The Academy has released a second statement following Will Smith and Chris Rock’s altercation during last night’s Oscars ceremony. “The Academy condemns the actions of Mr. Smith at last night’s show,” the new statement reads. “We have officially started a formal review around the incident and will explore further action and consequences in accordance with …
It looks like everyone in Hollywood has something to say about that Oscars slap. Following the very eventful 94th Academy Awards, celebrities weighed in on the altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock in interviews and on social media. A few stood by the King Richard actor, while some condemned his act of violence and …
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Turns out Will Smith and Chris Rock have some history at the Oscars, which could shed light on Will’s reaction to Chris’s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith during last night’s ceremony. To catch everyone up, (though pretty sure there isn’t one human on the planet who is unaware of what happened), Chris made a joke …
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Immediately after Will Smith shocked everyone by slapping Chris Rock on stage at the Academy Awards after Rock’s distasteful joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, a photo of Oscar nominee Nicole Kidman gasping went viral. Some on social media claimed it was her reaction to the jaw-dropping moment at the ceremony. But that’s not …
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will impact how doctors can treat patients where opioids are involved. The threshold question in Ruan v. United States, which came to the Supreme Court from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, is when the care a doctor provides …
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There was no higher risk of heart attack for recipients of the two-dose hepatitis B cytosine phosphoguanine adjuvant vaccine (Heplisav-B) compared to the three-dose hepatitis B vaccine with an aluminum hydroxide adjuvant (Engerix-B), a prospective study found. Among nearly 70,000 adults who received at least one hepatitis B vaccine dose, type 1 acute myocardial infarctions …
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Early Saturday morning, my home landline started ringing and the scary mechanical voice that translates caller ID told me it was my pharmacy benefits manager calling. I picked up the phone, and a polite electronic voice told me that they were unable to ship one of my medicines to me since they had been unable …
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Healthcare workers are alarmed by the conviction of former Nashville nurse RaDonda Vaught, who now faces prison time over a medical error. “We could all and probably have been close to this situation because we’re continuously stretched too thin,” Kelsey Fassold, RN, an ICU nurse, said in a LinkedIn post. “We try so hard to …
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Men taking metformin were more likely to have offspring with birth defects, a Danish study found. Newborns with fathers who took metformin during the development of fertilizing sperm had a 40% higher frequency of birth defects compared with newborns whose fathers used insulin (adjusted OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.08-1.82), reported Maarten J. Wensink, MD, PhD, …
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Emma McIntyreGetty Images When it comes to getting the internet’s attention, Lil Nas X is a maestro. He first exploded onto the pop culture scene with his viral hit ‘Old Town Road,’ which spent a short eternity at the top of the charts thanks to his genre-hopping collaboration with country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, …
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