The World Health Organization on Monday recommended that immunocompromised people be given an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, Merck said it has applied for U.S. emergency use authorization for its tablet to treat patients with mild-to-moderate cases of the illness.Canada's national advisory body on vaccines last month recommended giving third doses of COVID-19 vaccines…
Your sweatpant size isn't the only thing that might be ballooning in this pandemic — the number of stores selling them is expanding like an elasticated waistband.So-called athleisure clothing, such as yoga gear, is hugely popular, as consumers are increasingly blurring the lines between office attire and what they would wear around the house. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)Your sweatpant size…
A long, long (... long) year ago, in October 2020, we got a glimpse of some set photos from The Batman. Standing next to Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne, was an unidentified half-human, half-prosthetics creation, looking like a Sopranos character beamed through the multiverse and into the next Batflick. Turns out that the monstrosity was Colin…
Late last year, in the height of the pandemic, Mark Duplass and his wife Katie Aselton sold their beautiful Silver Lake house. A modern day mansion with a red wood interior. Chef's kitchen. Tub deep enough to drown a horse. He had recently finished filming a movie there, and afterward, the couple sat together and…
On first glance, it might be easy to look at something like Netflix's Bad Sport like the latest batch of true crime candy from the streamer. Volume 1 of the sports-doc series, debuted last week, rolling out six episodes that covered some of sports' greatest scandals over the past couple decades, from Luciano Moggi's referee…
It’s official: Joe Goldberg will live to creep another day. Just two days before its Season Three premiere, Netflix announced that You will have a fourth season. The thrilling stalker psychodrama has amassed legions of fans, with reportedly upwards of 40 million viewers tuning in during its first month on the platform alone. The new…
Hundreds of people on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands awoke on Wednesday fearing for their homes and property after a new lava stream from an erupting volcano threatened to engulf another neighbourhood on its way toward the Atlantic Ocean.A resident carries a mirror from her home as she prepares to evacuate the area ahead…
Hollywood's Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space on Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality.Hollywood's Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality. The Star Trek hero reached the final frontier aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company.…
A new office dedicated to hiring health-care workers in Nova Scotia needs to take immediate action to address employees who feel overworked and undervalued if it hopes to fill hundreds of vacancies, say union leaders representing paramedics and nurses in the province.Ambulances are seen outside the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. While there are an estimated 27…
