MAY 7, 2020
As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues in the United States, President Donald Trump talks to reporters after signing a proclamation honoring National Nurses Day in the Oval Office at the White House May 06, 2020 in Washington, DC. With more than a million people in the United States infected with COVID-19 and tens of thousands dead from...
MAY 7, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House sent back guidelines it received from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month on how businesses, schools and other organizations should reopen with a request for revisions, two administration officials said.
The White House coronavirus task force, which is headed by Vice President Mike Pence, viewed the CDC's advice...
MAY 6, 2020
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have pushed the theory that Covid-19 emerged from a Chinese lab. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Top Democratic lawmakers say the Trump administration should share with Congress the allegedly “enormous” evidence showing that the coronavirus sprang from a Chinese lab.
Otherwise, they warn, the administration should quit hyping questionable information.
The demands come...
MAY 6, 2020
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In the early hours of May 7, the last full moon of the spring will appear, and it will be a super sight!
The full Super Flower Moon will appear on Wednesday night into Thursday morning, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. May's full moon is the last super moon of the year, following the Super...
MAY 6, 2020
Experts say failure to close Koyambedu market early led to explosion of cases
CHENNAI, INDIA - Months into the pandemic, pieces of the sub-cellular pathogenic puzzle seem to be falling into place. One thing amply clear now is that its spread is akin to a storm - dispersing from a focal point to a larger area.
This is exactly...
MAY 6, 2020
Today's cache is your daily download of the top 5 updates from the world of technology.
India’s Aarogya Setu app has been flagged for security issue that will put data of 90 million Indians at risk, a cybersecurity expert says.
MediaTek has unveiled a new gaming-focused chipset for smartphones. Google announces a new tool for podcasters to get more...
MAY 6, 2020
As you surely know by now, the coronavirus doesn't look the same in everyone it infects. Some people have respiratory symptoms, others have gastrointestinal symptoms, some can't smell or taste, and others have no symptoms at all. There are many mysteries brought forth by the COVID-19 contagion, but none may be greater than why it's killing some...
MAY 5, 2020
In this image provided by Public Health Emergency, a department of Health and Human Services, Rick Bright is shown in his official photo from April 27, 2017, in Washington. Bright filed a complaint May 5, 2020, with the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency responsible for whistleblower complaints. He’s the former director of the Biomedical Advanced...
MAY 5, 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic bringing the entire world to a standstill, China could face a “Tiananmen-like international backlash for its handling of the infection, according to an internal report by the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), a think tank affiliated with the Ministry of State Security, China’s top intelligence body.
The report, sent by the Ministry...
MAY 5, 2020
People wear face masks while exercising and kids play around near the shore of the Mediterranean Sea on May 4 as the coronavirus disease restrictions have eased in Ashkelon, Israel. (Reuters Photo)
Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that the country's scientists have made "significant breakthrough" in developing an antibody to Covid-19 infection.
"I am proud...
