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4d ago

Michelle Obama Says She Is Dealing With ‘Low-Grade Depression’

“I know that I am dealing with some form of low-grade depression,” she added. 2

“Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting.” 2

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Two days ago, he offered a stark virus warning. 1

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7d ago

from Truthout

White House Testing Czar Says It’s Time to “Move On” From Hydroxychloroquine

“The evidence just doesn’t show that hydroxychloroquine is effective right now,” Brett Giroir, assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. 2

“I think we need to move on from that and talk about what is effective.” 2

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3d ago

from The Atlantic

How the Pandemic Defeated America

Much about coronaviruses is still unknown. 1

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The United States has correctly castigated China for its duplicity and the WHO for its laxitybut the U.S. has also failed the international community. 1

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Since 2017, Trump has pulled more than 30 staffers out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's office in China, who could have warned about the spreading coronavirus. 1

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13d ago

from The Local France

ANALYSIS: Is France heading towards a second wave of coronavirus infections?

Last week, France's daily reporting of new coronavirus cases jumped past 1,000, a number experts say is too high - even with the increased testing of the population. 2

“It should be half, around 500," Agbessi said, pointing to the country's younger population as at source of the problem. 2

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13d ago

from TechRepublic

MIT develops machine learning model to quicken release of COVID-19 vaccine

The platform, called OptiVax, focuses on developing peptide vaccines, which are a different approach from common whole virus, DNA, and RNA vaccines currently among the more than 100 vaccines in development. 1

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Peptide vaccines use a synthetic version of the peptide that is created in a laboratory and not harvested from the disease itself. 1

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14d ago

from Evening Standard

Early lockdown could have saved lives of London bus drivers, study says

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, the director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, said that "because London was an early centre of the pandemic, it is likely that the increased risk among London bus drivers is associated with exposure". 1

"Our review explicitly suggests that lockdown was the main factor that saved bus drivers’ lives," he said. 1

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16d ago

from Brooklyn Eagle

NY lawmakers OK cutting back nursing homes’ legal shield

“In the midst of this public health emergency, we should be supporting our frontline staff and doing all we can to encourage volunteers to step up during a future surge,” said Healthcare Association of New York State President Bea Grause Thursday. 1

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