Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced that it is pausing COVID-19 vaccine trials after a study participant fell ill. The announcement comes just weeks after the company said trials were in the final stages, NBC News reported. J&J told STAT that the pause was due to “an unexplained illness in a study participant,” but […]
President Donald Trump violated federal health guidelines Sunday when he rode in an SUV with two Secret Service agents to greet well-wishers outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he is currently being treated after testing positive for the new coronavirus. The move went against Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, which […]
By Julia Conley As the American public awaits a new coronavirus aid package and at least one in five small businesses expect to close by the end of 2020 due to economic hardship, government watchdog Accountable.US and the HuffPost revealed Sunday that at least five companies which were previously fined for pollution violations received millions […]
Britain and France both posted record high rises in the daily number of coronavirus cases on Saturday evening. France reported 17,000 new cases, with 49 additional deaths on the same day. More than 32,000 people have now died of the virus in France, and more than 606,625 people have been infected. The rate of positive […]
Scientists are racing to create a cure for COVID-19, but the toll on sharks might be irreparable. Conservationists estimate that half a million of the predators may be killed to supply the world with a coronavirus vaccine when one is developed. Shark liver oil is primarily made of squalene, which helps regulate a shark’s buoyancy […]
By Meredith Ayan While pet foster and adoption rates have soared in New York and many parts of the United States, globally, the situation is much direr. In the face of COVID-19, these shelters are continually facing critical challenges, including food shortages, spikes in pet abandonment with a plummeting and near-zero rate of adoptions, overcrowding, […]
The Johns Hopkins University tracker for worldwide coronavirus cases showed that the world passed a grim milestone early Tuesday morning, as more than 1 million have died from the virus and the infection it causes, COVID-19. That’s equivalent to almost the entire population of San Jose, California. It’s a larger number than the population of […]
By Grayson Jaggers The connection between the pandemic and our dietary habits is undeniable. The stress of isolation coupled with a struggling economy has caused many of us to seek comfort with our old friends: Big Mac, Tom Collins, Ben and Jerry. But overindulging in this kind of food and drink might not just be […]
By Ruby Russell and Ajit Niranjan Hamstrung by coronavirus lockdowns, frustrated school strikers have spent months staging digital protests against world leaders failing to act urgently on climate change. Today they are taking to the streets once more. The Fridays for Futures movement, which started with activist Greta Thunberg skipping school to sit alone outside […]
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