London – The statue of a slave trader who was knocked down and thrown into a river Last month in Bristol, England, it was replaced overnight with a sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester with a raised fist. The new Jen Reid statue, which helped bring down the 17th-century …
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Trump administration transfers control of CDC coronavirus hospital data to HHS
The Trump administration confirmed on Wednesday that it ordered hospitals to send data on coronavirus patients directly to the Department of Health and Human Services, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The change raised questions about the integrity of the process. Some former health officials fear the …
Read More »Vanderbilt Seeks 1K Volunteers for COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center says it will begin recruiting 1,000 volunteers in late July for a late-stage study of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. Vanderbilt says the Phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trial will be open to people over the age of 18. They will receive two injections …
Read More »14,000-year-old poop found in Oregon cave turns out to be human
Outside the Paisley Caves entrance.Image: John Blong For archaeologists, ancient bones and stone tools are important lines of evidence, but sometimes the answers to our past can be found in piles of human excrement, as a major new analysis shows. From 2002 to 2010, aArchaeologists collected dozens of coprolites, or …
Read More »Liverpool FC legend Jamie Carragher beats Man City after UEFA ban is lifted
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has stated that Manchester City’s name has not been erased despite his successful call to repeal a two-year ban on UEFA competitions. Pep Guardiola’s team will return to play in the Champions League next season after the decision, drawing criticism from people like José Mourinho and …
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