The House of Representatives on Saturday passed a $ 25 billion infusion to the U.S. Postal Service in a bill that would also reverse new austerity measures and ban any attempt to delay the mail until at least next year. The vote was 257-150 with 26 Republicans voting for the …
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Do-it-yourself coronavirus testing spark kudos, and caution
The concept behind a home kit is simple and is similar to how doctors quickly detect strep throat and flu: A paper strip could swab a saliva as a nasal sample and return a positive or negative result within 15 minutes. Otherwise, their children could swap and find out if …
Read More »11-year-old scores Viral Rap Hit but Trips over Gaza politics
JERUSALEM – When the 11-year-old schoolboy from Gaza posted a video of himself raping the lyrics of one of his favorite artists, he never expected it would make him famous or get him in trouble. It did both. Abdel Rahman al-Shantti’s video rapping for his school in Gaza City in …
Read More »Chinese biotech company: COVID-19 vaccine effective in treating multiple strains of virus
FIL – This Thursday, Jan. 23. 2020 from file photo, a patient receives a flu vaccine in Mesquite, Texas. (AP Photo / LM Otero) TO NewsroomUPDATED 11:45 AM PT – Saturday 22 August 2020 A biotech company in China has claimed that its new vaccine for coronavirus is effective in …
Read More »Coronavirus will stay ‘FOREVER’ with us, says British scientist – RT UK News
Covid-19 will “forever remain in human form” in one form or another, “predicted a leading British scientist, who advocates regular vaccinations of the population against the deadly disease. The inaccurate optimism forecast was produced by Sir Mark Walport, a member of the UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Group (SAGE), on Saturday. …
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