A brand of bottled water made by Whole Foods and sold by Amazon contains “troubling” levels of arsenic that are at least three times higher than other brands reviewed by Consumer Reports. The publication says that arsenic levels exceed the legal limits for tap water in some states, although they …
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United Arab Emirates and China launch phase 3 human clinical trial for Covid-19 vaccine
The launch is another development in the race to find a scientific solution to the pandemic. The trial agreement, announced Wednesday, was signed by UAE-based cloud computing and artificial intelligence company G42 and the Sinopharm Group, a Chinese pharmaceutical company and affiliate of CNBG. Drug makers worldwide are working to …
Read More »NY, NJ and Conn. Coronavirus travel quarantine for critical states to begin
In recent days, Texas has seen record levels of hospitalizations for Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Local hospitals, particularly in Houston, have struggled to keep up with the growing number of patients who need intensive care. “There is a massive Covid-19 outbreak across the state of Texas,” Governor …
Read More »George Floyd’s ‘highly probable’ protests caused a coronavirus spike
The Los Angeles County chief public health official blamed the mass protests for an increase in coronavirus cases. Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer told the Los Angeles Times was “very likely” that the demonstrations, Aimed at protesting police brutality and racial injustice, it contributed to the …
Read More »New maps offer detailed insight into Zealandia’s ‘lost’ continent
The mysterious eighth continent of Earth does not appear on most conventional maps. That is because almost 95 percent of its land mass is submerged thousands of feet below the Pacific Ocean. Zealandia, or Te Riu-a-Māui, as it is known in the indigenous Maori language, is a continent 2 million …
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