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[ad_1] A medical worker, dressed in a protective suit and a mask, administers a nasal swab to a patient at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center in Reze, near Nantes, France, on December 15, 2020 REUTERS / Stephane Mahe SARTROUVILLE, France – The head of a French nursing home, Yann …

[ad_1] The instrument platform at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, in an undated photo taken before the platform collapse on December 1 on the telescope plate. Credit: University of Central Florida, through NSF The following is an open letter, dated December 4, 2020, about the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto …

[ad_1] A Geminid meteor caught in its last moments of fire. POT The 2020 Geminid meteor shower has officially passed its peak, but remains active through the weekend with plenty of potential to detect a shooting star or two or ten. The official peak of the Geminids lasted Sunday night …

[ad_1] The first 2.9 million batches of Pfizer’s new two-dose coronavirus vaccine were shipped from the company’s Kalamazoo, Michigan factory on Sunday, kicking off a massive national project that health officials hope will end. to the pandemic sometime in late 2021. But some states are better prepared to end the …

[ad_1] Image by Sophie Nengel via Unsplash Several Filipinos called for stricter laws against food fraud following the science and technology agency’s findings on local honey products. In a press release last Friday, December 11, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute He said his study found that …

[ad_1] Professor Freddy Boey, Vice President of the National University of Singapore (Innovation and Enterprise), with the swabs. With him are (from left) Dr. Alfred Chia, Associate Professor David Allen, and Associate Professor Yen Ching-Chiuan. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE via The Straits Times / Asia News Network SINGAPORE – Even …

[ad_1] A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London, on December 8, 2020. Britain on December 8 celebrated a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as the largest vaccination program begins. in the country’s history with a new COVID-19 jab. Image: …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The country’s first Covid-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the vaccines needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans. The trucks will launch Sunday morning when shipping companies UPS …

[ad_1] Life in China has more or less returned to normal. Despite being the first country in the world to be affected by the COVID-19 virus, the government is currently reporting low infection rates, which it attributes to roadblocks and movement restrictions, most of which have eased since then. There …

[ad_1] Bloomberg Vaccines that might need an injection in the arm (Bloomberg opinion) – In a pandemic, trust is everything. Beijing and Moscow early saw the potential benefits of advancing the race to produce an effective Covid-19 vaccine. Aside from the public health benefits and the heightened awareness in both …