The COVID-19 surge either encompasses or threatens regions in Europe and Central Asia, which are now accounting 59% of COVID-19 cases and 48% deaths globally. The situation is of “grave concern,” and could increase deaths in those areas by another half million if left unchecked, said Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO’s regional director for Europe. The organization has yet to issue the same warning for the United States. Some experts predict that a potential surge would be more regionalized than spreading throughout the country....

When comparing case numbers, Torre-Amione notes that significantly more of his patients have come down with the condition from the virus itself than from the vaccine. A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has evaluated this trend nationwide and found that myocarditis risk associated with COVID-19 itself is much higher than with the vaccines. Notably, researchers found that the vaccines increased the risk of myocarditis, with about three events per 100,000 people, but the virus posed a higher risk of 11 events per 100,000 people....

In December 2019, reports emerged from the city in Hubei province of people falling sick with a mysterious respiratory illness, which then quickly spread around the world. Then in March 2020, the South China Morning Post reported on Chinese government data that suggested the first ever documented case of what had become known as COVID-19—a disease caused by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2—may have been in a citizen of Hubei province as far back as November 17, 2019....

Since the peak of the recent COVID resurgence in mid-September, cases of the virus in the U.S. have dropped by roughly 44 percent, according to a report from ABC7NY. The decline has been consistent, with case numbers dropping by 28 percent in the last two weeks, according to the Financial Times. Hospitalizations also declined by around 20 percent in the same amount of time. The new wave of cases was largely attributed to the rise of the more infectious Delta variant and the continued issue of vaccine hesitancy in many parts of the country....

As it turns out, the Cowboys defensive back reportedly broke a bone in his right hand and must fly back to Dallas to have surgery Monday. MORE: NFL’s Top 10 corners | Joseph Randle forcing Dallas’ hand “I’m going to take care of it then come back and take it day by day,” Carr told the Dallas Morning News. “I’m going to listen to my trainers and coaches and be smart....

No matter the sport and no matter the era, there will be games like Cowboys-Bears to be played, contests pitting a road favorite that has real playoff aspirations and a home underdog that’s a seemingly beaten bunch playing out the string. These are tricky matchups for handicappers to decipher. The upside is obvious, especially when the underdog is prone to folding at the first sight of a re-raise. The downside, though, is that the favorite is bluffing — that it’s really not much better than the underdog, if better at all....

But the bottom line is, at 6-10, the Cowboys failed to win the division or make the playoffs for a second consecutive season and in their first year under coach MIke McCarthy. Don’t be fooled by the fact their record was just two games worse than their 8-8 mark in 2019, when Prescott was fully healthy. As well as Andy Dalton played at times as his fill-in, Dallas’ shortcomings on offense without Prescott cost it a chance to take a weak, low-scoring division....

The Dallas Cowboys’ troubled linebacker has been suspended another year after missing yet another drug test, ESPN reported Sunday. MORE: Where disgraced athletes went wrong McClain, who is currently serving a 10-game suspension for testing positive for opiates that was scheduled to end Monday, is expected to appeal the latest ban. Short of winning an appeal, McClain won’t play until at least November 2017, when he’s eligible to apply for reinstatement....

Shortly after Jordan Spieth came up just short of getting into Monday’s British Open playoff at St. Andrews, the Cowboys quarterback — one of Spieth’s Dallas-area fans and friends — wanted to shoot him an encouraging word after his first major setback of 2015, CBSSports.com reported . MORE: Where is Romo in the NFL’s 25 best quarterbacks? | Top 20 receivers Of course, Romo knows about sports’ ups and downs over a 12-season NFL career....

Line: Redskins -4, Total: 42 Line movement: The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened Washington as a field-goal favorite, the line peaking at -4.5 on Thursday. The number has since been adjusted to -3.5 or -4, depending on the shop, as of Sunday night. Visit our odds page for updated NFL lines. Trends that matter: Dallas is 1-6 ATS in its last seven vs. the NFC, but 10-4 ATS in its last 14 on the road…....

According to WFAA in Dallas,Terry Hendrix, a current inmate at at Fremont Correctional Facility in Cañon City, Colorado and clearly an avid Cowboys fan, is suing the NFL for $88,987,654,321.88 after the replay reversal call negated the chronicled Bryant catch late in the NFC Divisional game against the Packers. MORE: NFL investigating Browns | Theismann can’t tell difference in deflated footballs | NFL’s worst playoff collapses In his handwritten lawsuit submitted Wednesday, Hendrix mentions NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino, referee Gene Steratore and Commissioner Roger Goodell by name and requests the money “for but not limited to: negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and also reckless disregard....

After winning its first three games then losing the next three, Dallas somehow holds on to first place in the NFC East with a 4-3 record following a 37-10 win over Philadelphia on “Sunday Night Football.” While the Cowboys are winning, for now, questions surrounding Garrett’s future have been repeatedly addressed by both Stephen and Jerry Jones. Most recently, owner Jerry Jones expressed his continued support for the long-time coach and even alluded to a possible contract extension after Garrett’s term is up at the end of this season....

MORE: Buyer’s remorse? Re-thinking Murray | STEELE: DeMarco Murray was better choice Although Romo won’t require surgery on the broken collarbone he sustained Sunday against the Eagles, he will miss eight weeks (seven games) while the injury to heals. In the meantime, the team is scheduled to work out several quarterbacks — reportedly including Matt Flynn, Christian Ponder, Josh Johnson and McLeod Bethel-Thompson — to look for depth behind starter Brandon Weeden....

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Matt Flynn, Christian Ponder, Josh Johnson and McLeod Bethel-Thompson all are scheduled to work out for the Cowboys two days after they lost starting quarterback Tony Romo for the majority of the season to a broken collarbone. MORE: 15 most notable players on new teams in ‘15 | History says Weeden won’t doom Cowboys’ season Romo’s injury during a win over the Eagles on Sunday thrust Weeden into starting duties and left the Cowboys without a serviceable backup on their 53-man roster....

The Cowboys owner/general manager this time has acquired the services of StriVR Labs, a company in the field of virtual reality that has developed software intended to allow players to view practice action in 3-D, according to Tech blog re/Code. MORE: NFC predictions for 2015 | Tony Romo quits golf (again) What does it mean? For starters, Cowboys quarterbacks, linebackers and safeties will wear a virtual reality headset that displays players from a 360-degree view, according to the report....

Dallas (4-1) is undefeated since losing at home to Tampa Bay in Week 1 with backup QB Cooper Rush. Philadelphia (5-0), led by MVP candidate Jalen Hurts, is the last perfect team in the NFL. Both teams are getting enough versatile offense, but defense has been the story with loaded units on every level. What will happen in the latest marquee edition of the rivalry? Here’s everything to know about betting on Cowboys vs....

Dallas was right to cut Bryant. He had lost a lot of effectiveness going into his age-30 season, and proof lies in the fact that he remains unsigned in free agency. The Cowboys also chose not to re-sign little used deep threat Brice Butler. They still have Terrance Williams, Cole Beasley, Noah Brown and Lance Lenoir. They added two other veterans, Allen Hurns and Deonte Thompson, and they traded for Tavon Austin to fill the void of a hybrid receiving threat to complement Ezekiel Elliott in the backfield....

Roman Fedortsov posted the picture on Instagram after landing the crustacean as by-catch in the Barents Sea off the coast of Russia Crabs and other crustaceans do have teeth, but in their stomachs rather than their mouths. “Crabs… All the same, there is something attractive and repulsive in them,” Fedortsov wrote in his caption. “Mother Nature tried.” His Instagram post, which has around 10,500 likes, has horrified internet users....

During the past month, Louisville has been torn apart by a brouhaha sparked by police killing an unarmed black youth. In early March, the police chief was fired for awarding medals to two officers who shot the 18-year-old they claimed was trying to run them down in a truck. The dismissal touched off massive police-led protests and so polarized the community that the Rev. Jesse Jackson flew into town last week to promote police-community “healing....

Her case was the latest in a shocking string of newborn homicides that have made headlines across the country. In New Jersey, 18-year-old Melissa Drexler was charged with murder last week after delivering her infant son in a bathroom stall during her senior prom and then allegedly choking him to death before tossing him into the garbage. Two days later Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies charged 19-year-old Jennifer Garcia with killing her newborn baby girl and then dumping her in a garbage can outside her home in a middle-class suburb....