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What does it mean for a virus to have “pandemic potential”?
Photo: Julia Lototskaya (Shutterstock) Headlines recently warned of a new flu virus with “pandemic potential,” based on a study virus in pig farms in China. There is not However, you need to start freaking out right away: While it’s always a safe assumption, there will be another pandemic somedayThis is …
Read More »Can’t afford to fly into space? Settle to smell like
Enlarge / / “Listen, do you smell something?” If you ask a United States Navy scuba diver for the most visceral part of the ongoing and underwater experience, you’ll almost always get the same answer: it’s the smell. “Eau de Boat”, as we sailors call it, is a unique combination …
Read More »Dow Jones sets for weekly profit of 1,000 points as job report exceeds forecast
The shares moved out of session highs, but maintained solid gains on Thursday afternoon when the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 300 points. X The Nasdaq rallied 1.2%, Dow Jones industrials rose 1%, and the S&P 500 advanced 1.1% on the stock market today. The small limits followed by …
Read More »Rep. McCaul admits Trump “probably deserved” to know about Russian bounty intelligence
Representative Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday that President Trump “probably deserved to know” about the intelligence that Russian officials had paid rewards to Taliban-linked militants in exchange for the death of US troops in Afghanistan. . McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee noted …
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