12/8: WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner is now free. A “tripledemic” continues to fill hospitals across the country. episode artwork

EPISODE · Dec 8, 2022 · 16 MIN

12/8: WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner is now free. A “tripledemic” continues to fill hospitals across the country.

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WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner is now free and headed back home, after almost 10 months in Russian custody. The U.S. negotiated her release in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Boot. A few minutes after the release, President Biden tweeted photos showing him and Griner's wife, Cherelle, speaking to her on the phone. Disturbing new trends in the health of Americans and the growing triple threat of illnesses putting millions at risk. Reported COVID-19 hospitalizations are up more than 20% in the past week. The flu is also spiking, with more than one-quarter of the nation's lab results coming back positive. And cases of RSV are also way up. Hospitalizations for that respiratory illness have more than quadrupled from last year. The beginning of a new documentary series about prince Harry and Meghan has just come out on Netflix. This is the couple as they would like the world to see them, nearly three years after they gave up royal duties and then moved to the U.S.

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