ROME – Italy is the first non-Asian country to be hit by a coronavirus epidemic earlier this year, once again struggling with the world’s worst outbreak. In Italy, an average of 8,080 people die of covid-1 of a day, compared to Brazil and only in the US. Italy has the …
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As members of the Baltimore Ravens continued to test positive for the Covid-19 during this NFL season, samples of their tests were sent to Yale Labs to decode microscopic data, prompting everyone in the football team to answer. NFL turned to a process called genomic sequencing, which over time reveals …
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