Director of Health: seeing a continuous spread in our community By Lori Qualls, [email protected] Published 3:54 pm EDT, Wednesday July 15, 2020 This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of …
Read More »Study: masks prevented major outbreak of coronavirus in hair salon
A hairdresser wearing a face mask, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cuts a client’s hair. Image credit: AFP Washington: Two American stylists wearing masks while infected with the coronavirus did not transmit COVID-19 to nearly 140 clients they saw over the course of several days, a study said Tuesday. The …
Read More »European actions lose ground amid tensions between the United States and China
The headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 12, 2020. daniel roland / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images European stocks fell on Thursday as the world’s two largest economies continue to collide, and before the latest decision by the European Central Bank. 5% more …
Read More »The climate crisis and Covid-19: a great threat to the pandemic response
Just as an active Atlantic hurricane season begins in 2020, the entire U.S. hurricane coast, from Texas to the Carolinas, is witnessing explosive outbreaks of Covid-19 cases in communities where physical distancing restrictions have been eased. As a wake-up call, Tropical Storm Christopher made landfall in Louisiana on June 7, …
Read More »Get ‘Wrangler’ from Bronco tires
Automakers are like politicians: they hate recognizing a rival. Instead, other brands and their products are “the competition” or something similar. But in developing the Ford Bronco 2021 to beat the Jeep Wrangler, the Blue Oval ran into a problem: One of the most popular off-road tires on the market …
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