Geneva – Keeping borders closed to stop the spread of COVID-19 is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Monday, urging countries to adopt comprehensive strategies based on local knowledge of where the virus is spreading. Border closures and travel restrictions remain an important part of many countries’ strategy to combat …
Read More »Man presents epic proposal before Comet NEOWISE only visible every 6,800 years
This perfect proposal was written in the stars. A New York couple is engaged after the man asked the question before Comet NEOWISE, only visible every 6,800 years. John Nicotera had planned to propose to his girlfriend Erica Pendrak during a trip to Crater Lake National Park in Oregon this …
Read More »Drug makers refuse to attend White House meeting after Trump issues executive orders on costs
Drug lobbyists PhRMA and BIO were reluctant to send representatives from their member companies, many of them billionaire manufacturers of the world’s best-selling drugs and vaccines, after conflicting reports last week about whether the White House would include the rule and little information. To date on what the new rule …
Read More »NASA will soon try to fly a helicopter over Mars: “It really is like the Wright brothers’ moment”
With eight successful landings on Mars, NASA is upping the ante with the spacecraft Perseverance. Set for takeoff this week, the new rover will carry a helicopter for a test flight from another world. The 4-pound helicopter, Ingenuity, will travel to Mars by grabbing the belly of the rover and, …
Read More »‘No vaccine, no recovery’: RSM economist
The next stimulus policy expected from Washington in the coming weeks is “absolutely critical to the condition of the American economy,” says RSM chief economist Joe Brusuelas. “The real economy is in recession. Financial markets were V-shaped [recovery]Brusuelas told Yahoo Finance’s “On The Move”. “Of course, housing will be the …
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