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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday set strict criteria for reopening schools that make it unlikely that the vast majority of districts will have classroom instruction in the fall as the coronavirus pandemic escalates. The rules include a mandate that students older than 2nd grade and all staff wear masks …

Joan Murray had been at home with Covid-19 for about a week when she had problems. She had a 103-degree fever and chills that sent chills down her spine. Her oxygen levels were dropping, and the tightness in her chest felt “like someone had tied my lungs with a rope.” …

These early results showed that the vaccine worked to trigger an immune response with mild side effects: fatigue, chills, headache, muscle pain, pain at the injection site. But the vaccine will still have to pass a large Phase 3 trial, expected to begin later this month, before regulators consider whether …

Credit: CC0 Public domain A team of researchers from Imperial College London, the University of Sydney and Cornel University discovered that it is possible to create a soundscape from noise in the natural environment using machine learning algorithms. In his article published in procedures of the National Academy of SciencesThe …

The United Arab Emirates will launch its first mission to Mars on Sunday. It will be the first flight from the Arab world to another planet. The SUV-sized spacecraft, called the Hope probe, will spend seven months traveling to Mars. Once it arrives, Hope will study the red planet’s atmosphere …