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Bill Gates admits meetings with Jeffrey Epstein were a ‘huge mistake’
Bill Gates said that spending time with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was “a huge mistake” in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. The interview covered Gates’ relationship with Epstein, which he says was an attempt to get “billions for philanthropy,” as well as Gates’ alleged workplace misbehavior at Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Business|Birmingham Star
Bill Gates plays down relevance of COVID-19 origin investigation: media
BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft founder Bill Gates said the controversial coronavirus origin investigation is not directly tied to particular actions to save lives, according to a report by The Australian. Investigations into the origins of SARS-CoV-2, which have become highly controversial among scientists and fuelled tension between China...
Trouble Relationship|Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates finalize divorce
The divorce between Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates is now final. A judge for the King County Superior Court in Washington state signed the dissolution decree Monday, ending the 27-year marriage between the co-founders of the influential Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation while leaving the details of how the couple divided one of the largest fortunes in history shrouded in mystery.
Mobile, AL|WALA-TV FOX10
Are people done with COVID-19?
Mobile, Ala. (WALA)-- The world is a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, and mask mandates are on their way back into schools and cities across the nation. Is the world backtracking?. "I'm over it," said Mattie Hunter, a Mobile resident. "Ready for the world to get back...
Celebrities|enstarz.com
Melinda Gates Keeping Not Only Half of Bill Gates' Money But Also THIS Shocking 'Asset'
When Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates announced their divorce, numerous reports of the billionaire womanizing and sexually harassing his colleagues at Microsoft surfaced. On Aug. 2, nearly three months after the shocking announcement, the two co-founders of The Gates Foundation finalized their divorce. The former couple was married for...
Celebrities|The Independent
‘I made a mistake’: Bill Gates explains his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in an interview on Wednesday admitted that his interactions with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were “a huge mistake”. “I had several dinners with him, you know, hoping that what he said about getting billions of philanthropy for global health through contacts that he had might emerge. When it looked like that was not a real thing, that relationship ended,” Mr Gates told CNN News.
Economy|news4sanantonio.com
Gates admits he regrets time with Epstein
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says he regrets spending time with the late Jeffrey Epstein. The disgraced Palm Beach financier became a convicted sex offender in 2008. A lot of his victims are from Palm Beach County. Epstein died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial for other charges in 2019.
World|UN News Centre
Witchcraft killings of people with albinism have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, says UN expert
People being plunged into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in the killing of people with albinism, the outgoing UN appointed independent expert said on Thursday. Ikponwosa Ero stated that people had been turning to witchcraft “because of the mistaken belief that using their body parts...
Public Health|Posted byBest Life
These 7 States Are Seeing the Worst COVID Surges Right Now
While there had been a significant drop in COVID cases in the U.S. over the past couple months, numbers have been steadily rising, and some states have been experiencing a severe surge in cases. Following the Fourth of July holiday weekend, seven states have seen a more than 100 percent increase in COVID cases from the week prior. While this could be due to large gatherings of unvaccinated people over the long weekend, experts say the highly transmissible Delta variant is also largely to blame.
Public Health|Posted byEatThis
I'm a Doctor and Here's How to Not Catch Delta
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Marjorie Taylor Greene caught on camera telling crowd to scare off vaccination promoters with guns
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Public Health|Posted byThe Hill
The signs you have the delta variant are different than original COVID-19
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Pharmaceuticals|deseret.com
Moderna reveals how long its vaccine really protects people
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Public Health|gentside.co.uk
This is what doctors found in the bodies of deceased COVID patients
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Public Health|Posted byThe Hill
There's one kind of mask that won't protect you from the delta variant
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Public Health|Time
Your employer has no power to require you to get vaccinated if you live in these states
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New York City, NY|Posted byBest Life
If You Refuse to Get Vaccinated, You Could Be Barred From This, Lawyers Say
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Skin Care|Posted byBest Life
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Public Health|gentside.co.uk
COVID treatment: Common cholesterol medication found to cut infection by 70%
A new study, published in the journal Frontiers for Pharmacology, has found that a licensed drug that is currently being used to treat cholesterol could be an effective treatment for COVID patients. Breakthrough treatment. Researchers, led by University of Birmingham and Keele University in the UK, experimented with a range...
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