On May 25, 1968, surgeons in Richmond, Virginia, were successful hert transplant, one of the first in the world, on a white businessman. The heart they used was taken from a Black patient named Bruce Tucker who was taken to the hospital the day before, unconscious and with a fractured …
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A rare hurricane-like, 100 mph storm left more than a million people without power on Monday as devastation swept across much of the Midwest – hitting Chicago as it recovered from a night of chaos and widespread looting. The derecho – which has the power of a hurricane but hangs …
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Ballots mailed directly to all voters Absentee voice allowed for all Apology required for absent voting rights 43 million voters in nine states + DC 108 million voters in 33 states 51 million voters in eight states Each square is 100,000 registered voters. Ballots mailed directly to all voters Absentee …
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A rare storm picked up winds of 100 mph and with force similar to a domestic hurricane Monday over the Midwest, blowing over trees, blowing cars, causing widespread damage to property and leaving hundreds of thousands without power as it passed through Chicago and in Indiana and Michigan moved. The …
Read More »How to use dry heat to decontaminate an N95 respirator (mask)
By Laura French CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A recent study found that electric cookers for households can be used to safely sanitize N95 masks in less than an hour. Researchers from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign found that 50 minutes of dry heat in an electric cooker, like a rice cooker …
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