Carl Zimmer
@nytimes columnist. Author: Planet of Viruses, She Has Her Mother's Laugh, etc. carlzimmer.com/books/
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Lessons from South Korea on How to Manage Covid
The country has blended technology and testing like no other to stay on top of outbreaks, limiting the pandemic’s economic fallout. Some of the keys to its success: centralized control, widespread testing and fast contact tracing.
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One country managed Covid without punishing lockdowns. The secrets of South Korea’s success.
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Trump Administration To Announce Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging
The effort to open the Alaskan wilderness area, the nation’s largest national forest, has been in the works for about two years.
DeSantis: bars and restaurants can go to full capacity as Florida moves to phase 3
The governor said local governments will have to justify any restrictions on capacity.
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DeSantis lifts statewide restrictions on bars and restaurants as Florida moves to phase 3
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Federal judge removes acting Bureau of Land Management director after finding he has served unlawfully for 424 days
A federal judge on Friday ordered acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley to step aside, blocking him from exercising any more authority after finding that he has served unlawfully for more than 400 days.
Carl Zimmer
Federal judge removes acting Bureau of Land Management director after finding he has served unlawfully for 424 days
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Not-so-hostile takeover: Human Y chromosome displaced the Neanderthals’ version
Newly sequenced Neanderthal Y chromosomes hint at a complex history of mixture.
Criminal Charges for Covid-19 Deaths at Massachusetts Veterans’ Home
Two former leaders of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home were charged in connection with a coronavirus outbreak at the facility, where 76 people died.
OAH Statement on White House Conference on American History | OAH
Statement from OAH President, George Sanchez, and OAH Executive Director, Beth English, on Behalf of the OAH Executive Committee Download PDF copy In hi...
Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Hits 7 Million Cases, Less Than a Month After Reaching 6 Million
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under pressure from moderate Democrats to work toward a deal with the White House, laid the groundwork for action on a stimulus bill.
Safety and immunogenicity of the Ad26.COV2.S COVID-19 vaccine candidate: interim results of a phase 1/2a, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
BACKGROUND The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) might be controlled by an efficacious vaccine. Multiple vaccines are in development, but no efficacious vaccine is...
Mary Trump Sues President and Family, Claiming Fraud of Millions
Two months after she claimed in a tell-all book that her family cheated her out of her inheritance, Ms. Trump made similar allegations in a civil suit in Manhattan.
Boulder, seeking to stop coronavirus surge, bans all gatherings among 18 to 22 year olds until Oct. 8
There have been nearly 1,400 confirmed or probable coronavirus cases among University of Colorado Boulder students since Aug. 24, the first day of the school's fall semester
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Boulder, seeking to stop coronavirus surge, bans all gatherings among 18 to 22 year olds until Oct. 8 coloradosun.com/2020/09/24/bou… via @coloradosun
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Hidden immune weakness found in 14% of gravely ill COVID-19 patients
Damaged interferon response helps explain why men get sicker than women
Public Inspection: Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
Novavax Enters Final Stage of Coronavirus Vaccine Trials
The Maryland company, which has never brought a vaccine to market, has started its Phase 3 trial in the United Kingdom, with plans to begin in the United States in October.
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Another day, another launch of a Phase 3 trial for a coronavirus vaccine! @katie_thomas & I have a story this afternoon about Novavax moving their protein-based vaccine into trials in the UK, with another in the works for the US next month.
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Covid-19 Live Updates: Young Adults Seed Waves of Infection That Sicken Older People, C.D.C. Report Says
The C.D.C. reported a pattern of young people getting sick over the summer — and then older generations getting the virus days later. The Israeli government will tighten its second national lockdown as new cases soar.
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"In the South, where cases rose dramatically over the summer, a clear pattern emerged. Within nine days of a rise in cases among those in their 20s and 30s, cases rose among those aged 60 and older.”
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President Trump Finally Laid Out His Health Care Plan. It Doesn’t Do Anything.
Trump will promise to protect people with preexisting conditions and end surprise medical billing Thursday, but his plan doesn’t actually do either. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the plan “is what it is.”
Night Images Reveal Many New Detention Sites in China’s Xinjiang Region
China said it was winding down its “re-education” camps for Uighurs and other minorities, but researchers found evidence that incarceration is on the rise.
Losing Your Hair Can Be Another Consequence of the Pandemic
Doctors are seeing a huge increase in patients who have been shedding abnormal amounts of hair, and they believe it is related to stress associated with the coronavirus.