New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that more than a quarter of young adults in the U.S. considered committing suicide in June, a staggering statistic that reveals the impact that COVID 19-pandemic has on mental health. What are the details? In a survey of …
Read More »Paris, Marseille declared risk zones
PARIS – The head of France’s national health service says Paris and Marseille are zones of risk declared for the coronavirus if authorities observe a sharp increase in infections. Jerome Salomon, speaking on French radio, warned “the situation is getting worse week by week” in the country. He says that …
Read More »Young adults have the most coronavirus infections in CT
CONNECTICUT – Connecticut residents in their 20s have the most cases of coronavirus from any age group. New data from the state Department of Public Health showed 90 people between the ages of 20 and 29 tested positive for the virus between August 2-8. The age group with the following …
Read More »Retail sales July 2020:
Consumers brought in less than expected in July as a decline in car sales helped cool an economy struggling to shake off the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Retail sales rose 1.2% in 1.2 months, against the expected increase of 2.3% in economists surveyed by Dow Jones. However, the news …
Read More »Exclusive: FS to create coronavirus strain for possible trials with human challenge
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. government scientists have begun efforts to create a strain of the new coronavirus that could be used in human challenge tests of vaccines, a controversial type of study in which healthy volunteers would vaccinate and then deliberately infect with the virus, Reuters has learned. FILE PHOTO: …
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