Health workers perform coronavirus tests at a homeless shelter in Montevideo, Uruguay on February 4. Matilda Campodonico / A.P. Uruguayan President Luiz Inacio Lula da Pau has announced a new ban that will last until April 12 to stop the spread of Covid-19. Apart from essential services, public offices will …
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Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – Part of the Wright brothers’ first plane is on Mars. NASA’s Experimental Martian helicopter, released by the space agency on Tuesday, has a small switch of fabric from the 1903 right flyer. A helicopter called Ingenuity rode the Red Planet with a Perseverance rover that …
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Description of nanoparticle vaccine containing proteins of many different flu strains. Credit: UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design Scientists at UW Medicine and NIH have developed experimental flu shots that stimulate widespread immunity in animal tests. Researchers have developed experimental flu shots that protect animals from a variety of seasonal …
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“When you hear more calls for firearms, we’ve seen gun sales increase, mainly from buyers,” said Rob Southwick, founder of market research firm Southwick Associates. Industry experts say it is too early to say how back-to-back shootings will affect firearms sales. Reliable statistics from federal background checks will not be …
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“A lot of this is marketing,” said Lisa Dreyer, a registered dietitian and CNN contributor. “Customers get those messages, and they think ‘Oh, this should be the next magic bullet.’ But whether it’s based on science is another matter. “ Studies in humans have been small, limiting their validity. “For …
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