The Dodgers on Thursday announced they have placed the shortstop on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Los Angeles activated infielder Matt Beaty from the 10-day injured list in a corresponding move. Chris Taylor is expected to take over at shortstop for Seager. Seager suffered the injury Tuesday and was initially diagnosed with a Grade 2 hamstring strain but underwent an MRI for further evaluation on Wednesday....

Atherosclerosis, the main cause of CAD, can make the coronary blood vessels (those that supply the heart muscle) stiffen and more prone to forming blood clots. High levels of LDL cholesterol, often referred to as “bad” cholesterol, increase the risk of CAD. Common Causes CAD develops as a slow process in which the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become narrow, stiff, and diseased on the inside....

This may explain why some COVID-19 patients have gastrointestinal symptoms, Dutch researchers suggested in a paper published in the journal Science. The coronavirus can invade and multiply in the human gut because the enzyme it uses to enter our cells is found in this part of the body, the team said. The enzyme, called Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), is also present in the respiratory system. To reach their conclusion, the team took SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus which causes COVID-19) and cells from the human intestine and watched how they interacted in a lab....

There were 4,230 new cases on Sunday and 5,019 on Monday. Thirty-five percent of the state’s positive cases of the virus have occurred in the past two weeks. More Californias are also contracting COVID-19 than ever before. At a Wednesday briefing, Newsom said the positivity rate in California has also gone up to 5.1 percent, meaning the spike in confirmed cases is not only the result of expanded testing. A week ago only 4....

The extended shutdown in China over the Lunar New Year due to the illness has already hurt the country’s economy significantly as factories closed and workers remained at home. China’s first-quarter growth forecast has been slashed to three per cent—a three-percentage drop from the fourth quarter last year—and the largest quarterly drop in real GDP growth since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, according to the investment bank, Nomura, cited by the Financial Times on Monday....

“The Clatsop County Public Health Department was informed Thursday of what appears to be a major outbreak of COVID-19 among employees of the Pacific Seafood facility in Warrenton,” read a statement on the Clatsop County website. “Testing of the plant’s 159-member night shift conducted earlier this week by a private laboratory revealed that 77 of the workers tested positive for the illness,” the statement confirmed. None of the infected workers have been hospitalized and the affected individuals are being quarantined....

Police, fire, and EMS personnel responded to the scene in La Grange, Kentucky, around 5 p.m. following a 911 call that two people were found unconscious in the hotel. First responders quickly located an adult female and adult male, who were determined to have died inside the building, according to a press release from the La Grange Police Department. Initial investigations suggested that the deaths were a result of high CO levels throughout the hotel, prompting the fire department to conduct a test....

According to Pennsylvania state police, the corrections officer, Rhonda Jean Russell, was disarmed by the inmate in a court building Altoona, Pennsylvania, which led to a struggle. “The known suspect, who is a prisoner from the Blair County Jail, was at Central Court for Court proceedings when he disarmed the victim, Corrections Officer Rhonda Jean RUSSELL, of her firearm and a struggle ensued,” state police wrote in a description of the incident....

Breast cancer is typically treated first with surgery and possibly chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. After the primary treatment, many doctors then prescribe hormone therapy. These medications either stop estrogen from reaching the cancer cells, or they reduce the amount of estrogen that a woman’s body makes. There are two main kinds of hormone therapy drugs: the hormone receptor blocker tamoxifen (brand name Nolvadex or Soltamox), and aromatase inhibitors such as Arimidex (anastrozole), Femara (letrozole), and Aromasin (exemestane)....

“We’re talking about saving lives, but that doesn’t mean in receiving a donation we will compromise our dignity as a nation,” Alvarado said at a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Costa Rica has close ties with the U.S., with 40% of Costa Rica’s exports going there and 70% of foreign direct investments coming from the U.S. Costa Rica is also a hot tourist destination for many American students....

Payet, Memphis & the top 10 transfers of the January window Ribery signed a new contract with Carlo Ancelotti’s side last November that will ensure he remains with the club into a second decade. Costa, meanwhile, is midway through his second season at Bayern having signed from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2015 and is eager to match the Frenchman’s impact. “I am trying to do everything that Ribery did for Bayern because he is a guy I like so much,” Costa said to Omnisport....

Your heart condition is getting worseTreatment isn’t working as well as it needs to beYou’re having side effects from your heart-failure medicationYou have undiagnosed heart failure This article explores the symptoms and causes of a cardiac cough and when to get medical help for it. What Are the Symptoms of a Cardiac Cough? The symptoms of a cardiac cough vary depending on the specific cause. Possible symptoms include: A wet cough that produces sputum (mucus) that may be slightly pink due to blood Heavy wheezing, or a whistling sound that happens while breathing, accompanied by coughing Shortness of breath while engaging in activities or lying down Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (waking up due to coughing and shortness of breath) A bubbling feeling in the chest due to fluid buildup in the lungs A long-term dry cough that doesn’t get better when treated...

How did Miami manage to stop the seemingly most unstoppable team and most unstoppable player in the NBA? Look no further than third-year center Bam Adebayo, who is quickly emerging as one of the league’s best defenders. Time and time again, Adebayo showed the ability to put the clamps on “The Greek Freak” by using his rare combination of size, strength and lateral quickness. What may be most impressive about Adebayo is his motor, as he seems to never give his opponent a moment to rest....

The speech, which prompted angry denouncement in China, accused China of becoming “increasingly authoritarian at home, and more aggressive in its hostility to freedom everywhere else.” Pompeo, long a critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), cited former President Richard Nixon who “once said he feared he had created a ‘Frankenstein’ by opening the world to the CCP, and here we are.” The uncompromising address is symptomatic of deteriorating U....

Ocasio-Cortez told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that nominees to the Supreme Court shouldn’t be able to “lie under oath and secure lifetime appointments to the highest court.” She appeared to be referring to the fact that four of the conservative justices who joined the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization suggested during their confirmation hearings that they considered Roe v. Wade to be “settled law” and would respect precedent....

Sporting News tried in a 68-word question that might have been a bit extravagant in its flattery, discussing whether U.S. Soccer’s decision to play its two home World Cup qualifiers in the next week in a region of the country known for snow, ice and frigid temperatures at this time of year would compromise “the crispness, the flow, the beauty of the game when you guys are at your best....

Sherman attended the Kyiv-based Yalta European Strategy (YES) forum with former Estonia President Kersti Kaljulaid, who sought reassurances about NATO’s readiness to act, should Moscow take more escalatory steps. Some 100,000 Russian troops have been amassed along Ukraine’s eastern border since last year. Asked to predict how the coming weeks would unfold, Sherman said: “Well, I don’t know what’s in President Putin’s mind. There’s only one person who knows that, and that’s President Putin....

Judge James P. Jones in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia accepted a guilty plea from Nicholas Andrew Puccio, 41, who admitted that he intended to mislead and defraud consumers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by introducing an unapproved new drug into interstate commerce, according to a Thursday release from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Authorities say that between 2016 and 2020, the Columbus, New Jersey, chiropractor marketed dietary supplements that contained ostarine—one of several chemicals meant to mimic steroids that are known as selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs)—to bodybuilders and other people involved in the “fitness community....

As more states across the country legalize medical and recreational marijuana use, the business of weed continues to flourish, particularly the edible marijuana market. Dozens of new companies have popped up over the last few years offering cannabis-infused delicacies like gummy candies, cookies, brownies and chocolates, leading the edibles sector in the U.S. and Canada to be worth some $1 billion in 2017, according to a data report by ArcView....

With keratoconus, you will become increasingly nearsighted and may develop large and irregular amounts of astigmatism. As your condition progresses, the cornea can develop scar tissue. In some cases, the steepening of the cornea can be so significant that it can be seen clearly without a microscope. Vision Correction As keratoconus progresses, you may begin to experience very blurred or distorted vision that is difficult to correct with eyeglasses. When this occurs, contact lenses are usually recommended by your eye doctor....