Covid-19 precautions need to stay consistent — whether or not the numbers are coming down — because the more Americans move around the more the virus does too, a health expert said. When case numbers start to come down, people tend to interact more, and more movement predicts how the virus will spread, said Dr.…… MORE
A salmonella outbreak caused by onions is expanding and has infected 640 people from 43 states. At least 85 of them have been hospitalized, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. “If you don’t know where your onions are from, don’t eat, serve, or sell them or any food prepared with them,” the CDC…… MORE
Terri Wilder became dreadfully ill in 2014, falling asleep immediately each day after she got home from work and laying in bed all weekend, recovering just enough to drag herself to work the next week. “I could barely raise my hand to hail a cab,” she said. After nearly two years, Wilder was diagnosed with…… MORE
Doctors may have been right to be concerned that people with heart problems were avoiding the ER due to Covid-19, according to a new study published Friday. It provides evidence that people have stayed away from the emergency room even with acute heart attack symptoms. And some may have died as a result. Researchers from…… MORE
Covid-19 patients not showing symptoms may have similar amounts of the novel coronavirus in their bodies as those who do show symptoms, according to a new study from South Korea. This would suggest that they could still spread the virus to others. The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Thursday, included data…… MORE
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has closed several buildings it leases in Atlanta because Legionella bacteria have been found in their water systems — bacteria that likely grew because of the prolonged pandemic shutdown. It’s a problem that people across the country need to be on the lookout for, the…… MORE
In these times of uncertainty, the one thing we can do is take charge of our health. Many of the key steps to a healthy, happy and longer life are easy, free (or at least cheap) and within reach of almost all of us. We’re all stressed (that’s one to work on) so let’s keep…… MORE
Dr. Anthony Fauci says there are five or six things to keep the spread of the coronavirus in check. And he says he will continue to repeat those public health principles “until I’m exhausted” because “those things work.” “Universal wearing of a mask, physical distancing, avoid crowds, outdoor better than indoor, washing your hands and…… MORE
Dr. Anthony Fauci said he’s “satisfied” with the enrollment in the first week of the first US Phase 3 clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine. CNN has obtained part of a Friday, July 31 email from Moderna, the company running the trial, that states 1,290 people were randomly assigned to get either the vaccine or…… MORE
The coronavirus pandemic has turned life upside down around the world, with many workers losing their jobs, economies plummeting and parents worried about reopening schools. But the US is being hit harder in more than one way. Not only does the US have the highest number of cases and deaths; the US population is also…… MORE
It was a wild night in the Tennessee Valley. Storms raged as teams tried to complete their Week 1 games. Join Cowboy and Coca-Cola Red Zone Sideline Reporter Jeff Cate as they discuss the wet and wild action of Week 1 High School Football.
Check out some of our favorite Superbowl commercials! Amazon, “Alexa Loses Her Voice” (BTW, you can listen to WGOW-FM on Alexa by saying, “Alexa, enable the Talk One Oh Two Point Three skill!” and to WGOW-AM by saying, “Alexa, enable the News W-G-O-W skill!”) NFL, “Touchdown Celebrations to Come” Budweiser, “Stand By You” Doritos, “DORITOS BLAZE…
On Monday, there was a proliferation of “pink sky” shots sent in by listeners. Followed by obligatory, condescending “explanation of phenomenon” by meteorologists. Best example I’ve ever seen…lasted 5 mins, or so at Henson’s Gap/Lewis Chapel Mtn., overlooking Dunlap, Tn. Launch ramp of “Tennessee TreeToppers” hanggliding club.
I boycotted the NFL for 2 years. And I had a good reason….not faux-outrage from the right nor the left. But I digress. I hear the calls for protests…for boycotts of the NFL over Colin Kaepernick’s not being signed by any NFL team as quarterback. They say it’s because of the former 49’ers QB’s…