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The Los Angeles Unified School District announced Sunday that it is launching an ambitious coronavirus testing and contact tracing program for all students, staff and their families – with the goal of paving the way for safe reopening of campuses in the nation’s largest school district . If the plan …

China’s drug regulator has said COVID – 19 vaccine candidates should have a 50 percent effectiveness rate and users can be provided with at least six moths’ immunity to the virus if they are to be approved in the country. A draft document released by the Chinese Drug Evaluation Center …

EASK “Do you want to take a 33% vaccine to feel safe against a virus with a .06% death rate?” DETAILS Incorrect: The claim that a COVID-19 vaccine has a mortality rate of 33% is not supported by scientific evidence. This claim is probably based on a separate false claim …

PORTLAND, Oregon – Russell Kirsch, a computer scientist credited with inventing the pixel and scanning the world’s first digital photo, died at 11 a.m. at his home in Portland, Oregon, The Oregonian reported. He was 91. Pixels, the digital dots used to display photos, video and more on phone and …

CHENNAI, India – One of Senator Kamala Harris’ brightest childhood memories was walking with her Indian grandfather on the beach. Her grandfather, PV Gopalan, had served in the Indian government for decades, and his ritual, almost every morning, was to meet his retirement buddies and talk politics as they walked …