KANCHANABURI, Thailand (AP) – Researchers in Thailand have already moved through the countryside to catch flags in their caves in an attempt to track down the costly origin of the coronavirus. Early research has already pointed to bats as the source of the virus that has affected more than 20.5 …
Read More »Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19
With a vaccine against a coronavirus still months away, companies are rushing to test what the next best thing might be: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight off the virus, without training the immune system to make them. Antibodies are proteins that the body makes when an infection occurs; they …
Read More »Dangerous chemicals remain in the port of Beirut
BEIRUT (AP) – Chemical experts and firefighters are working to secure at least 20 potentially hazardous chemical containers at the explosion-ravaged port of Beirut, after finding one that was leaking, according to a member of a French cleaning team. Some of the containers were punctured when last week’s deadly explosion …
Read More »Pandemic wrestles global Class of 2020s hope for first job
LONDON (AP) – The dream of British fashion school Phoebe St. Army dreaming of landing a job at a design label is on hold. Like many others in the Global Class of 2020, the pandemic is shattering its career ambitions. The coronavirus forced the cancellation of her fashion graduate class …
Read More »Israeli jeweler makes $ 1.5 million gold coronavirus mask
MOTZA, Israel (AP) – An Israeli jewelry company is working on what it says will be the most expensive coronavirus mask in the world, a gold, diamond-decorated face with a $ 1.5 million price tag. The 18-carat white gold mask will be adorned with 3,600 white and black diamonds and …
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