In June, Black Lives Matter activists painted “Defund the police” on a street near the White House – a day after the nation’s capital mayor unveiled a mural of “Black Lives Matter” showing the same two- pieces street down. Employers with the city’s public works department, who helped arrange the …
Read More »Delay routine dental check-ups, WHO requests, until COVID risk is known
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Dental patients and staff need to be protected from any possible infection through aerosol-generating procedures, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, when dentists return to work in areas losing the COVID-19 pandemic . There is currently no data on the spread of …
Read More »Cases of coronavirus in California jump as counties process data backlogs
As coronavirus hospitalizations continue to decline in California, counties reported more than 13,000 new cases Monday, a notable uptick as they began processing the thousands of lab reports backlogged into the state’s reporting system for more than a week . The new cases caused the state to average an average …
Read More »Trump’s push to cut tax cuts opens a democratic offensive line
Mr. Trump did not help matters with his unequivocal statement of what exactly he wanted to do with the taxman, which he suggested on Saturday he “would like” to end. ‘Social security is mostly funded by payroll taxes, and getting rid of them would be a drastic change in federal …
Read More »‘Not getting a flu vaccine is like wearing no mask:’ What the next flu season might look like
Photo: LM Otero, Associated Press Take stock photo of a syringe with flu vaccine. Take stock photo of a syringe with flu vaccine. When the COVID-19 pandemic picked up speed again in the Bay Area in February and early March, it was the tail end of the flu season. The …
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