COVID-19

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• Covid-19
• Health

Rogue immune system reactions hint at an early treatment for COVID-19

August 10, 2020 Editorial Board

By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News Giving drugs called interferons early in the disease may help prevent later immune overreactions...

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• Covid-19
• Education

Why Black families are choosing to keep their kids remote when schools reopen

August 10, 2020 Editorial Board

by BRACEY HARRIS, The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign...

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• Local News

Disney Parks Experiments with Reopening in a Pandemic

August 8, 2020 Miami Reporter

  Asia Disney Parks reopen Specific adjustments made by Tokyo’s Disney Parks Disney Parks that are opening around the world...

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• Covid-19
• Health

Texas college football is limiting stadium capacity, mandating masks and testing athletes. Here’s what you need to know.

August 7, 2020 RAGA JUSTIN

By Raga Justin, The Texas Tribune "Texas college football is limiting stadium capacity, mandating masks and testing athletes. Here’s what...

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• Covid-19
• Health

COVID-19 outbreak grows at Arizona jail with largest concentration of U.S. Marshal detainees in nation

August 7, 2020 Jude Joffe-Block

By Jude Joffe-Block, AZCIR   PHOENIX – A private facility in Florence, Arizona that houses more than 3,000 defendants awaiting...

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• Covid-19
• Health

When a Contagion Comes, Women Bear a Heavy Burden

August 7, 2020 GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN

by Gayathri Vaidyanathan, Undark   While contagions like Covid-19 might kill more men, the impact of a pandemic on women’s...

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• Covid-19
• Health

Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine

August 7, 2020 Arthur Allen

by Arthur Allen, California Healthline   The vaccine trial that Vice President Mike Pence kicked off in Miami on Monday...

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• Covid-19
• Health

America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine

August 7, 2020 Sarah Varney

by Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News For a world crippled by the coronavirus, salvation hinges on a vaccine. But in...

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• Covid-19
• Health

Close relatives of the coronavirus may have been in bats for decades

August 7, 2020 Erin Garcia de Jesus

By Erin Garcia de Jesus, Science News    Similar viruses with the potential to infect humans could be circulating in the...

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• Politics

People are dying in US prisons, and not just from COVID-19

August 6, 2020 Heather Schoenfeld

by Heather Schoenfeld, Boston University July 22, 2020 7.59am EDT   Randall Jordan-Aparo, Darren Rainey and Latandra Ellington are not...