Traders wear masks while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues New York, May 27, 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 8:06 am: Bank shares fall when the Fed imposes restrictions …
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Coronavirus: Sweden says WHO made a “total mistake” by including it in the warning
Image copyright AFP Screenshot Dr. Tegnell said the WHO was confusing Sweden with countries where epidemics were only just beginning. Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has rejected a warning from the World Health Organization that included Sweden among the countries in Europe at risk of a Covid-19 resurgence. The WHO …
Read More »DC’s Emancipation Monument, target of protests, was funded by former slaves: reports
A controversial statue in Washington, DC, and replicated in Boston, has a story that many people currently opposed to the statues might not know, according to reports. Both statues depict President Abraham Lincoln standing on a kneeling black man who has just been released from slavery. Critics of the statues …
Read More »Zogenix Gets Approval of New Drug to Treat Rare Type of Childhood Epilepsy
A Zogenix’s new drug that treats a rare and severe type of epilepsy was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, a decision that clears the way for the company to compete against a recently approved drug derived from marijuana. The drug Zogenix, called Fintepla, is a liquid …
Read More »Border between India and China: Satellite images show accumulation at the site of the deadly confrontation
The images, from US satellite operator Maxar Technologies, were taken on Monday, a week after what has been described as hand-to-hand stick and stick fights that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead. China has not reported any casualties from the clash in a river valley along the Current Control …
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