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Dr. Michael Mina thinks there’s an easy way to beat COVID-19: fast, cheap testing, taken home every day or two. Click to expand FOLLOWING Currently, tests are designed for medical purposes. They identify if someone with symptoms has COVID-19 or not. But they miss – according to Mina’s estimate – …

Visit the WHO website for the latest news and information on the coronavirus pandemic. Bill Gates says there should be a widespread vaccine by the end of 2021. CBS Evening News Everyone wants to know when the coronavirus crisis will end, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has an idea. But …

The chaotic White House of President Donald Trump resulted in “a lost summer” in the fight against coronavirus, according to a new in-depth report from The Washington Post. The newspaper interviewed “41 senior officials of the administration and other people directly involved in or informed of the response efforts” for …

She was in a nursing home when she died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, her great-grandfather Ryan McKee told the New York Times. Allen grew up on a farm in Peru, New York, and in 1954 received her undergraduate degree in mathematics from The New York State College for Teachers …

Despite his long and influential career in the conduct of US international affairs, Brent Scowcroft, who is 95 years old, did not draw much personal attention to himself. This low profile was surprising enough in 1975 when, as national security adviser in the Gerald Ford administration, he organized the evacuation …