From left to right, Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci listen as President Donald Trump speaks at a coronavirus briefing in Washington, DC, on March 20. Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / Getty Images As President Trump touts progress amid the coronavirus pandemic in written briefings in messages …
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There are around 3,500 mosquito species worldwide, but only a few are responsible for spreading infectious diseases to humans. But how did Aedes aegypti mosquitoes evolve to specialize in biting people? New research published today in the journal. Current biology It has revealed that two factors play an important role: …
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Citing health concerns about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump revealed Thursday that he had canceled the portion of the Republican National Convention scheduled for next month in Jacksonville, Florida. Speaking from the White House press room, Trump said Republican delegates would still meet in person in Charlotte, and that he …
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Louisiana now has more than 100,000 diagnosed cases of coronavirus. It is the twelfth state to reach that milestone. The Louisiana Department of Health reported 2,296 more coronavirus cases, 16 more deaths, and four more hospitalizations in its daily update on Thursday noon. There were 21,967 additional test results reported …
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In August 1965, law student Mitch McConnell was in his twenties and a veteran of the Washington March for Employment and Freedom, where he heard Martin Luther King Jr. deliver the “I have a dream” speech. McConnell stopped by the office of a popular and respected Republican senator from his …
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