world’s wealthiest people. The group is composed of more than a dozen doctors and headed by doctor Thomas Cahill. The 33-year-old former physician has collected some of the world’s greatest minds to workshop a way to stop COVID-19. He named the group the “Manhattan Project for the age of coronavirus.” The original Manhattan Project, which began in 1939, was the research project that ultimately yielded nuclear weapons. The project led to the development of the atomic bomb, which was eventually used to nuke both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The project is now lauded as one of the primary factors in ending WWII, despite its massive and devastating cost. The new...

30Jan By viralzergnet.comNo Comments

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Baby Survived Heart Surgery And Then Beat COVID-19

It’s been a difficult six months for first-time parents Emma and Wayne Bates from Burnley, England. After trying for 10 years to have a baby, they finally saw that dream come true on Oct. 8, 2019, when Erin was born. But doctors had some devastating news following that incredible event: their daughter had a rare heart condition called tetralogy of Fallot, which sees patients suffer from a combination of four different heart defects at once. As a result, little Erin underwent open-heart surgery in December at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, and has been in recovery ever since. You can see the little fighter and Wayne snuggling together in this photo shared by Emma on Facebook. Despite making it through so many health challenges already in her short life, Erin still...

30Jan By viralzergnet.comNo Comments

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The FCC is making it easier to get subsidized internet during the coronavirus

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is relaxing some of the requirements to qualify for its subsidized broadband and phone service Lifeline program as more people need access during the coronavirus emergency. Specifically, the agency’s Wireline Competition Bureau relaxed a rule that required an applicant to submit three consecutive months of income documentation to qualify for the service. The waiver of the rule will last until June 30. The move comes as millions of Americans have signed up for unemployment insurance over the last few weeks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. “There are more than 30 million Americans out of work. It’s vital that we help them stay connected in this crisis. So the FCC updated its policies to make sure the newly-unem...

29Jan By viralzergnet.comNo Comments

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Netflix is making an anthology series about social distancing

The production team behind Orange Is the New Black is developing an anthology series for Netflix around the new realities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The anthology series, titled Social Distance, will be centered around the “new, bizarre, bewildering reality we are all experiencing,” according to the show’s producers. Hilary Weisman Graham will serve as the showrunner while Graham, Jenji Kohan, Tara Herrmann, and BLack McCormick will all executive produce. “We feel passionate about finding connection as we all remain at a distance,” they said in a statement. “We’ve been inspired to create an anthology series that tells stories about the current moment we are living through—the unique, personal, deeply human stories that ill...

13Jan By viralzergnet.comNo Comments

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What we know about the new Covid-19-linked illness in children

Doctors are seeing a spike in cases of an illness similar to Kawasaki disease — especially in areas with recent or ongoing Covid-19 outbreaks. | Getty Images A rare, Kawasaki-like disease is striking kids who have coronavirus antibodies, a Lancet study from Italy shows. Doctors in 15 US states are reporting that at least 164 children have fallen sick with a rare inflammatory illness similar to a condition known as Kawasaki disease. Symptoms include fever and inflammation and can affect organs, including the heart. Some of the children have tested positive for Covid-19 or have antibodies to the virus, and three have died. NEW: Kawasaki-like syndrome now reported in 15 states. Based on publicly-available data, the United States case count is at least 164, including: New York (...

11Jan By viralzergnet.comNo Comments

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Covid-19 could reverse decades of global progress

A bus stop in Athens, Greece, on May 4. | Aris Messins/AFP via Getty Images The pandemic’s collateral damage, briefly explained The world’s attention has been focused on the coronavirus pandemic for the past couple of months, and rightly so. The global death toll has hit 285,000, the economy is in shambles, and our day-to-day lives are completely transformed. It’s obviously a huge deal. But as we all focus on that, what other problems are being neglected and growing worse? What sort of collateral damage is the world incurring? The secondary impacts of Covid-19 — including a possible “hunger pandemic” and “poverty tsunami” — are worth taking seriously. The number of deaths they cause, experts caution, could easily outstrip the number of deaths from Covid-19 itself. That’s not an ...

11Jan By viralzergnet.comNo Comments

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A treatment for this toddler’s rare genetic condition was in sight. Then the pandemic hit.

Amber Freed and her son Maxwell. | Brad Livengood Photography Covid-19 has shut down labs and rare disease research, setting back Amber Freed and her son Maxwell. Amber Freed’s singular mission is to help scientists develop a treatment for her son. But the pandemic has put the success of that mission into question. Freed is a mother to twins Riley and Maxwell, who just turned 3 this year. Riley is a healthy toddler. But Maxwell has a rare genetic disease that has led to delays in his development. He’s nonverbal, and he has a movement disorder. The condition responsible for these symptoms is called SLC6A1, after the gene that’s affected, and Maxwell was only the 34th person in the world to get this diagnosis. if left untreated, the disease could soon cause debilitatin...

11Jan By viralzergnet.comNo Comments

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Twitter now labels misleading coronavirus tweets with a misleading label

Twitter is playing catch up in building a strategy to combat coronavirus misinformation. | Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images Following in the footsteps of Facebook, Twitter is flagging coronavirus hoaxes and misinformation for users. Amid a surge of misinformation triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, Twitter has announced yet another update to its policies regarding conspiracy theories and fake news. Now, Covid-19 tweets that are considered misleading will get labels designed to offer more context about the information therein. Tweets making potentially harmful claims disputed by experts will now come with a more direct warning message. Twitter explained in a blog post that its new strategy for dealing with problematic tweets takes a three-pronged approach. The specific action taken will dep...

11Jan By viralzergnet.comNo Comments

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South Korea’s new coronavirus cases show the perils of reopening

Commuters wear protective masks as they crowd on a subway escalator during rush hour on May 11, 2020, in Seoul, South Korea. | Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Just one sick person led to a sudden increase of new infections in South Korea. The weekend before last, a 29-year-old South Korean man visited five night clubs in Seoul, where he partied with around 7,200 other people. Five days later — the same day South Korea relaxed social distancing measures — he tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the country’s first local infection in four days. According to South Korean health officials, nearly 80 new Covid-19 cases have since been linked to the man’s outing in the Itaewon neighborhood. And on Monday, officials announced 35 new confirmed infections — the highes...

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