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CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting

10 août 2025 à 20:23

Deadly violence not random as staff have endured ‘months of mistreatment, neglect and vilification’, says union

A union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta.

The 30-year-old shooting suspect, who killed a police officer and died during the attack, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters – but he was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Saturday.

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© Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

© Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

© Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

‘The dream came true’: Major League Baseball gets its first female umpire

10 août 2025 à 20:19

Former art teacher Jen Pawol, 48, says applause from the crowd was ‘very emotional’ when she took to the field

It was, she said, the day “the dream came true”. Jen Pawol, a 48-year-old former art teacher, made US sporting history at the weekend when she became the first female umpire of a Major League Baseball game during the regular season.

Pawol, whose debut came on Saturday in a game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves, was given a standing ovation as she arrived on the pitch. Supporters held up signs reading “Pawol making HERstory” and “the time has come for one and all to play ball” – a nostalgic reference to A League of Their Own, the classic sports film about a women’s baseball league during the second world war.

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© Photograph: Colin Hubbard/AP

© Photograph: Colin Hubbard/AP

© Photograph: Colin Hubbard/AP

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