Portland, Ore. (Reuters) – An unprecedented outbreak of deadly wildfires in Oregon on Friday, with every 100,000 people under evacuation warnings – stable firefighters took advantage of improved weather to advance the blaze. . Thousands of homes have been destroyed in wind-swept hurricanes, large summer fires in the western United …
Read More »CDC official: The epidemic of antibiotic resistance has not seen an “explosion”
Despite concerns about antimicrobial resistance during epidemics, doctors use all their tools to help patients fight Covid-19, an early sign that their efforts are not greatly increased, a CDC official told Axios. Why it’s important: AMR is a growing problem, as the abuse or overuse of antibiotics creates resistant pathogens …
Read More »Exclusive: Exxon shapes global empire as Wall Street worries about dividends
HOUSTON (Reuters) – ExxonMobil Corp is facing losses of about સુધીમાં 48 billion by 2021 amid a bad-time stakes on rising demand, according to Reuters’ Tally and Wall Street estimates that the situation in the U.S. The top oil company will have to make deep cuts. To its staff and …
Read More »‘I’m Taiwan,’ the Czech speaker tells parliament, possibly resenting China
Czech Senate President Milos Wistril delivers a speech at the main chamber of the Legislative Assembly Yuan in Taipei, Taipei on September 1, 2020. Reuters / N Wang TAIPAI (Reuters) – The head of the Czech Senate declared himself Taiwanese in a speech to Taiwan’s parliament on Tuesday, following the …
Read More »Lesson 9 of the coronavirus epidemic: nimble testing, rapid vaccines, racial inequality
At some point, this will happen again. There will be another new virus and another epidemic. And while each epidemic is different, there are some universal, tangible things we can try to do in a hurricane environment better than these hurricanes. Big picture: The USA should do nine things here …
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