Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to testify before a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Work and Pensions (HELP) at Capitol Hill in Washington, USA, 30 June 2020. Kevin Dietsch | Reuters The coronavirus has mutated in a way …
Read More »Outside experts may decide who gets Covid vaccines first, says NIH chief
Senators from both parties emphasized that a distribution framework must be completed and published before the first vaccine is considered safe and effective. CDC Director Robert Redfield noted the need for strategies to reach underserved populations, including mobile units and pharmacies that he said were not fully utilized in past …
Read More »Mystery of ‘catastrophic’ elephant deaths: Hundreds have died in Botswana, and no one knows why
Hundreds of elephants have mysteriously fallen dead in Botswana, leaving wildlife experts and government officials searching for answers. Dr Niall McCann, director of conservation for the UK-based charity National Park Rescue, told the BBC that since early May colleagues in Botswana had seen more than 350 elephant carcasses in the …
Read More »Cuyahoga, 6 other counties put on coronavirus red alert by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Cuyahoga County and six others across the state have been placed on Alert Level 3 under Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s new coronavirus alert system, and the governor asks residents to “consider only the necessary trips. “ The other counties put on the same alert Thursday were Butler, …
Read More »Santa Monica sets fines for not wearing a mask
The City of Santa Monica issued the following statement Thursday morning, setting out fines for not wearing a mask: Acting City Manager and Director of Emergency Services Lane Dilg has issued a twentieth supplement to the local Santa Monica declaration of emergency to strengthen and clarify the requirements for wearing …
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