CDC tells state governors to prepare for Covid vaccine before November elections
“Public health officials worry that the Trump administration is looking to roll out a vaccine prematurely, or at least to hype one, before the election as a way to score political points.“
Honeybee venom kills aggressive breast cancer cells, study shows
“It provides another wonderful example of where compounds in nature can be used to treat human diseases.”
Hoboken, New Jersey sues oil industry for climate impacts from its ‘deceptive actions’
“We want to be compensated for the costs of climate damages both past, present and future.”
Meet the new yes man on Trump’s Covid task force: Dr. Scott Atlas wants...
Dr. Scott Atlas is not an epidemiologist and was brought on specifically because he would back President Trump’s position “about how the pandemic was going, that the threat was receding, that the country should reopen.”
US coronavirus cases pass 6 million, 180,000 deaths as schools struggle to reopen
Even though the number of hospitalizations is trending down, the number of new infections per day remains around 40,000.
54 million people in the US may go hungry during pandemic—can urban farms help?
In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.
Legionnaire’s bacteria found in drinking water at nine reopened schools
Recently, nine schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania found the harmful bacteria in their water.
The Atlantic Ocean contains at least 10 times more plastic pollution than previously estimated
Hopefully, with this new research, policymakers can make moves to stop plastic pollution that is harming marine life, the environment, and ultimately us.
This pandemic brings out the worst in our CEOs
Last year, CEOs signed a pledge to be better corporate citizens. Then the pandemic hit.
Young people are primary coronavirus spreaders, WHO warns
The WHO findings were based on an analysis of roughly 6 million international cases that spanned from late February to mid-July.