The most-visited U.S National Park Service sites in 2020 revealed – and Blue Ridge Parkway is No1

The U.S National Park Service has revealed its most-visited sites of 2020 – and it’s the Blue Ridge Parkway that comes out on top. The 469-mile ribbon of road that runs through stunning scenery in North Carolina and Virginia, and has magnificent views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, welcomed 14.1million visitors last year. It beats … Read more

Prisoner, 35, begs to be released from solitary after being accused of Whitey Bulger’s murder

A prisoner who has spent more than two years in solitary confinement since being accused of murdering mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger has insisted he is innocent and begged to be allowed back into the general population.  Sean McKinnon, 35, speaking for the first time, insisted he ‘knows nothing’ about who killed the infamous Boston … Read more

Prisoner, 35, begs to be released from solitary after being accused of Whitey Bulger’s murder

A prisoner who has spent more than two years in solitary confinement since being accused of murdering mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger has insisted he is innocent and begged to be allowed back into the general population.  Sean McKinnon, 35, speaking for the first time, insisted he ‘knows nothing’ about who killed the infamous Boston … Read more

Virginia Airbnb guest discovers HIDDEN ROOM behind air vent in Richmond rental

Horrified Airbnb guest discovers a creepy HIDDEN ROOM behind an air vent in his rental after ‘hearing noises’ through the night and ‘feeling like he was being watched’ TikTok user @hesobadass shared a video of the dark, hidden room that was allegedly behind the vent in his vacation rental in Richmond, Virginia The man suggested the … Read more

Drug used to treat lice and scabies drug could cut Covid deaths by up to 75%, research suggests 

Drug used to treat lice and scabies drug could cut Covid deaths by up to 75%, research suggests New study suggests ivermectin cuts Covid infections by around 75 per cent More than 30 trials globally found the drug caused improvements in treatment The study is set to be published in the US journal Frontiers of Pharmacology … Read more

Drug used to treat lice and scabies drug could cut Covid deaths by up to 75%, research suggests 

Drug used to treat lice and scabies drug could cut Covid deaths by up to 75%, research suggests New study suggests ivermectin cuts Covid infections by around 75 per cent More than 30 trials globally found the drug caused improvements in treatment The study is set to be published in the US journal Frontiers of Pharmacology … Read more

Pharmacists say combining leftover COVID-19 vaccine could increase daily shots by 10%

Pharmacists say that combining leftover COVID-19 vaccines from different vials could save thousands of doses. The process, called ‘pooling,’ involves taking residual vaccine left behind in one bottle and amalgamating it with a little bit from a second bottle to create one full dose.  One pharmacy team at Inova Health System, a nonprofit hospital network … Read more

How West Virginia has the fifth-highest vaccination rate in the world

West Virginia has the nation’s highest percentage of obese adults, the highest drug-overdose death rate and the highest number of residents with diabetes. But the Mountain State is also leading the nation in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout with the highest per capita distribution of the shots – second only to Alaska, according to the Centers … Read more

Haunting images reveal dark history of a segregated mental asylum in Virginia

Creepy images reveal the dark history of a segregated, abandoned mental asylum where black patients were sterilized without consent – the first facility of its kind in America. Urban explorer and photographer Leland Kent of Abandoned Southeast took pictures of the sprawling grounds and central brick building of what was known as the ‘Central Lunatic … Read more