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An unvaccinated man met a doctor at a bar. He left agreeing to get his first dose
Dr Duane Mitchell sat next to Mark by chance. After three hours of conversation, Mark decided he was ready to get vaccinated - with Dr Mitchell by his side.
- by Andrea Salcedo
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‘Attacks’: Facebook bans mass trolling of dissidents, journalists and activists
The changes come amid mounting criticism of the company’s handling of hate speech, misinformation and negative content.
William Shatner, Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, blasts into space
Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space on Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company.
E-cigarettes authorised by US authorities for first time, but only tobacco flavours
Health authorities allowed the Vuse tobacco flavoured pods produced by British American Tobacco, saying they can reduce smokers’ exposure to harmful chemicals.
- by Tiffany Kary
Gabby Petito was strangled and died a month before found: coroner
The influencer had been on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, when she was reported missing on September 11 by her parents, in a case that has drawn attention.
Advice shifting on aspirin use for preventing heart attacks, US panel says
Older adults without heart disease shouldn’t take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, an influential US health guidelines group said.
- by Lindsey Tanner
California law requires retailers to have ‘gender-neutral’ toy sections
“The segregation of toys by a social construct of what is appropriate for which gender is the antithesis of modern thinking,” one of the law’s sponsors wrote.
- by Jonathan Edwards
Not an earthquake: mystery boom shakes New Hampshire
None of the National Earthquake Information Centre’s stations had found any evidence of an earthquake in the region during the past seven days.
- by Neil Vigdor
US Navy engineer tried to leak nuclear submarine secrets: FBI
A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to pass secrets about US nuclear submarines to a foreign country.
- by Devlin Barrett and Martin Weil
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US politics
Donald Trump will never be president again, says renowned pollster Frank Luntz
The pollster who advised George W. Bush to refer to global warming as climate change also said he wants to come to Australia to fix the climate debate as a way of making up for questioning the science.
- by Latika Bourke
Moderna, in race for profits, keeps COVID vaccine out of reach of poor
Moderna, whose coronavirus vaccine is among the best defences against COVID-19, has been keeping poorer countries waiting and earning billions in profit.
- by Rebecca Robbins