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Bahia registra nos primeiros seis meses de 2020 mais casos de H1N1 do que no ano passado
Segundo a Sesab, nos primeiros seis meses deste ano, foram registrados 156 casos e 11 mortes pela doença. Em todo ano de 2019, foram 96 casos e 13 mortes.
We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus
UCSF researchers are taking a closer look at COVID-19’s dizzying array of symptoms to get at the disease’s root causes.
Start Vaccinating Now!
Development of new Covid-19 vaccines is proceeding at a furious pace, which is good news for the world.
Atheists Are Sometimes More Religious Than Christians
Survey shows how poorly we understand the beliefs of people who identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular.
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Birx says that reopening schools in areas with Covid-19 increases should be done cautiously
The coronavirus pandemic has brought countries to a standstill. In many places, as countries reopen, Covid-19 cases are on the rise. Follow here for the latest.
Ten bucks left, no place to go: How the pandemic and a broken unemployment system are upending people’s lives — The Washington Post
In D.C., hundreds of people have waited months for unemployment payments.
Disinformed to Death
For the better part of four years, those sounding the alarm about the dangers of fake news and the perils of a post-truth world struggled to make the case that this was a matter of life and death. Try as they might to argue that a secure foundation...
The Forgotten Baldwin
James Baldwin’s book about the Atlanta child murders speaks best to the era of Black Lives Matter.
How Women’s Suffrage Changed America Far Beyond the Ballot Box
When the 19th Amendment was ratified in August 1920, it launched a century of empowerment for American women.
From Restraining Orders to Assassinations, the Dangerous Work of Saving the Monarchs
Monarch butterflies may be gone in thirty years. Saving them seems apolitical, but environmentalists have landed in the sights of drug cartels, illegal loggers, Trump supporters, and even clandestine avocado farmers.
Unconscious Bias Training Is Not the Answer
Unconscious bias training has emerged as one of the key responses to racism in recent years. But racism is a structural problem that requires the redistribution of power and wealth to really confront.
CityLine: Sunday, August 2, 2020: Royall House Slave Quarters
In the 18th century, it was home of the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts.
‘Flexible’ Family Leave Is Lousy Feminism
Balancing work-life pressures is often considered the holy grail, but men can still opt out of these policies. To move the needle on gender inequality, the state needs to take more coercive action.
Texas families now have until Aug. 21 to apply for food aid to make up for school meals
The families of more than 20% of the 3.6 million eligible school children across the state have yet to apply for federal aid under the Pandemic EBT program.
Thread by @ASlavitt: COVID Update August 1: I suggested that the US consider the option of throwing every resource at defeating the virus for 4 weeks to get back…
Thread by @ASlavitt: COVID Update August 1: I suggested that the US consider the option of throwing every resource at defeating the virus fors to get back to normal. To do this, we would need to make the decision that crushing Coronavirus is the...
If you insist on no mask, ‘we’ll insist you don’t fly Delta,’ CEO says
Delta CEO Ed Bastian says customers who board flights and then refuse to wear their mask will be banned from future flights on the airline.
A new book provides more evidence of the Trump-Stone Russia coverup
An inside account of the Trump impeachment offers new revelations.
American fascism?
What is truly alarming about the current moment is not the set of actions that the Trump administration is undertaking, but rather the historical context in which these actions are taking place
Students Are Spreading Covid-19 Off Campus. Here’s How Colleges Can Stop It.
But enforcing rules beyond their borders won’t be easy.