Samantha Schaevitz was in the hometown of a community at Huridocs, a nonprofit of human rights, when she received the call. Schaevitz works on site-trusted engineering at Google; they are the ones who keep the ship stable when things get choppy. And by February of this year, when large parts …
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US government enters $ 1.525 billion deal with Moderna for 100 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine
President Trump announced the deal during a media briefing on Tuesday. Moderna is one of several companies producing the vaccine “at risk”, as the sector calls it, which means that the company is currently producing the vaccine before it is approved. Clinical trials are currently underway to test whether it …
Read More »Biden campaign goes on the offensive if VP announcement fails.
While political spectators continue to wait for Mr Biden to announce who he has selected as his running mate, the battle to frame how voters will view the election has already begun in earnest. On Tuesday, the Biden campaign sent a warning shot ahead of a selection that many Democrats …
Read More »Stimulus conversation update: Why Democrats are holding out for more extended relief
President Donald Trump was in stimulus discussions this weekend, signing a preference for executive orders aimed at reducing Covid-19’s economic fallout and putting Democrats under pressure. Democratic lawmakers, however, were not deterred by his actions, which they considered ‘sly’ and ‘narrow’. Instead, they have remained steadfast in their position on …
Read More »Coronavirus can spread much further than 6 feet in indoor spaces with poor ventilation
Last updated: 11 August 2020 19:18 EDT As students return to school, parents and teachers become increasingly concerned about how the coronavirus could spread – especially in buildings with insufficient ventilation. John Lednicky is studying viruses at the University of Florida. “There was a lot of controversy about SARS-CoV-2 being …
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