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Mexico’s Miguel Angel Berchelt celebrates his win over Argentinas´ Jonathan Victor Barros (out of frame) in their WBC world super featherweight title boxing bout in Merida, Yucatan state, Mexico, on June 23, 2018. (Photo by LUIS PEREZ / AFP) LOS ANGELES  – Miguel Berchelt, boxing’s longest current reigning super-featherweight champion, defends his crown Saturday ast Las Vegas against unbeaten Oscar Valdez in an all-Mexican showdown. Berchelt, 38-1 with 34 knockouts, will face Valdez, 28-0 with 22 knockouts, for the World Boxing Council version of the 130-pound (59kg) title. The crown has belonged to Berchelt since January 2017 when he knocked out compatriot Francisco Vargas in the 11th round and he has defended the crown six times, winning the past five inside the distance. He has wanted to face Valdez, a two-time Olympian, since both were working their way up the amateur ranks. “This fight is the one that I dreamed of since we were both amateur fighters,” Berchelt said. … [Read more...] about Berchelt defends super-featherweight boxing crown vs unbeaten Valdez

Johnson & Johnson on Thursday announced it has applied to the US Food and Drug Administration for an Emergency Use Authorization for its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine. If the EUA is granted, the vaccine will be the third authorized for use in the US against the pandemic coronavirus, likely boosting the vaccine supply in the coming months and helping to hasten immunization country-wide. J&J’s application to the FDA comes just a week after the company revealed top-line results of its Phase III clinical trial , which found the vaccine to be 66 percent effective overall at preventing moderate and severe COVID-19. J&J’s vaccine—made by its vaccine developer Janssen Pharmaceuticals—was 85 percent effective at preventing severe disease. In the trial, severe disease was defined as testing positive for the virus as well as having signs consistent with severe systemic illness, respiratory failure, shock, or organ failure, or being admitted to an intensive care unit, or dying. The … [Read more...] about FDA now reviewing a third COVID vaccine, this one made by Johnson & Johnson

Rats, and other members of the rodent family, have a lousy reputation. They crop up regularly in our everyday language to describe bleak situations and sentiments (Rats!, caught in a rat race, someone with rat-like features — you get the drift). Much-maligned, they're often associated with the plague — somewhat apposite given our current predicament. They seem to be omnipresent in the best of times, but now, they're having a, er, field day. The Boomtown Rats They're certainly more visible than in pre-pandemic times, but nothing to panic about — yet In London and other major cities across the UK, rat sightings have soared during the pandemic. The British Pest Control Association (BPCA), which represents 700 vermin catchers across the country, said its members reported a 51% hike in rodent activity during the first lockdown last spring, and a 78% increase in November after the next lockdown. Typically, rats avoid humans and make drains and sewers their homes. However, as … [Read more...] about UK COVID-19 lockdown provides boom towns for rats