September 2020 - Page 5 of 7

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Medical Journal: Masks an Important Tool to Fight COVID-19

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Wearing a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic could be a more important part of the arsenal against the virus than previously thought.An article in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that universal face mask wearing “might help reduce the severity of disease and…

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Dakotas Lead US in Virus Growth as Both Reject Mask Rules

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Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic.The argument over masks raged this week in Brookings, South Dakota,…

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DRC, Congo Face Risk of Ebola Spreading Across Border

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The World Health Organization is raising the prospect that the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Equateur province could spread across borders.The latest figures put the number of cases in the province at 113, including 48 deaths. The disease has spread…

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Cameroon Says Patients at Risk as COVID Scares Away Blood Donors

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Cameroon says it urgently needs more than 2,000 pints of blood to save the lives of about 300 people, including hemodialysis patients, in the central African state’s troubled English-speaking town of Bamenda.Health workers say the fear of COVID-19, coupled with increasing attacks by separatist fighters,…

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Daily US Virus Deaths Decline, But Trend May Reverse in Fall

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The number of daily U.S. deaths from the coronavirus is declining again after peaking in early August, but scientists warn that a new bout with the disease this fall could claim more lives.The arrival of cooler weather and the likelihood of more indoor gatherings will…

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COVID ‘Increasing Rapidly’ Among American Youth

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Cases of COVID-19 are “increasingly rapidly among young adults in the U.S.,” according to a research letter from Harvard, published at the online site of the JAMA medical journal.The study included 3,222 young adults between the ages of 18 and 34.The investigation found that the…

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Terrorism, Pandemic Trigger Two Kinds of Stress

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This September 11 is different. Every year, Americans have remembered the largest terrorist attack on American soil by coming together – to read names, to pray, to hold hands. But this year, one of the most trusted remedies for grief – togetherness – is not…

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NASA Sets Out to Buy Moon Resources Mined by Private Companies

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NASA on Thursday launched an effort to pay companies to mine resources on the moon, announcing it would buy from them rocks, dirt and other lunar materials as the U.S. space agency seeks to spur private extraction of coveted off-world resources for its use. NASA Administrator…

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Russian Hackers Targeting US Campaigns, Microsoft Says

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The same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has renewed vigorous U.S. election-related targeting, trying to breach computers at more than 200 organizations including political campaigns and their consultants, Microsoft said Thursday.The intrusion attempts reflect a stepped-up effort to infiltrate the…

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Climate Change May Shift Risks of Mosquito-borne Diseases

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More dengue, less malaria. That may be the future in parts of Africa on a warming planet, depending on where you live. FILE - A doctor tests a child for malaria at the Ithani-Asheri Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania, May 11, 2016.Using mosquito optimal temperature data and…

Sep102020 by DmediaNo Comments

Report: World’s Wildlife Population Has Plummeted Because of Human Activity

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A report released Thursday by the nonprofit conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said the world's wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 68% in just four decades, with human consumption behind the decline.FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2019 photo, a burned area…

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UN Chief Says $35 Billion Needed for WHO Coronavirus Program

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Thursday called for $35 billion in additional funding for the World Health Organization's Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator program, designed to develop and equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines and treatments worldwide. The funding includes $15 billion in the next three…

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La Nina Climate Pattern Could Bring Snow, Storms to North America

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U.S. weather officials announced Thursday that a La Nina climate pattern has developed in the Pacific Ocean, possibly exacerbating an already busy hurricane season and setting up a colder, wetter winter for North America.U.S. Climate Prediction Center Deputy Director Mike Halpert said in a press…

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Study Suggest Best Way to Drive Away Seagulls; Eye Contact

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A new study suggests that if you find yourself annoyed by seagulls at the beach or, more increasingly, urban areas, the best way to discourage them is to make eye contact.Researchers at Britain’s University of Exeter observed 155 herring gulls – the most common variety…

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Trump Bans Oil Drilling Off Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

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U.S. President Donald Trump has moved to bar offshore oil and gas drilling in parts of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, a rare action against the fossil fuel industry from an administration that has made global energy dominance a priority.The order drew skepticism…

Sep102020 by TechmanNo Comments

Millennials Connect Via Social Media Challenges During COVID-19

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Bingo is back, this time among millennials and Gen Zers. To stave off boredom caused by the coronavirus quarantine and connect with others, millions of global millennials and Gen Zers are issuing challenges to each other on social media. Challenges have gotten so popular that social media giant Instagram added…

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Mexican Airport Site Emerges as Major Graveyard of Ice Age Mammoths

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Amid busy construction crews racing to build an airport in Mexico, scientists are unearthing more and more mammoth skeletons in what has quickly become one of the world's biggest concentrations of the now-extinct relative of modern elephants.More than 100 mammoth skeletons have been identified spread…

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Big Drop Reported in Vaping by US Teenagers

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Vaping by U.S. teenagers fell dramatically this year, especially among middle schoolers, according to a federal report released Wednesday.Experts think last year's outbreak of vaping-related illnesses and deaths may have scared off some kids, but they believe other factors contributed to the drop, including higher…

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US Disease Expert Fauci Says Halt of Coronavirus Trial a ‘Safety Valve’ at Work

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America’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that AstraZeneca’s suspension of final global trials of its COVID-19 experimental vaccine points to the effectiveness of the safeguards that have been incorporated into the trials.“It’s important to point out that that’s the reason why…

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COVID-19 Vaccine Development Will Follow Scientific Process, US Experts Vow

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Development of a COVID-19 vaccine will not be compromised by outside political considerations, U.S. health experts told lawmakers Wednesday.The nation's top health officials said the six vaccine candidates currently in large-scale U.S. trials are expected to deliver a result that can be distributed to the…

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Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Halted After Participant Falls Ill

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The clinical trial of one of the most promising vaccines for the coronavirus has been halted after one of the participants fell ill. However, scientists say there may be no link between the vaccine and the participant’s illness. Henry Ridgwell reports from London.Camera: Henry Ridgwell …

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Nigeria Math Teacher Offers Free Lessons on Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram

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A teacher in Nigeria is offering free mathematics classes via Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram to help struggling students affected by the coronavirus lockdown. After almost six months, more than 1,000 students are taking her online classes, across Nigeria and even internationally. VOA’s Mariama Diallo reports. ...

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Pharmaceutical Giant AstraZeneca Halts COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

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British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant Astra-Zeneca has paused large-scale global trials of its COVID-19 vaccine because a volunteer participant became ill after receiving the experimental drug. The company issued a statement Tuesday saying the pause in testing is a “routine action, which has to happen whenever there…

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Australian Teenagers Take on Mining Giant Over Expansion Plans

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For the first time in Australia, teenagers have launched a class-action lawsuit on behalf of young people around the world to stop the extension of a coal mine in the state of New South Wales. Anxiety over global warming is driving this teenage campaign to stop the expansion of a coal mine near…

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How Superspreaders – People and Places – Drive COVID-19 Pandemic

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A wedding reception in Maine led to nearlyMotorcycles are parked in the audience during The Reverend Horton Heat's performance on the Wolfman Jack Stage at Buffalo Chip during the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on Aug. 15, 2020, in Sturgis, S.D.Nearly half a million bikers…

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Hundreds of Migrants Call for Freedom at Camp on Gran Canaria

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A group of migrants being held at a dockside camp on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria chanted "freedom" on Tuesday as they tried to force open a police fence and the coast guard brought in more people rescued from boats on the Atlantic sea.Although…

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WHO to Review International Health Regulations During Pandemic

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday opened the initial meeting of an international review panel established to evaluate the performance of its International Health Regulations (IHR) during the COVID-19 pandemic.The IHR were last revised in 2005 and grew out of the response to deadly epidemics…

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Despite Strict Lockdown, Spain Sees Sharp COVID-19 Spike

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Deirdre Carney suspected she might have COVID-19 when her temperature began to fluctuate above the normal 37 degrees Celsius. "It was a bit of a shock when I was diagnosed. I could not believe that I had got it. I had not mixed with that…