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Delta variant would spread as easily as chickenpox 0:50 (CNN) -- With the recent rise in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations due to the spread of the highly communicable delta variant, health experts and officials expect the increase in cases to worsen as large segments of the country remain unvaccinated. "We're going to see this big, abrupt acceleration," Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital, told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Friday. "As bad as things are now in the south, they are about to get worse for many unvaccinated people." Officials in southern states, where vaccination rates have generally lagged behind other parts of the country, are work...

Vanilla is a great ally to improve digestive, intestinal, immune and brain health. Photo: Photo of Somben Chea in Pexels / Pexels Vanilla is much more than one of the most popular and favorite flavors of all time. While for some it has a reputation for being simple or boring, now is the time to clarify something: Vanilla is a medicinal treasure and is packed with natural flavor. Its unique combination of floral and caramel notes is so pronounced that it consumes the senses with a simple touch, its flavor is versatile and combines perfectly with sweet, salty and savory foods. Today we know that limiting it to a simple "ice cream flavor" is a big mistake that it is time to put aside. The truth is that the advantages of vanilla go beyond the ta...

American Caeleb Dressel has won his fifth Tokyo Games gold medal, finishing off one of the greatest performances in Olympic history.Dressel swam the butterfly leg as the Americans set a world record in the 4x100 meter medley relay with a time of 3 min 26.78 sec. That dwarfs the 3: 27.28 mark they set at the 2009 world championships in Rome in rubber suits.Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew and Zach Apple joined Dressel on the winning team. That ensured the Americans closed out the swimming competition with another gold in a race they never lost at the Olympics.Early in the session, Dressel won the 50 freestyle for his third singles title of the games, navigating a relatively easy victory in the frantic race from one end of the pool to the other and hitting an Olympic record of 21.07 seconds....

Legal debate on the moratorium on evictions 2:02 (CNN) -- A moratorium on eviction for tenants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to expire this Saturday night, after the House of Representatives suspended the session for recess. August without approving an extension. Democratic leaders scrambled throughout Friday to try to find enough votes to extend the moratorium beyond the July 31 deadline, but to no avail. Just after 6:00 p.m. ET on Friday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer tried to pass a bill to extend the eviction moratorium by unanimous consent, but it was rejected by Republicans. The Chamber rose shortly after. Last month, the Supreme Court allowed the CDC's order to r...

Seena MathewThe Conversation*13 minutesImage source, ReutersIt's no secret that aerobic exercise can help prevent some of the effects of aging. But a growing body of research suggests that swimming may provide a unique boost to brain health.Swimming regularly improves memory, cognitive function, immune response and mood. Swimming can also help repair stress damage and forge new neural connections in the brain.But scientists are still trying to figure out how and why this particular activity produces these beneficial effects on the brain.As a brain physiology neurobiologist, fitness enthusiast, and mother, I spend hours at the local pool during the summer. It is not unusual to see children splashing and swimming happily while their parents sunbathe in the distance. Even I have been one ...

The story is known and speaks in a certain way of a force that is destiny, and it is not only destiny, but the desire that accelerates it and makes it inevitable. Yulimar Rojas (world record holder indoor triple jump, 15.43m) was 16 years old when he saw Teddy Tamgho win the 2013 World Cup in Moscow and go running to hug his coach, Iván Pedroso. At that moment, the Venezuelan decided what she wanted to be in life, a triple jumper, and who would lead her to be the best. Eight years later, the three of them, the Venezuelan jumper, who is already world champion, Teddy Tamgho, who has already become a coach and guide to the favorite of the Games, the athlete from Burkina Faso Hughes Zango (18.07m, world record in covered track), one of the only seven that in history have jumped more than...