Heather Hyland, a self-proclaimed insect nerd, has found a love for mosquitoes despite the diseases they carry. “I loved insects, I’d say since I was 2 years old,” Hyland said. Initially, a public information officer for the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District in southern California, said her fascination …
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Broadway actor Nick Cordero is still seriously ill after battling the coronavirus for three months and will likely need a double lung transplant, his wife said Thursday. “We think that is very likely the possibility. A 99 percent chance that I would need it to live the kind of life …
Read More »US Coronavirus Cases Increase by Nearly 50,000 in Largest Day-Long Pandemic Peak
(Reuters) – New cases of COVID-19 in the United States increased by nearly 50,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters count, marking the largest one-day increase since the start of the pandemic. A large mask hangs from a lion statue outside the main branch of the New York Public Library …
Read More »Moderna’s stock collapses after report indicates delayed testing of coronavirus vaccine delayed
Moderna’s shares fell as much as 9.4% in midday trading on Thursday after a report said the biotech company’s late-stage trial for a possible coronavirus vaccine would be delayed, possibly a few weeks. The company, which is working with the National Institutes of Health, was expected to begin a phase …
Read More »Michigan no longer “on track to contain COVID,” data show
The state of Michigan has now been labeled “medium risk” for the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and is no longer “on track to contain COVID,” according to data from the Covid Act Now. The group, comprised of technologists, epidemiologists, health experts, and public policy leaders, has been working to …
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