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Photographic illustration of Slate. Photo by Photo illustration of Slate. Photo by Andrey Zhuravlev / iStock / Getty Images Plus. In the US, COVID-19 is spreading like a forest fire. At the same time, the research community is increasingly learning about how the coronavirus passes from one person to another. …

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The US Department of Agriculture has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds that reach the mailboxes of thousands of Americans, mostly postmarked from China. Unsolicited seeds that arrived in the mail, reported by a U.S. …

The House on Friday approved a $ 1.3 billion package of spending bills for fiscal year 2021. The package, approved in a 217-197 vote by much of the party, included defense spending bills; work, health and human services, and education; commerce, justice and science; energy and water; financial services and …

Children under the age of five can harbor up to 100 times as much coronavirus in the nose and throat as infected adults and older children, according to a Chicago study. “Our analyzes suggest that children younger than 5 years of age with mild to moderate COVID-19 have high amounts …

ATHENS – Greg McGarity says Georgia football has “a great plan” for fan attendance at the Sanford stadium in its final stages before launch. The Bulldogs are expected to announce an assistance plan that will allow 18,000 to 30,000 socially estranged fans, pending local health legislation, CDC recommendations, and SEC …