Kim Okay slams paparazzi asking if Kanye West threw a cellphone

Kim Kardashian was spotted with Tristan Thompson left her kids’ basketball game when she slammed a question about her ex-husband Kanye West’s encounter with dads and a fan earlier in the day.

She replied, “Don’t talk about it in front of my kids!” when asked about Ye’s run-in with paparazzi and a fan.

“Hey Kim, what do you think of Kanye hitting someone…the paparazzi’s cell phone?” the person asks.

To which Kardashian sternly replies,

“Don’t talk about it in front of my kids,” the photographer apologized.

A child can also be heard yelling “Please go!” in the background.

Kanye West named in battery charge investigation after phone incident

According to TMZ, just hours before the incident, Kanye West had been named as a suspect in a battery investigation after he allegedly grabbed a woman’s phone and threw it when she refused to stop filming him.

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A law enforcement source confirms that West is the named suspect in this investigation.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department was called to the scene around 4:30 p.m. and received video evidence of the incident.

Listed here are Eight issues wealthy folks do otherwise that make them “extremely wealthy.”

It took me 20 years of trial and error to reach multi-million dollar net worth. Now, at 64, I derive income from the 18 businesses I’ve started and the 12,000 homes I own.

But I wish I had known earlier how much wealthy people think about money. I’ve built relationships with many millionaires throughout my investing career and spent years observing their habits.

Here’s what they do differently:

1. They don’t diversify their investments right away.

It’s generally good practice to diversify your portfolio by investing in a mix of different stocks, funds, and other investments.

But when the richest people build their wealth, they often go all-in on their own projects and then diversify as they start making more.

Elon Musk, for example, put all of the $22 million he made selling his first business, an online business directory called Zip2, on his next venture, an online banking service called X.com.

After X.com merged with PayPal, he made $180 million selling PayPal to eBay. That gave him the money to invest in Tesla, SpaceX, and other ventures.

2. You know that debt is for businesses, not people.

As I built my fortune, I didn’t accumulate debt for non-essential purchases like designer clothes or luxury homes.

Even if I could afford the bills, I didn’t want to waste money on interest payments. Instead, I wanted to put everything I earned into generating more money. For me that I put my income into my business.

I’ve also paid cash for my homes, and I’ve never accumulated interest on a credit card.

If you’re trying to start a business, in some cases, debt can help you make money by giving you access to income-generating assets sooner rather than later.

3. Home ownership is not always the first investment.

You might think that buying a primary home is the American dream, but it’s rarely what the wealthy seek first.

In my opinion, homeownership doesn’t always see the same returns as other places to put your money. I own three houses but I didn’t buy them until I could buy them for cash.

4. Instead, cash flow real estate is the place to protect and grow money.

On the other hand, cash-flow real estate — commercial properties where you earn a monthly profit on the rent after your mortgage payments, property taxes, and maintenance work — is a great way to grow your cash.

You can earn residual income from owning these properties, and they are often easier to sell than a primary residence. If you are selling a primary residence, you need to find a buyer who can see himself living there. If you’re selling a profitable rental property, all you have to do is find a buyer who wants to make a profit.

5. You always buy in bulk.

The rich are willing to spend more on each purchase to get a better price per unit and save time spent repeating useless activities.

This can apply to a business – the rich can enter into contracts to buy bulk goods or equipment – or to your personal life. If I can, I buy everything in bulk without an expiration date.

6. They invest in their network.

I’ve never had anyone invest in me who didn’t know me. And most of the properties I own today were bought by sellers who chose me over other qualified buyers because we had existing relationships and they had confidence in my ability to close.

The more someone gets to know you, the more they will trust you and believe in your talents and abilities. This leads to better opportunities, faster decisions and higher margins.

So invest time and resources in making and maintaining the right connections.

7. You are never satisfied.

A friend of mine, a series CEO, has worked with some of the richest people in the world.

I once asked him what they have in common and he said, “Neither of them was ever satisfied with what they had already achieved, but instead focused on the next thing that could be achieved.”

The rich are never satisfied with their past achievements. They believe that they can always achieve more. This helps them think big about future business ideas, inventions, investments, and other wealth multipliers.

8. They don’t waste time doing everything themselves.

The rich know that time is the only truly scarce resource. You can’t buy more of it.

So they maximize their time by giving up the need to control every little detail of their business or portfolio and learn to effectively outsource and delegate to good, smart people who trade their time for money.

Grant Cardone is CEO of Cardone Capital, bestselling author of The 10X Rule and founder of The 10X Movement and The 10X Growth Conference. He owns and operates seven private companies and a portfolio of multifamily projects valued at over $4 billion. Follow him on Twitter @GrantCardone.

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Kevin McCarthy falls aside and affords pathetic George Santos protection

Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s George Santos issue was put on full display when McCarthy broke down while pressing Face The Nation.

Video of the full McCarthy interview:

Transcript via Face The Nation from CBS:

MARGARET BRENNAN: According to Gallup, the approval rating from Congress is 22%. Approval for journalists isn’t very high either, I’ll admit that. But isn’t credibility further undermined if you put someone under federal, local, federal, and international investigations on committees as your party’s representative?

NARRATOR MCCARTHY: Are you talking about Swalwell?

MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m talking about George Santos, representative from New York.

NARRATOR MCCARTHY: We should have this discussion. So let’s have this discussion. You want to bring up Santos, and let’s talk about the institution itself, because I wholeheartedly agree that Congress is broken. And I think you — I think your listeners or viewers should understand what proxy voting was, because it never happened, because it never happened before in Congress.

MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m asking you about George Santos.

NARRATOR MCCARTHY: I know you asked me a question. let me ask you-

MARGARET BRENNAN: Because you could vote on it to try to oust him –

NARRATOR MCCARTHY: You asked me a question. I would appreciate if you let me answer. So let’s go through that, because it’s not an easy answer. The Congress is broken due to the events of the last Congress. The American public couldn’t see us. People voted by proxy, which means you didn’t have to show up for work, Bills didn’t have to go through the committee. So what I’m trying to do is open people’s homes back up for people to have their voices there – to hold people accountable. Just like I did just last week, every member was allowed to vote for the first time in seven years.

MARGARET BRENNAN: If you could get a third of your group to vote to oust him, you could do that.

NARRATOR MCCARTHY: Let me –

MARGARET BRENNAN: You don’t think you could get your Republicans to do that?

NARRATOR MCCARTHY: I wasn’t finished answering the question. So if every single new person who entered Congress was elected by their constituents, their constituents lent their voice to the American public. So these members can all serve on the committee. What I’m trying to do now is change some of those committees as well, just like the Intel committee is different than any other committee —

MARGARET BRENNAN: So you’re just not going to answer my question?

NARRATOR MCCARTHY: Well, no, no. You won’t get a question if I answer it. You asked a question, I’m trying to get you through.

MARGARET BRENNAN: I don’t think you’ve ever spoken the name George Santos.

NARRATOR MCCARTHY: But guess what?

MARGARET BRENNAN: You talk about proxy voting –

NARRATOR MCCARTHY: No, no, no. But you know, you started by asking that Congress was broken, and I agreed with you.

MARGARET BRENNAN: No, Congress –

SPEAKER MCCARTHY: But I answered the question of how Congress broke up and how we’re changing it. So if I can finish the question you asked me about how Congress is broken, I’ve put every single member on an equal footing. They were simply elected by their constituents. You have a right of service. So that means Santos can serve on a committee in the same way as Swalwell, who had a relationship with a Chinese spy, but they won’t serve at Intel because I think –

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McCarthy can’t defend his continued support of George Santos, so he tried to change the subject to Eric Swalwell. For the record, Rep. Swalwell is not under criminal investigation anywhere because Eric Swalwell did nothing wrong.

The Speaker keeps getting asked about his decision to oppose a vote to expel Santos from Congress and he doesn’t have a good answer, suggesting that George Santos could be booted from the House should an expulsion vote be voted on.

Kevin McCarthy’s defense of George Santos keeps getting twisted, full of lies and pathetic. With a majority of just four votes, Santos is an anchor McCarthy can’t take from his neck.

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House press pool and congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor’s degree in political science. His thesis focused on public policy with a specialization in social reform movements.

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FDA advisers suggest utilizing Covid omicron recordings for all doses

The Food and Drug Administration’s independent advisory committee on Thursday recommended replacing the original Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccine, which is used for everyone’s first two shots in the United States, with the new Omicron bivalent vaccines.

If the FDA accepts the advisers’ recommendation, the US would likely phase out the companies’ vaccines developed in 2020 against the original Covid-19 strain that emerged in Wuhan, China.

Instead, the drugmakers’ bivalent Omicron shots, targeting both the BA.5 subvariant of Omicron and the original strain, would be used for the entire vaccine series.

Currently, Pfizer and Moderna’s Omicron shots are only approved as a booster, while the first two doses are still their old shots based on the original Covid strain.

The 21 members of the committee unanimously supported the proposal and agreed that it would simplify the US Covid vaccination program.

“This is absolutely right for the program. It will make things easier,” said Dr. Melinda Wharton, a senior official at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The proposed change would only affect people who have not yet received their two-dose primary series. No timeline was given for when that switch might occur if the FDA accepts the panel’s non-binding recommendation.

The recommendation to adopt a single formulation for all doses comes as the FDA seeks to streamline Covid vaccination so the system is easier for the public and health workers to understand.

“The general thought here is that eventually it will be much, much more helpful to get to one vaccine composition for everyone,” said Dr. Peter Marks, who heads the FDA’s vaccine division.

The FDA has proposed moving to a system similar to how the agency updates and rolls out flu shots each year. The agency would select a Covid vaccine formulation in June to target the variant expected to dominate in the autumn and winter. This formulation would be used by all manufacturers for all dosages.

Under the proposal, most people who have been twice exposed to the Covid spike protein, either through vaccination or infection, would only receive one Covid vaccination per year going forward. Older adults and people with compromised immune systems may need two shots because they don’t have as strong an immune response.

Marks said the aim is to launch simultaneously updated Covid and flu vaccines in the autumn to make it easier for people to get their shots in one visit. This could help increase vaccination coverage and ease the burden on hospitals as they confront the spread of Covid, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus at the same time, he said.

“Also the benefit of this is if we can see the influenza vaccine and the Covid-19 vaccine occurring in the same visit, it facilitates a vaccination program that can lead to more people being vaccinated and protected and the number of diseases that we see is reduced,” Marks told committee members.

But committee member Dr. Cody Meissner, a pediatrician at the Geisel School of Medicine, said it was too early to say whether annual vaccination against Covid would be necessary.

The board member Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccines expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said flu and Covid differ in important ways when it comes to vaccination.

If the flu vaccine doesn’t match the dominant variant, you don’t have much protection, Offit said. But the Covid vaccines still protect well against serious diseases, he said.

“I think we need to define what we want from this vaccine,” said Offit, who has repeatedly emphasized prevention of serious illness rather than mild illness.

Megan Fox exhibits off new Lob coiffure and bikini picture

This Transformers star has changed her look.

Megan Fox debuted her new hair on January 27, showing the world her long bob with roots that fade into a dark blonde shade. The year-old shared two selfies of the look Instagram story, which gives fans a glimpse of her new look from different angles. Megan also shared a picture of her body in an orange bikini on the same day.

It’s not the first time Megan has completely changed her hair. In fact, the actress engaged Machine gun KellyShe’s been rocking several new styles lately. Back in April, the 36-year-old caused a stir when she sported fuchsia locks in the trailer for Good Mourning, which stars both Megan and MGK. Other cast members on the project include Dove Cameron and Becky G.

As time would tell, Megan would sport a different shade of pink locks this summer. In June, she wowed with very appropriate bubblegum pink hair at the premiere of MGK’s Hulu documentary Life in Pink.

Chewy Join With a Vet steht vor Kritik und rechtlichen Hürden

Die Anwendung Chewy.com wird im auf einem Apple iPhone angezeigt.

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Zähder E-Commerce-Tierwarenriese, der vor allem für seine bequemen Auto-Ship-Services und großzügigen Rückgaberichtlinien bekannt ist, möchte seinen veterinärmedizinischen Telemedizindienst als Teil eines allgemeinen Vorstoßes in die Gesundheitsversorgung ausbauen.

Obwohl der Telemedizindienst nur ein kleiner Teil des schnell wachsenden Gesundheitsangebots des Unternehmens ist, ist er für seine Strategie wichtig. Es sieht sich jedoch auch regulatorischen Hindernissen und Skepsis seitens der Veterinärgemeinschaft gegenüber. Langjährige Tierärzte sagten CNBC, dass der Dienst in kleineren Situationen oder für Menschen, die keinen einfachen Zugang zu tierärztlicher Versorgung haben, von Vorteil sein kann. Aber es könnte auch Probleme für Haustiere schaffen, sagten sie.

Der Service von Chewy mit dem Namen Connect With a Vet hat ein erhebliches Wachstum erfahren, wurde jedoch laut Sumit Singh, CEO von Chewy, durch eine bestimmte Art von Regulierung eingeschränkt, die als Veterinary Client Patient Relationship oder VCPR bekannt ist.

„Wenn Sie sich unser Connect With a Vet ansehen, ist es nach nur zwei Jahren die einzigartigste Telemedizin-Plattform auf dem heutigen Markt, und dennoch bildet es keinen bedeutenden Teil unseres Geschäfts. Warum? Denn wenn Sie Haustier erforschen Gesundheit, werden Sie feststellen, dass es einen bestimmten Begriff namens VCPR gibt”, sagte Singh.

Er bemerkte auch, dass die Barriere im Zuge der Covid-Pandemie „zusammenbricht“ und mehrere Staaten „VCPR bereits abschaffen“.

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Chewy Connect mit einem Tierarztdienst.

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Die meisten Bundesstaaten verbieten es Tierärzten, ihre Hauptaufgaben – Diagnose von Krankheiten und Verschreibung von Medikamenten – zu erfüllen, bis sie ein VCPR eingerichtet haben, indem sie ein Tier persönlich gesehen und eine körperliche Untersuchung durchgeführt haben.

„Der Versuch, ohne vorherige Beziehung eine Bewertung per Video vorzunehmen, das ist der Teil, der mich beunruhigt“, sagte Brett Levitzke, Chief Medical Officer und Gründer der Veterinary Emergency and Referral Group, einer Notfall-Tierklinik in New York City . “Es gibt keinen Ersatz für eine körperliche Untersuchung. Punkt.”

Nichtsdestotrotz gibt es eine wachsende Bewegung zur Änderung der VCPR-Vorschriften. Der Anführer hinter diesem Vorstoß, die Veterinary Virtual Care Association oder VVCA, ist eine Interessenvertretung, die vom langjährigen Lobbyisten und politischen Strategen Mark Cushing mitbegründet wurde. Es wird von Chewy und mehreren anderen Heimtierunternehmen finanziert, die in die Telemedizin für Tierärzte expandieren.

Auf die Frage nach der Position des Unternehmens zu VCPR sagte Chewy, es beziehe keine Stellung zu dem Thema und weigerte sich zu sagen, ob seine Tierärzte Medikamente diagnostizieren und verschreiben würden, wenn die Gesetze geändert würden. Derzeit diagnostizieren die Tierärzte von Chewy keine Krankheiten und verschreiben keine Medikamente.

Das Unternehmen schlug CNBC vor, mit Cushing zu sprechen, den das Unternehmen als Branchenexperten in dieser Angelegenheit bezeichnete, um mehr über VCPR zu erfahren. Cushing sagte, er vertrete Chewy nicht „im Bereich der Telemedizin“, aber das Unternehmen sei ein Hauptsponsor der VVCA.

Es ist nicht klar, wie viel Geld Chewy an die VVCA gespendet hat, da es als nicht gemeinnützige Organisation nicht verpflichtet ist, Spenderinformationen an die Öffentlichkeit weiterzugeben. Cushing ist auch CEO der Animal Policy Group, einer Lobbyorganisation, die sich laut Lobbyberichten, die beim US-Senat eingereicht wurden, für das Banfield Pet Hospital einsetzt, ein Netzwerk von Kliniken, die klinikinterne Dienstleistungen und tierärztliche Telemedizin anbieten. Das Banfield Pet Hospital gehört Mars Veterinary Health, einer Tochtergesellschaft des Tiernahrungs- und Süßwarenkonglomerats Mars.

Das Ziel der VVCA ist es, die Veterinär-Telemedizin im ganzen Land legal zu machen, damit Tierärzte Krankheiten diagnostizieren und Medikamente praktisch nach eigenem Ermessen verschreiben können – selbst wenn sie das Tier noch nie berührt haben.

„Das Schwierigste, bei weitem das Teuerste in der Telemedizin im Veterinärbereich ist jedoch die Kundenakquise“, sagte Cushing.

Das Verschreiben von Medikamenten und das Diagnostizieren von Zuständen, ohne jemals eine körperliche Untersuchung an einem Tier durchzuführen, birgt „massive Risiken“, die letztendlich schädlich oder in einigen seltenen Fällen sogar tödlich sein könnten, so Dr. Linda Isaacson, die seit 2003 Tierärztin ist und drei Kliniken betreibt Brooklyn, sagte CNBC.

Manchmal zum Beispiel kann ein Tierbesitzer sagen, dass sein Tier Verstopfung hat, aber eine körperliche Untersuchung wird eine Harnblockade aufdecken, sagte Isaacson.

„Eine Harnblockade ist lebensbedrohlich, wissen Sie, wenn sie nicht urinieren, sterben sie, und Sie könnten das nicht aus der Telemedizin sagen“, sagte sie. „Also, wenn du Telemedizin machst und sie dir nur ein Abführmittel verschreiben, wird das diesem Haustier nicht helfen, oder? Sie werden tot sein.“

Chewy fördert die Gesundheit

Chewy wurde 2011 von Ryan Cohen, einem aktivistischen Investor und derzeitigen Vorsitzenden von, mitbegründet GameStop. Er verließ das Unternehmen im Jahr 2018 und im folgenden Jahr ging Chewy mit einer Bewertung von 8,8 Milliarden US-Dollar an die Börse. Der Marktwert von Chewy liegt derzeit bei rund 18,5 Milliarden US-Dollar.

Unter Singhs Führung als CEO stieg der Jahresumsatz von Chewy von 3,53 Milliarden US-Dollar im Geschäftsjahr 2018 auf 8,9 Milliarden US-Dollar im Geschäftsjahr 2021, aber das Unternehmen wurde durch wiederholte jährliche Nettoverluste und geringe Margen behindert.

Während eines Sitdown-Interviews mit CNBC Anfang dieses Monats sagte der ehemalige Amazon-Manager, dass die Ausweitung der Gesundheit und des Wohlbefindens von Haustieren, die margenstärkere Kategorien als Tiernahrung sind, unerlässlich sein wird, um das Unternehmen auf den Weg der Rentabilität zu bringen.

Sumit Singh, CEO von Chewy, wird auf CNBC während des Börsengangs von Chewy an der New Yorker Börse am 14. Juni 2019 interviewt.

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Es ist eine Strategie, die Chewys Hauptkonkurrent außerhalb der großen Einzelhändler, Petco, hat sich auch vorgenommen. Es wurde 2020 in ein Gesundheits- und Wellnessunternehmen umbenannt. Petco hat Tierärzte auf seiner Gehaltsliste, die in Krankenhäusern und Kliniken mit umfassendem Service arbeiten, die in Geschäften gebaut wurden. Auf Nachfrage sagte Petco, dass Telemedizin nicht vom Tisch sei, aber im Moment liege der Fokus auf „Hände an Haustieren“, was das ist, was sie sagen, was Eltern von Haustieren wollen.

Chewys Expansion in den Gesundheitsbereich – einschließlich Versicherungen, verschreibungspflichtiger Lebensmittel und Medikamente – erfolgte, als der pandemiebedingte Haustierboom dazu führte, dass 23 Millionen amerikanische Haushalte ein neues Tier in ihren Häusern willkommen hießen, was die gesamte Heimtierbranche laut Daten im Jahr 2021 in einen 123,6-Milliarden-Dollar-Markt verwandelte von der ASPCA und der American Pet Products Association.

Laut Singh will Chewy in den kommenden Jahren etwa 30 % seines Gesamtgeschäfts im Gesundheitswesen ausmachen. Das Unternehmen würde nicht sagen, wie viel Haustiergesundheit in seiner aktuellen Einnahmequelle ausmacht, aber weniger als 5 % des Kundenstamms von Chewy kaufen ihre Gesundheitsprodukte von dem Unternehmen.

„Wie Sie bemerken, gab es in den letzten zehn Jahren wenig bis gar keine Innovationen in der Tiergesundheit, und doch gab es in den letzten drei Jahren mehr Innovationen in der Tiergesundheit als in den letzten zehn oder 20 Jahren“, sagte Singh.

Die heikle Natur der Telemedizin für Haustiere

Der plötzliche Anstieg neuer Tierbesitzer während der Pandemie erschwerte die Buchung von Tierarztterminen und belastete eine ohnehin schon unterbesetzte und ausgebrannte Tierärztegemeinschaft. Die Regeln zur Einrichtung eines VCPR praktisch ohne körperliche Untersuchung wurden in einigen Bundesstaaten aus Notgründen gelockert.

Außerhalb eines Notfalls wie einer globalen Pandemie behauptet die American Veterinary Medical Association, die landesweit führende Interessenvertretung für Tierärzte, dass ein VCPR nur nach einer persönlichen Untersuchung eingerichtet werden kann. Die ethischen Standards der Gruppe erlauben es Tierärzten, Tiere zu diagnostizieren, Medikamente zu verschreiben oder Tiere virtuell zu behandeln – aber nur, nachdem ein VCPR persönlich eingerichtet wurde.

„Ohne ein VCPR sollte jede auf elektronischem Wege bereitgestellte Beratung allgemein und nicht spezifisch für einen Patienten, eine Diagnose oder eine Behandlung sein“, rät die AVMA in ihren Leitlinien zur Telemedizin.

Trotz der Haltung der AMVA haben laut VVCA mindestens fünf Bundesstaaten – Michigan, Oklahoma, Indiana, Virginia und New Jersey – die leichteren Regeln dauerhaft eingeführt.

Chewy sagte, es betrachte Connect With a Vet als Tele-Triage-Plattform und nicht als Ersatz für die Versorgung in der Klinik, bei der Kunden mit einem zugelassenen Arzt oder Techniker verbunden und nach den Gesundheitsproblemen, der Ernährung, dem Verhalten und den Produkten ihres Haustieres gefragt werden können Steigerung des „lebenslangen Wohlbefindens“.

Ein Hund schlägt seinen Besitzer vor der New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) während des Börsengangs (IPO) von Chewy Inc. in New York, USA, am Freitag, den 14. Juni 2019.

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Chewy sagte, das Programm sei geschaffen worden, um die tierärztliche Versorgung erschwinglicher und für jedermann zugänglich zu machen. Der Service soll Kunden den Zugang zu einer Form der Versorgung erleichtern, wenn sie keinen sofortigen Termin vereinbaren können, sich keinen leisten können oder nicht in der Nähe einer persönlichen Klinik wohnen, sagte das Unternehmen.

Connect With a Vet soll auch Haustierbesitzern dabei helfen, herauszufinden, ob ein Problem, das ihr Haustier hat, ein Notfall ist, der sofortige Behandlung erfordert, oder etwas, das sie später während eines persönlichen Tierarzttermins behandeln könnten. Das Unternehmen warnt Kunden davor, die nächstgelegene Tierklinik aufzusuchen, wenn ihre Tiere in eine lebensbedrohliche Situation geraten. Andere Unternehmen bieten ähnliche Dienstleistungen an.

Chewy hat auch ein B2B-Angebot namens Practice Hub gestartet, das einen Marktplatz für Tierkliniken schafft, um ihre Produkte an Kunden innerhalb von Chewy.com zu verkaufen. Der Service ist derzeit für Tierärzte kostenlos, und sie erhalten einen Teil der Einnahmen, wenn ihre Kunden bei Chewy Produkte bestellen, die von der Klinik angeboten werden. Im Gegenzug erhält Chewy Zugang zu ihren Kunden. In diesem Monat wird die Plattform 1.500 Kliniken haben, sagte Chewy.

Tierärzte greifen ein

Isaacson, der Tierarzt aus Brooklyn, nutzte auf dem Höhepunkt der Pandemie Telemedizin. Sie sagte, etwa 50 % der Kunden müssten ihr Haustier nach virtuellen Sitzungen in die Klinik bringen.

„Es ist sehr schwer, das Haustier still zu halten. Ich kann normalerweise nicht einmal etwas über das Video sehen. Ich denke, es funktioniert besser für die Humanmedizin, aber für Tiere war es nicht ideal“, sagte Isaacson. „Es ist nicht wie eine Person, die dir sagen kann, wie sie sich fühlt oder stillsitzen oder dir etwas zeigen kann.“

Isaacson bietet den virtuellen Service nicht mehr an. Und sie befürchtet, dass neue Haustiereltern den Service von Chewy und anderen als Ersatz für die traditionelle tierärztliche Versorgung nach Industriestandard betrachten könnten.

“Du denkst, wenn es erlaubt ist, dann ist es sicher, oder?” sagte Isaacson. “Das ist es nicht, es ist eine minderwertige Pflege.”

Auf der Webseite von Chewy’s Connect With a Vet Service bewirbt das Unternehmen ein Mustergespräch zwischen einem Chewy-Arzt und einem Kunden, dessen Tier zu humpeln begonnen hatte. Es ist ein Zustand, der schwerwiegend sein könnte und nur nach einer körperlichen Untersuchung behandelt werden kann, wenn keine vorherige Beziehung zum Haustier besteht, so Levitzke von der Veterinary Emergency and Referral Group.

„Hinken sie, weil sie ein allgemeines Schwächegefühl haben? Hinken sie, weil ihr Knie schmerzt? Hinken sie, weil sie ihr Bein überhaupt nicht spüren? Das sind alles drei völlig unterschiedliche Szenarien, die alle möglich sind“, sagte Levitzke .

Chewy bot CNBC an, einen der Tierärzte, die seinen Practice Hub-Dienst nutzen, für ein Interview zur Verfügung zu stellen. Das Unternehmen schlug Audrey Wystrach vor, die Co-CEO von Petfolk und Mitbegründerin der VVCA, der gemeinnützigen Chewy-Fonds.

Wystrach ist seit 28 Jahren Tierarzt und praktiziert Telemedizin. Sie praktiziert auch vollständige Telemedizin, bei der sie virtuell verschreiben und diagnostizieren kann, jedoch nur mit Kunden, zu denen sie eine bestehende Beziehung hat.

Sie ist der Ansicht, dass Tierärzte mehr Ermessensspielraum haben sollten, um das Medikament zu praktizieren, für das sie zugelassen sind, und in der Lage sein sollten, ein VCPR virtuell einzurichten, wenn sie feststellen, dass es sicher ist.

„Weißt du, es ist keine gute Idee, an einem Haustier zu arbeiten, das in einem virtuellen Raum nicht atmen kann, das ist ein ziemlich großer Kinderspiel“, sagte Wystrach. „Aber ist es in Ordnung für mich, in das Maul eines Haustieres zu schauen und zu sehen, ob es einen gebrochenen Zahn hat, oder mit jemandem über Verhalten oder Ernährung zu sprechen? Oder sogar über die Haut?“

Sie sagte, die Nachfrage nach Tierärzten übersteige das Angebot, und tierärztliche Telemedizin und Medizin seien von entscheidender Bedeutung, um sicherzustellen, dass Haustiereltern Zugang zu medizinischer Versorgung erhalten.

„Ich hatte schon immer das Mantra, das besagt, virtuelle Pflege ist besser als keine Pflege“, sagte sie. „Ich denke, wir müssen dahin kommen, wo wir einen realistischen Ausblick darauf haben, wie wir mit der schieren Menge an Haustieren umgehen werden, die in der heutigen Zeit von Menschen gepflegt werden.“

Klarstellung: Diese Geschichte wurde aktualisiert, um die Funktionen von Chewy’s Practice Hub zu verdeutlichen.

Home Republicans move laws limiting actions in strategic oil reserves

A maze of crude oil pipes and equipment can be seen at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, with the American and Texas flags flying in the background.

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill aimed at limiting the president’s ability to tap the country’s strategic oil reserve for reasons other than a “serious disruption in energy supplies.”

The law aims to prevent a repeat of President Joe Biden’s numerous exits from the SPR in 2022, which Republicans say should lower consumer gas prices ahead of the midterm elections

The bill passed by a near-line vote of 221 to 205 after more than six hours of individual House votes on various proposed changes.

The law, passed on Friday, titled the Strategic Production Response Act, would ban all new claims on the SPR until federal agencies develop a plan to lease state land for oil and gas exploration “by the same percentage as the percentage of petroleum … that means deducting,” says the text of the law.

Despite passage through the House of Representatives, it is all but certain that the legislation will never go into effect. It lacks the support to pass the Democrat-controlled Senate and the White House has said Biden will veto it if it ever gets on his desk.

Days before the vote, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said at a White House news briefing that the bill would “impose unnecessary, unhelpful restrictions on when the SPR can be used to support supply.”

“It would bring no tangible benefits to the American people,” Granholm told reporters. “Instead, it would affect our ability to respond to an international emergency … a natural disaster or pipeline failure at home.”

The White House has long argued that the SPR’s releases over the past year were necessary to offset increases in pump prices triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

However, Republicans counter that the size of the total release in 2022, 180 million barrels, was excessive and that individual releases and announcements of future releases were timed to provide maximum political benefit to Democrats.

Over the past year, the total amount of oil in the reserve has dwindled to about 380 million barrels, the lowest level since 1984, raising energy security concerns.

When Biden took office in 2021, the SPR contained 638 million barrels.

Friday’s legislation marked the second time the GOP-controlled House has passed legislation related to the SPR. The first banned the sale of oil reserves to Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. It was passed with bipartisan support.

After Friday’s passage, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, welcomed the bill’s lead sponsor.

“President Biden has turned a long-standing bipartisan strategic asset, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, into a political tool to cover up the consequences of his expensive rush-to-green agenda,” she said in a statement.

The legislation “provides a way to make energy more affordable and reliable for Americans while preserving the vital and central purpose of the SPR — providing oil supplies to Americans in genuine emergencies and not diverting them for non-emergency political purposes.” added her .

FDA proposal would enable homosexual males in monogamous relationships to donate blood

A nurse fills test tubes with blood to be tested during an American Red Cross blood mobile in Fullerton, CA on Thursday January 20, 2022.

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The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed new guidelines that would no longer require gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to abstain from sex before donating blood.

The FDA banned men who have sex with men from donating blood for life during the 1980s AIDS crisis. The agency eased the ban in 2015, allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood if they hadn’t had sex in the previous year.

In response to a shortage of blood donors during the Covid pandemic, the FDA further eased restrictions in April 2020 to allow gay and bisexual men who have not had sex in the past three months to donate.

Under guidelines proposed Friday, gay and bisexual men who are in monogamous relationships should be allowed to donate blood. But people who have recently had anal sex with a new partner or partners, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, must wait three months before they can donate.

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“Maintaining a safe and adequate supply of blood and blood products in the United States is of the utmost importance to the FDA, and this proposal for an individual risk assessment, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, will allow us to continue using the best science to do so.” ,” said FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf on Friday. The Washington Post previously reported on it.

The American Medical Association has criticized the FDA’s restrictions on donations from gay men as discriminatory.

“Controversial is the need to equally assess all potential blood donors based on their individual risk factors and without regard to their sexual orientation or gender identity,” said Dr. Gerald Harmon of the AMA in January 2022.

The Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest organization advocating for LGBTQ rights, said the FDA proposal was a step in the right direction but more needed to be done to lift restrictions.

“We urge the Biden administration to prioritize removing remaining barriers and ask the FDA to act expeditiously while maintaining the safety of the blood supply and a blood donation policy consistent with science,” HRC President Kelley Robinson said in a Explanation.

People taking oral medications to prevent HIV infection should not donate blood for three months after their last dose. People taking HIV-preventive injections are not allowed to donate blood for two years after their last injection.

These drugs, called pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP, can cause false negative results on HIV tests, according to the FDA.

Under the proposed FDA guideline, anyone who has tested positive for HIV or is taking medication to treat HIV infection would be barred from donating blood. People who have recently engaged in sex work or used illegal intravenous drugs would have to wait three months to donate.

According to the FDA, blood banks must continue to test all donations for HIV and hepatitis C and B.

dr Peter Marks, a senior FDA official, said the agency is evaluating the science to increase the number of people who are eligible to donate blood while maintaining safeguards to ensure the delivery is safe for recipients is.

“We will continue to follow the best available science to maintain an adequate blood supply and minimize the risk of infectious disease transmission, and are committed to finalizing this draft policy as soon as possible,” Marks said Friday.

Followers nervous about younger thug who seems to be ‘defeated’ in court docket

Young thug has fans concerned after being seen “defeated” in court in the rapper’s ongoing RICO case.

Many on social media said they are praying for the YSL rapper to stay positive after video of Thug looking defeated circulated from inside the courtroom on Twitter on Wednesday.

A video of a thug looking dejected in the courtroom is sparking concern among fans

Thugga can be seen hunched over his desk with his head on the table and a mask dangling under his nose.

The footage prompted fans to pray for the Atlanta native.

“Praying for Young Thug. For forgiveness and for his health,” one fan wrote. “For his wellbeing and for the best possible outcome. I’m really sad for him in this situation and I hope the allegations against him are false.”

Young Thug looked beaten up in court recently 🙏😔 pic.twitter.com/HtskB55Qt9

— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) January 25, 2023

Dear YSL members and staff say Thug is trying to stay positive but is “disappointed”.

In a recent interview with Rolling StoneYSL co-founder Mondo opened up about Young Thug’s thinking during the RICO trial, saying the rapper remains optimistic but is “disappointed” with some of the recent issues surrounding his case, the outlet reports.

“I spoke to Mama Thug, I spoke to his sisters. Thug keeps a good spirit and keeps his head up, but there are certain things he’s just disappointed with,” he said without going into detail.

Now frequent employees Little baby and metro boom also provided uplifting updates on Thug’s well-being following his arrest last May.

“I talk to him, he’s a blessed man,” Metro said on DJ Drama’s The Streetz Iz Watching podcast last week. “Anyone who knows Slime knows he has a heart of gold, but he also has a warrior’s heart, so he held his head up.”

Young Thug in court today 😔‼️ pic.twitter.com/nmlDdNn97k

— RapTV (@Rap) January 25, 2023

Thug’s defeated footage is one of several issues, setbacks in jury selection for the RICO case

Thug has recently faced several setbacks since jury selection for his upcoming RICO trial,

Earlier this month, Thug and one of his 13 co-defendants were accused of exchanging drugs during a court session. Video from the courtroom shows Khalieff Adams handing him a Percocet pill in front of the courthouse. The shadow room reported.

After the exchange, a Fulton County sheriff’s deputy asked Thugga to open his hand to reveal the pill, which the rapper complied with.

Adams, Thug’s co-defendant, initially resisted and was even tased multiple times, according to the outlet. The MP eventually found additional Percocet pills, marijuana, tobacco and other contraband hidden with him.

EXCLUSIVE: My colleague @MarkWinneWSB has just received surveillance video showing the moment prosecutors charge Young Thug and his co-defendant Kahlieff Adams with a hand-to-hand drug deal in court.@wsbtv pic.twitter.com/smhVopvH7x

— Michael Seiden (@SeidenWSBTV) January 19, 2023

And that was the second time one of Thug’s YSL co-defendants attempted to smuggle contraband into the Fulton County jail.

On Jan. 17, the mother of another YSL rapper, Yak Gotti, was arrested after reportedly trying to smuggle a bag filled with tobacco products and rolling paper to her son at the Fulton County Courthouse.

Meanwhile, Thug’s attorney, Brian Steele, said there was a separate investigation into a potential juror who emailed him.

Rep. Jerry Nadler provides Adam Schiff to Home Judiciary Committee

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, has announced the addition of Rep. Adam Schiff to the committee.

Rep. Nadler said in a statement to PoliticusUSA:

I am delighted that most of our distinguished members are returning to the Judiciary Committee from the last Congress. Because of their hard work, Democrats have passed 110 Judiciary Committee bills through the House and signed 53 of our bills. Under the Democratic leadership of the committee, we enshrined marriage equality in federal law; we passed the first major gun safety legislation in a generation; we have ensured that survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment are free to tell their stories and seek justice in federal courts; we reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act; we codified lynching as a crime in federal law; we have addressed the spate of hate crimes against Asian Americans and others in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; and we have enacted measures to strengthen antitrust laws.

I am also pleased to welcome Representatives Schiff and Ivey to the House Judiciary Committee. Each of them has unique experiences and skills that will be of great benefit to the Committee as we work to protect the rights, freedoms and privacy of the American people. I look forward to working with this talented and dedicated group of members again at this convention.

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It would take a majority of the entire House to remove Representatives Schiff, Swalwell and Omar from their committee duties, and members of the Republican faction have already said they would vote no if such a resolution were presented.

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House press pool and congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor’s degree in political science. His thesis focused on public policy with a specialization in social reform movements.

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Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Political Science Association