Coronavirus: Several nations are working to create a vaccine for COVID-19 Washington: A team of researchers after studying tissue removed from patients’ noses during surgery believe they may have discovered the reason why so many people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell, even when they have no other symptoms …
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A fourth-grader at Paxton’s Clara Peterson Elementary has tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Cliff McClure informed families and staff in a letter. “We are coordinating our efforts with the Ford County Health Department to immediately identify and monitor individuals who have recently had contact with the positive individual COVID-19 to …
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First, what are harmful algae flowers – like HABs? While HABs along our ocean shores – like red tide events in Florida – are getting more media attention, HAB events are also occurring in our nation’s freshwater bodies. As I wrote last year, HABs occur when excess nutrients make their …
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People gather downtown amid outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA. Chicago / New York: Approximately one-fifth of the 11,000 people enrolled so far in a 30,000-volunteer U.S. trial testing a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and German partner BioNTech are Black as Latino, groups hardest hit by the pandemic …
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