TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is taking an aggressive step to seize enough coronavirus vaccine to inoculate its population four times, a pressure that the government hopes to instill confidence that it can host a delayed Olympic Games next year. FILE PHOTO: People in traditional costume kimonos, wearing protective masks as …
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For the past A few years, until the pandemic hit, Bill Ristenpart, a chemical engineer at UC Davis (and coffee-geek at the next level) had brought a team of researchers and boxes of expensive instruments across the country to New York City each summer and into the lab of Nicole …
Read More »American couple, stranded by coronavirus in Gaza, return to ‘narrow’ Florida
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – Adria and Ayman Arafat are finally on their way to Florida after spending months in the Gaza Strip due to coronavirus-related restrictions, but fear they will now face a much greater health risk. Palestinians sit in a taxi before crossing the Rafah border with Egypt, …
Read More »A new survey refers to risk of higher Covid-19
Since the pandemic in March, the US began to rise in full force, speculation about the connection between vaping and Covid-19 has flourished. The Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute on Drug Abuse have both issued warnings. Anecdotal reports of young vapers descending with severe coronavirus infections began …
Read More »COVID-affected Anchorage wins court ruling in dinner dispute
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – As COVID-19 cases spike and hospital bed space disappears in Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage officials on Friday won a major ruling in favor of a ban on indoor dining after a standoff over it problem moved to court. Customers packed Kriner’s Diner, a dinner in Midtown …
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