A mental evaluation, a screening for depression or
psychiatric illness, mental illness and anxiety is
missing from his latest medical exam.
President Joe Biden meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia
Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday.
President Biden appeared to mix up Ukraine and Gaza while talking about the war-torn regions in a bilateral Oval Office meeting with Italy’s prime minister Friday.
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appointment to give blood or platelets: https://rdcrss.org/3SaGpP6
The Red Cross is facing an emergency blood shortage, with the
lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. Donors of all
blood types are urgently needed to help patients who are counting
on lifesaving blood following accidents, during surgeries, and for treatment of conditions such as sickle cell disease and cancer.
On December 9, 1979, a commission of scientists declared that
smallpox had been eradicated. The disease, which carries around
a 30 percent chance of death for those who contract it, is the only infectious disease afflicting humans that has officially been
eradicated.
Recent research indicates that the smallpox virus may have evolved
as late as 1580 CE.
Dr. Donald A. Henderson (1928-2016) was the epidemiologist
who led the international war on smallpox that resulted
in its eradication.
A self-described “disease detective,” Dr. Henderson being
vaccinated for smallpox.
MIKE GRACIA
In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F.
Kennedy announces on October 22, 1962 that U.S. spy planes
discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba. These missile sites—
under construction but nearing completion—housed medium-
range missiles capable of striking a number of major cities in
the United States, including Washington, D.C.
Kennedy announced that he was ordering a naval “quarantine”
of Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from transporting any more
offensive weapons to the island and explained that the United
States would not tolerate the existence of the missile sites
currently in place. The president made it clear that America
would not stop short of military action to end what he called a “clandestine, reckless and provocative threat to world peace.”
Mary Lou Retton is ‘fighting for her life’ as she battles a rare
form of pneumonia. She was unable to breathe on own and
is in ICU.
