San Mateo County is the only Bay Area county not on the state watch list, and people from across the region head there for services they cannot get at home. But as the county sees more new cases of COVID-19, health leaders fear the state will put the county on …
Read More »786 new coronavirus cases reported, total Pa cases exceed 101K
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports 786 new cases of coronavirus as of Sunday. This brings the statewide total of cases to 101,027. There were eight new deaths reported Sunday, too, for 7,015 total coronavirus deaths in Pennsylvania. The number of tests administered in the last seven days is 146,701 …
Read More »Civil War vaccination kits shed genetic clues to how smallpox was defeated
AAs the world anxiously wakes up its hopes that vaccines will stop the coronavirus pandemic, scientists are still learning from the first global scourge to be eradicated by vaccination. Ancient DNA detectives analyzing Civil War era artifacts with 21st century sequencing techniques have recreated five viral vaccine genomes assembled to …
Read More »When the United States sneezes, the world catches a cold. What happens when you have severe COVID-19?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – During a blue sky moment in 2018 near the end of a decade-long economic expansion, it was the United States that helped propel the world as additional cash from tax cuts and spending by the government flowed through national funds and global markets FILE PHOTO: A 3D …
Read More »Trump administration announces plan to resume hearings for migrants in Mexico
The controversial program, officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols, requires migrants to wait in Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearings. It has resulted in the creation of makeshift camps where hundreds of migrants have waited for weeks, if not months, in miserable and unsafe conditions. As a …
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