Once upon a time, our pathogens were crudely named: Spanish flu, Asian flu, yellow fever, Black Death. Now we have H1N1, MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), H.I.V. — strings of letters as streamlined as the viruses themselves, codes for codes. The new coronavirus was temporarily named 2019-nCoV. On Feb. 11, […]
Daily Archives: June 2, 2020
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The death of George Floyd in police custody has sparked six days of protests in the US, many of which have turned violent and led to further accusations of excessive use of force by officers. “I’m tired of being afraid,” one protester said. These are some of the other reasons […]
Live gunfire can be heard at the protest in Louisville, Kentucky, where many protesters were angry about police not activating body cameras, reports MSNBC’s Cal Perry. source: nbcnews.com
Charles Dharapak/AP/Shutterstock George Clooney is using his massive platform to speak up and show his support for the black community. The A-list actor and philanthropist penned an essay for The Daily Beast on Monday morning that was titled, “George Clooney: America’s Greatest Pandemic Is Anti-Black Racism.” In the published piece, the 59-year-old star discussed […]
Not all celebrity couples were able to outlast the coronavirus quarantine and remain an item. Stars such as Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph and Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich have gone their separate ways amid the health crisis. The Bachelor’s Underwood and Randolph called it quits in May 2020 after […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Monday urged an appeals court to bring an end to the criminal prosecution of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying the judge in the case is required by law to grant the department’s request for dismissal. Justice Department lawyers said in […]
SHANGHAI Reuters) – Polestar, the premium electric vehicle maker owned by China’s Geely, plans a big expansion of its showroom network in the mainland, sources said, as it prepares for delivery of cars to compete with Tesla Inc’s locally made Model 3. A worker wearing a face mask following the […]
PARIS (Reuters) – Healthcare and clinical diagnostics company Novacyt announced more contract wins for its ‘Primerdesign’ product aimed at testing for the presence of the coronavirus, although the company suffered a minor setback in France. Novacyt said it had total sales and confirmed orders worth 135 million euros ($150.3 million) […]