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A new guide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 40 percent of people infected with COVID-19 are asymptomatic and the likelihood of transmission from people without symptoms is 75 percent. In an updated guide also reported by CNN, the agency expanded its “best current estimate” based …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth – in a big way. Three countries, the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates, are sending unmanned spacecraft to the red planet in rapid succession starting this week, in the largest effort yet to …

FILE PHOTO – Jack Ma, founder and CEO of China’s Alibaba Group, speaks in front of an image of SoftBank’s human robot called ‘pepper’ during a press conference in Chiba, Japan, June 18, 2015. REUTERS / Yuya Shino / Stock Image SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd co-founder Jack …

AMHERST, Massachusetts. For more than a century, the office supplies store AJ Hastings has opened its doors to the public every day without fail, a staple of community in a quintessential university town. That streak lasted during the 1918 flu and world wars, national holidays, and even a movement. “Despite …

The World Health Organization has reported another record of the increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, by more than 230,000. The previous world record was on Friday, with more than 228,000 new cases worldwide. According to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which is based …