Across the country, coronavirus cases are on the rise. In fact, some public health experts warn that we may already be seeing a second wave, while others believe that the first wave has never ended. Obviously, this is terrible news because it means that hundreds of thousands more people could …
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WHO sounds the alarm when coronavirus cases rise by a million in five days
(Reuters) – The number of coronavirus infections worldwide reached 13 million on Monday, according to a Reuters count, which increased by one million in just five days. The pandemic has now killed more than half a million people in six and a half months, and the head of the World …
Read More »Texas Supreme Court rules that the Republican State Party cannot compel Hot Spot Houston to host a convention in person
The Texas Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from the Texas Republican Party that would have allowed the group to host a face-to-face, mask-free convention in Houston, hit by the coronavirus, this week. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, had ordered the event be canceled due to concerns about the coronavirus …
Read More »What Laboratory-Grown Miniature Brains Reveal About the Effects of Covid-19 | by Emily Mullin | July 2020
Organoids are helping scientists study the coronavirus. A test tube containing brain organoids. Photo: Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Johns Hopkins University TThe tiny drops of brain tissue that Thomas Hartung, MD, PhD, grows in his laboratory at Johns Hopkins University have little to do with it. Barely visible, …
Read More »UT makes sweeping changes in response to athletes’ requests, but maintains’ The Eyes of Texas’
Football The school will rename RLM Hall, erect the Julius Whittier statue, rename the field in honor of Earl Campbell, Ricky Williams Posted on Jul 13, 2020 History highlights UT will permanently honor Heman M. Sweatt as UT’s first black student. Longhorns will erect a statue for Julius Whittier, the …
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