BETHEL PARK (KDKA) – It was outside Al’s Café in Bethel Park where restaurant owners first met this summer to discuss coronavirus restrictions. As of today, many of them will choose to follow a different set of guidelines than those implemented by the state due to increasing cases of the …
Read More »Lockdown extended in New Zealand city as virus outbreak swells
The New Zealand government on Friday extended a lockdown in its largest city as the country has its first COVID-19 outbreak in more than three months. The lockdown in Auckland began Wednesday and will continue for another 12 days after a cluster of 30 virus cases were discovered Tuesday, the …
Read More »This biotech CEO calculated Covid tests for 50 companies with 12-hour turnaround
“When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the US, young biotech company Verve Therapeutics was only months away from a pivotal development: studies in animals of its approach to gene processing to lower cholesterol that would lead to heralding as potential” cure for heart disease. “ Mar Chief Executive Dr. Sekar Kathiresan …
Read More »NJ sent post-in ballots nationwide in elections in 2020, despite Trump’s attacks
An election official sorts out unopened ballots at the King County Elections headquarters on August 4, 2020 in Renton, Washington. David Ryder | Getty Images New Jersey will send e-mail ballots to all registered voters for the 2020 presidential election, while still offering the option for voters to cast their …
Read More »European shares tumble after UK adds six more countries to its COVID-19 travel guarantee list
Matthew Horwood / Getty European stocks fell on Friday as the UK added six more countries to its 14-day COVID-19 quarantine list. The UK’s FTSE 100 benchmark fell 1.9% and the Euro Stoxx 50 fell 1.6% in early European trade. The decision, which goes into effect on Saturday, implies that …
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