Fifty-one goals in 43 matches in competitions this season, and counting. That really should say it all for Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich in the Ballon d’Or race, but France Football has decided they will not select a recipient for the honor this year due to the long pause in …
Read More »Jennifer Aniston and John Oliver fight COVID-19 disinformation
After months of marinating in the COVID-19 restrictions, celebrities like Jennifer Aniston and John Oliver are doing their best to make people believe the truth, not conspiracy theories, about the disease. Aniston shared a scary photo of a hospitalized friend on Sunday who she said had no underlying health problems …
Read More »Snapchat launches the first of its Mini apps with Headspace meditations
The first of Snap’s new Mini apps launched Monday, with tools from the Headspace meditation app, part of an initiative “to help support Snapchatters’ mental health and emotional well-being,” a Snap spokesperson said at a statement. Snap announced that it would launch Minis at its Virtual Partner Summit last month. …
Read More »First human trial of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine is promising
LONDON (Reuters) – An experimental vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford against the new coronavirus produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, data showed on Monday, preserving hope that it could be in use by the end of the year. Called AZD1222, the vaccine has been …
Read More »Colorado officials report first human case of bubonic plague
On July 14, Jefferson County Public Health officials announced that they found the first case of bubonic plague in a squirrel. Only three days later, the first human case of bubonic plague was confirmed. The first human cases of the plague came from Inner Mongolia when two brothers were hospitalized …
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