Cleveland Browns center JC Tretter, the NFL Players Association president who has been pushing the league for daily COVID-19 testing all season, tested positive for the virus on Thursday. So did Vikings running back Dalvin Cook. But Washington is getting back quarterback Taylor Heinicke. Tretter posted on Twitter that he was experiencing symptoms and chose…
Defense Department Staff Test Positive for COVID-19 After Base Tour
WASHINGTON—Seven U.S. Department of Defense staff who traveled last week to multiple American bases, including Indo-Pacific Command on Hawaii, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The staff, which consisted of civilian and military personnel, traveled to bases in Michigan, Colorado, Hawaii, California, and Nebraska as part of Deputy Secretary of Defense…
Nadal Positive for Virus After Returning From Abu Dhabi
MADRID—Rafael Nadal tested positive for the coronavirus after playing in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi, the Spaniard said Monday. Nadal wrote on Twitter that the positive result came from a PCR test he took after arriving in Spain. Nadal said he is enduring “unpleasant moments” but hopes to improve “little by little.” He is…
Futures Rise on Positive Earnings; GDP Data Awaited
U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, led by gains in Caterpillar, Merck, and Ford after upbeat quarterly earnings, while investors awaited data that will likely throw light on the pace of the economic recovery. The Commerce Department’s advance gross domestic product report, due at 08:30 a.m. ET, will likely show the U.S. economy…
Vaccinated Florida Congressman Tests Positive for COVID-19
Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.), who is fully vaccinated, said Wednesday that he recently tested positive for COVID-19 and believed he had only mild symptoms because he was vaccinated. Soto, an Orlando-area Democrat, wrote on Twitter that he had received monoclonal antibody treatment to further reduce potential symptoms. Soto said he was self-isolating and working from…
An Awesome Life
“I’ve been sick and dying my entire life. And yet, I am so proud of my life.” Claire Wienland is a shining example of staying positive and being strong, even when she has every reason not to. Such an inspiring story!
Changing Our Thinking About Thoughts
Awareness Tara came to see me when she was in her mid-30s. By her own account, she had devoted the previous 10 years of her life to conquering and eliminating her obsessive and, as she called it, unstoppable thinking. She had been devoted to self-help for a decade and tried anything and everything to convince…
Syrian President, Wife Test Positive for Coronavirus
DAMASCUS, Syria—Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president’s office said Monday, with both having only mild symptoms of the illness. In a statement, Assad’s office said the first couple did PCR tests after they experienced minor symptoms consistent with the COVID-19 illness. It said Assad, 55, and…
China in Focus (Jan. 25): Mass Virus Testing in 2 Beijing Districts
Out of two million new virus tests taken in Beijing, only two of them came back positive. More reports of people suddenly collapsing in public come from Shanghai. Hundreds of thousands in China are stuck inside their homes. Many are now running out of food since they’re not even allowed out to buy groceries. A…
GOP Rep. Kevin Brady Tests Positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON—U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), the top Republican on the House’s tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, says he’s tested positive for coronavirus, weeks after receiving a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Brady, 65, is the second House member to report testing positive for the virus this week. An aide to Rep. Kay Granger…
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