[ad_1] New Delhi CNN Business — Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, is wrestling with major disruption at its biggest iPhone assembly factory in China, as anxious workers reportedly flee the facility, according to social media videos. The Taiwanese company is racing to control a Covid outbreak at its campus …
Read More »Selena Gomez cancels ‘Tonight Show’ appearance after catching Covid
[ad_1] CNN — Selena Gomez is trying to keep her hands – and everything else – to herself for a while. The singer on Wednesday shared on Instagram that she has contracted Covid-19 and was forced to cancel a planned appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” “I’m not …
Read More »Clorox recalls 37 million bottles of Pine-Sol that could contain bacteria
[ad_1] New York CNN Business — Roughly 37 million bottles of Pine-Sol products have been recalled because they could contain a potentially harmful bacteria. Clorox said some of the affected Pine-Sol products might contain a bacteria called Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can harm people with compromised immune systems or people with …
Read More »RSV: Behaviors that helped keep us safe from Covid are probably driving surge in RSV cases, scientists say
[ad_1] CNN — The behaviors that helped keep us safe from Covid-19 over the past 2½ years – lockdowns, physical distancing, wearing masks, washing hands – are probably behind the “unprecedented” early surge in RSV infections this year, scientists say. These factors may also have thrown other seasonal respiratory viruses …
Read More »RSV in children: Symptoms, treatment and what parents should know
[ad_1] CNN — In September, an 8-month-old baby came into Dr. Juanita Mora’s office in Chicago with an infection the doctor hadn’t expected to see for another two months: RSV. Like her peers across the country, the allergist and immunologist has been treating little ones with this cold-like virus well …
Read More »CDC director tests positive for Covid-19
[ad_1] CNN — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday. Walensky is experiencing mild symptoms and is up to date on her Covid-19 vaccines, according to a statement released by the agency. Walensky received an updated Covid-19 …
Read More »RSV is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children’s hospitals
[ad_1] CNN — When Amber Sizemore and her family went out of state to celebrate her birthday last week, she had hoped her toddler daughter, Raegan, would try swimming. But the 15-month-old, normally energetic and adventurous, wasn’t herself on Saturday. “She hated it, and she normally loves water,” Sizemore said. …
Read More »The greatest risk to China’s Xi Jinping? Himself
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN — China’s economy is faltering. Unemployment is skyrocketing. Endless Covid lockdowns are wreaking havoc on businesses and people’s lives. The property sector is in crisis. Ties between Beijing and major global powers are under strain. The list of problems faced by the world’s second-largest economy goes …
Read More »Under Xi Jinping, zero-Covid is accelerating China’s surveillance state
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN — As a new, deadly virus overtook the central city of Wuhan and spread throughout China in early 2020, the country’s ruling Communist Party and its leader Xi Jinping were faced with a crisis on a scale not seen in decades. In Wuhan, there was chaos. …
Read More »Quick and stealthy new Covid-19 variants are poised to drive a winter surge
[ad_1] CNN — A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge. In the United States, these are BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, BA.4.6, BA.2.75 and BA.2.75.2. In other countries, the recombinant variant XBB has been rising quickly and appears to be fueling …
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