Mask-wearing reduced COVID-19 incidence by 53%, a large study found.CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images Mask-wearing seems the best public health measure for fighting COVID-19, according to a large analysis. Hand-washing and social distancing could also reduce the number of new COVID-19 cases, the study authors said. The researchers bemoaned a […]
Daily Archives: November 19, 2021
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Tina Singh watched nearly a dozen students at a suburban Los Angeles truck-driving school backing up their practice big rigs into parking spaces. Many had never operated a manual transmission before. “It’s an exciting time to be a truck driver right now […]
Paul Pogba could be out until February because of the thigh injury sustained with France, leaving Manchester United to try to arrest their slide without their record signing. The midfielder is beginning his recuperation in Dubai and Ole Gunnar Solskjær accepted that Pogba would be sidelined until 2022, meaning he […]
In September, Berlin’s legislature took a radical step to address the precarious employment situation that plagues many early-career researchers. It passed a law requiring universities to offer new postdoc hires a pathway to a permanent position, a move that could serve as a test case for how—or how not—to solve […]
After two years of preparing, the Bavarian-born, Britain-raised daughter of a South African father and English mother was just beginning previews of the musical Diana at the Longacre Theater when their Broadway run was indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (The show had its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in […]
Earlier this year, the BBC announced Janette Manrara would be taking over from Zoe Ball on Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two. The Ballroom and Latin dancer presents the show alongside Rylan Clark-Neal but Janette admitted there was one aspect of her new role which wasn’t enjoyable. The former […]
Image: Activision A California lawsuit earlier this year alleged sexual harassment, discrimination, and a pervasive “frat boy culture” at Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard. At least in one instance, that culture included an employee signing all of his work emails as “1-800-ALLCOCK.” That detail comes from the latest episode […]
MEXICO CITY — Sometimes one may wonder what would have happened if Ruben Blades had been president of Panama. Would he have been good? Hated? Was it better that he didn’t? “I think it would have been good for the country,” Blades said Thursday in a video call interview just […]