Oregon reached a troubling milestone Thursday in the coronavirus pandemic as the number of confirmed or suspected positive cases reached 437, a record number for a single day since the virus was first confirmed in the state more than four months ago. . Two people also died from COVID-19. State …
Read More »New surface coating removes coronavirus from everyday objects: research
A new surface coating has shown promising results in removing the coronavirus, new research in the US has shown. Chemistry professor William Ducker and his team at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Virginia Tech State University have managed to produce a special coating designed to deactivate the existing coronavirus in …
Read More »1 Mainer dies as 38 more cases of coronavirus are detected in the state
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Read More »Chinese company using executives and workers to ‘test’ coronavirus vaccine
BEIJING – In the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, a Chinese state-owned company boasts that its employees, including top executives, received experimental vaccines even before the government approved tests on people. “Help forge the victory sword,” reads an online SinoPharm post with images of company leaders who he …
Read More »Brian Kemp mask lawsuit: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms sees “personal retaliation” at stake
“I think it is personal retaliation and he sued us personally,” Bottoms told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Friday morning. “She did not sue the city of Atlanta. She filed a lawsuit against me and our city council personally.” The dispute between Bottoms, a Democrat, and Kemp, a Republican, reached new …
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