Every game of this early-then-fiction season feels like a gift, because the spectacle of no season at all weighs heavily as a busy alternative to anything we get on the field. At the same time, however, every game is for the dead-eyed cardboard fans a shocking reminder of how very …
Read More »Exemption rate for students exempt varies by county in Massachusetts, data show; flu shot now required during pandemic
In an effort to curb respiratory breathing during the coronavirus pandemic, state officials announced Wednesday that nearly all students in Massachusetts are required to get a flu this year. Students are expected to receive a flu vaccine for the 2020-2021 flu season on December 31, unless a medical or religious …
Read More »Russia coronavirus vaccine to test on 40,000 volunteers, according to research institute
A staff member at the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Ministry of Health, which produces a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine is produced at the institute and other Russian pharmaceutical plants. It will be available to the public on January 1, 2021. Vyacheslav Prokofyev | …
Read More »Trump proposes that government scientists oppose plasma therapy for political reasons
President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused government scientists of slow walking of a safe but unproven coronavirus therapy, recovery time plasma, for political reasons. © Evan Vucci / AP Photo President Donald Trump addressed the White House on Wednesday, ‘You have a lot of people there who do not want …
Read More »Why will hundreds of millions of mosquitoes with genetic engineers be released in Florida?
Hundreds of millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes will soon be released in Florida, in a first for the US Tuesday, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) approved plans to release the non-biting insects as part of a pilot project launching next year. Exactly when and where the trial will …
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