Michelle Obama makes a final argument for Americans to support Joe Biden. https://youtu.be/5l_Xz2MIh4s
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Michelle Obama's Closing Argument | Joe Biden For President 2020
The election is right around the corner, and votes are already being cast. Michelle Obama makes a final argument for Americans to support Joe Biden. We have to take action and vote like our lives depend on it. Go to iwillvote.com and make a plan to vote right…
America's Medical Supply Crisis - Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences. https://mastodon.online/@a1leint/104993281737266132
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America's Medical Supply Crisis - Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain…
America's Medical Supply Crisis - Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain…
Rethinking cocoa cultivation in Ghana
Yields are falling in major cocoa exporter Ghana. Small farmers don't cut down old trees to grow new ones. Instead they encroach on surrounding forest. A Dutch organization is helping them to live and work sustainably. https://p.dw.com/p/3jI5z
Yields are falling in major cocoa exporter Ghana. Small farmers don't cut down old trees to grow new ones. Instead they encroach on surrounding forest. A Dutch organization is helping them to live and work sustainably. https://p.dw.com/p/3jI5z
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Rethinking cocoa cultivation in Ghana
Yields are falling in major cocoa exporter Ghana. Small farmers don't cut down old trees to grow new ones. Instead they encroach on surrounding forest. A Dutch organization is helping them to live and work sustainably.
He is still sick. He is still contagious. He is still defiant. And now he is again happily vomiting his bile on social media and via his surrogates on national television.
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Trump: Sick in Mind and Body
A tragicomic romp through the historic events of last Friday—in three acts
Billions worldwide worry that they will be seriously harmed by consuming unsafe food and water, and nearly as many expect it to happen to them in the next two years, according to the new Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll. https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/321662/half-world-worries-food-water-safety.aspx
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More Than Half of the World Worries About Food, Water Safety
Billions worldwide worry that they will be seriously harmed by consuming unsafe food and water, and nearly as many expect it to happen in the next two years, according to the new Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll.
UK ambassador who called Trump administration ‘inept’ speaks out
Former UK envoy to the US, Kim Darroch, on how he learned to deal with the Trump White House. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2020/10/8/with-elections-approaching-what-are-us-allies-thinking/
Former UK envoy to the US, Kim Darroch, on how he learned to deal with the Trump White House. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2020/10/8/with-elections-approaching-what-are-us-allies-thinking/
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UK ambassador who called Trump administration ‘inept’ speaks out
Former UK envoy to the US, Kim Darroch, on how he learned to deal with the Trump White House.
REGN-COV2 is designed to provide a passive immunization by using synthetic neutralizing antibodies. The drug was developed using a cell line derived from fetal tissue.
Given the fierce resistance of the Trump administration to research involving fetal tissue, it seems extremely hypocritical that the US leader, who has widespread support from anti-abortion campaigners, has lauded REGN-COV2 as a heavenly gift.
https://p.dw.com/p/3ji1o
Given the fierce resistance of the Trump administration to research involving fetal tissue, it seems extremely hypocritical that the US leader, who has widespread support from anti-abortion campaigners, has lauded REGN-COV2 as a heavenly gift.
https://p.dw.com/p/3ji1o
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Trump's coronavirus treatment was based on fetal tissue research
US President Donald Trump has been treated with an anti-COVID-19 drug developed with cells derived from fetal tissue. He called it a God-given miracle cure, but what will his anti-abortion supporters think?
Governments across Europe are ratcheting up restrictions to try to beat back a resurgence of the coronavirus that has sent new infections on the continent to their highest weekly level since the start of the pandemic. https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-pandemics-geneva-france-europe-40521fb6080e35bc4aae4144bf3652bc
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More masks, less play: Europe tightens rules as virus surges
GENEVA (AP) — Governments across Europe are ratcheting up restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the continent recorded its highest weekly number of new infections since the start of the pandemic...
Angela Merkel: Europe must learn coronavirus lessons as situation gets 'serious'
The chancellor's warning comes as Europe reports its highest number of infections since the outbreak began. All 16 German state premiers are set to meet Merkel on Wednesday to discuss new rules to contain the virus. https://p.dw.com/p/3jrsZ
The chancellor's warning comes as Europe reports its highest number of infections since the outbreak began. All 16 German state premiers are set to meet Merkel on Wednesday to discuss new rules to contain the virus. https://p.dw.com/p/3jrsZ
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Angela Merkel: Europe must learn coronavirus lessons as situation gets 'serious'
The chancellor's warning comes as Europe reports its highest number of infections since the outbreak began. All 16 German state premiers are set to meet Merkel on Wednesday to discuss new rules to contain the virus.
Coronavirus digest: J&J halts vaccine trials after 'unexplained illness'
Johnson & Johnson said that an "unexplained illness" in a vaccine trial patient was being evaluated. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump held his first public rally after contracting COVID-19. Read the latest here. https://p.dw.com/p/3jpQY
Johnson & Johnson said that an "unexplained illness" in a vaccine trial patient was being evaluated. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump held his first public rally after contracting COVID-19. Read the latest here. https://p.dw.com/p/3jpQY
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Coronavirus digest: J&J halts vaccine trials after 'unexplained illness'
Johnson & Johnson said that an "unexplained illness" in a vaccine trial patient was being evaluated. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump held his first public rally after contracting COVID-19. Read the latest here.
Drugmaker Eli Lilly said Tuesday it was pausing its trial of a combination antibody treatment for coronavirus for safety reasons.
Usually, clinical trials are paused because a volunteer has suffered a side effect or become ill, but the company did not say what happened. https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-10-13-20-intl/h_72e29fab0761c417b9948364bcc471da
Usually, clinical trials are paused because a volunteer has suffered a side effect or become ill, but the company did not say what happened. https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-10-13-20-intl/h_72e29fab0761c417b9948364bcc471da
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Eli Lilly pauses trial of its monoclonal antibody to treat Covid-19 for safety reasons
Drugmaker Eli Lilly said Tuesday it was pausing its trial of a combination antibody treatment for coronavirus for safety reasons.
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond found nearly 75,000 more people may have died from the pandemic than what was recorded in March to July, according to the report published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/10/12/us-covid-deaths-75-k-more-americans-died-than-previously-recorded-excess-deaths/5935813002/
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About 75,000 more Americans\u00a0died from COVID-19 pandemic than reported\u00a0in spring and summer, study finds
Other diseases, delayed care, fear of seeking care and emotional crises stemming from the pandemic may have contributed to excess deaths, experts say.
Berlin gives middle finger to anti-maskers in tourism agency ad
Agency says it chose message that suits city’s outlier character but some politicians are critical https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/14/berlin-gives-middle-finger-to-anti-maskers-in-tourism-agency-ad
Agency says it chose message that suits city’s outlier character but some politicians are critical https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/14/berlin-gives-middle-finger-to-anti-maskers-in-tourism-agency-ad
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Berlin gives middle finger to anti-maskers in tourism agency ad
Agency says it chose message that suits city’s outlier character but some politicians are critical
The University of Minnesota's Michael Osterholm joins Fareed to lay out the challenges to come in the West's struggle against the coronavirus pandemic - https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/10/11/exp-gps-1011-michael-osterholm-covid.cnn
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On GPS: Covid's second wave builds in the West - CNN Video
The University of Minnesota's Michael Osterholm joins Fareed to lay out the challenges to come in the West's struggle against the coronavirus pandemic.
G.O.P. senator Ben Sasse: “The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership, the way he treats women, spends like a drunken sailor.”
Mr. Trump “mocks evangelicals behind closed doors,” he added. “His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He’s flirted with white supremacists.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/us/politics/ben-sasse-trump.html
Mr. Trump “mocks evangelicals behind closed doors,” he added. “His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He’s flirted with white supremacists.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/us/politics/ben-sasse-trump.html
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Slamming Trump, G.O.P. Senator Warns of a ‘Republican Blood Bath’
Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska issued a scathing takedown of President Trump during a telephone town hall with constituents, saying he cozied up to dictators and white supremacists.
Angela Merkel has called for solidarity as Germany enters a "very serious phase" of the pandemic. Germany has again set a new daily case record, as ministers call for thousands of additional contact tracers. https://p.dw.com/p/3k4Dq
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Coronavirus in Germany: Angela Merkel urges people to stay home 'whenever possible'
Angela Merkel has called for solidarity as Germany enters a "very serious phase" of the pandemic. Germany has again set a new daily case record, as ministers call for thousands of additional contact tracers.
CNN host Fareed Zakaria joins Bill to discuss why the Covid-19 pandemic should be a wake-up to change our risky behavior. https://youtu.be/llWPTH5azYM
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The streets of Paris and eight other French cities were deserted on Saturday night on the first day of the government-imposed 9 p.m. curfew that is scheduled to last for at least four weeks. - Check out the image gallery! If you been to some of the places you understand better. https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-toulouse-lille-paris-france-75d4093023671e6046e0d3ecc1ca6d76
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French virus curfew produces eerie quiet on streets of Paris
PARIS (AP) — The streets of Paris and eight other French cities were deserted on Saturday night on the first day of the government-imposed 9 p.m. curfew that is scheduled to last for at least four...
The new multidrug-resistant pathogen Candida auris was first described in 2009 in Japan and has emerged in many countries worldwide. This human fungal pathogen has long been considered a haploid fungus. Here, we report the discovery of the diploid form and spontaneous ploidy shifts in clinical isolates of C. auris. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00282#
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Discovery of the Diploid Form of the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candida auris
The new multidrug-resistant pathogen Candida auris was first described in 2009 in Japan and has emerged in many countries worldwide. This human fungal pathogen has long been considered a haploid fungus. Here, we report the discovery of the diploid form and…
September 22, 2020 - Candida auris is an emerging fungus that presents a serious global health threat. CDC is concerned about C. auris for three main reasons:
It is often multidrug-resistant, meaning that it is resistant to multiple antifungal drugs commonly used to treat Candida infections. Some strains are resistant to all three available classes of antifungals.
It is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods, and it can be misidentified in labs without specific technology. Misidentification may lead to inappropriate management.
It has caused outbreaks in healthcare settings. For this reason, it is important to quickly identify C. auris in a hospitalized patient so that healthcare facilities can take special precautions to stop its spread.
https://www.seeker.com/videos/health/meet-candida-auris-the-superbug-thats-taking-over-the-world
It is often multidrug-resistant, meaning that it is resistant to multiple antifungal drugs commonly used to treat Candida infections. Some strains are resistant to all three available classes of antifungals.
It is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods, and it can be misidentified in labs without specific technology. Misidentification may lead to inappropriate management.
It has caused outbreaks in healthcare settings. For this reason, it is important to quickly identify C. auris in a hospitalized patient so that healthcare facilities can take special precautions to stop its spread.
https://www.seeker.com/videos/health/meet-candida-auris-the-superbug-thats-taking-over-the-world
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Meet Candida Auris, the Superbug That’s Taking Over the World
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Dogs detect coronavirus fast and reliably — why not use them everywhere?
Finnish researchers say their canine sniffer experts can detect COVID-19 quickly and cheaply but, so far, their skills are hardly used to control the pandemic. https://p.dw.com/p/3kCYb
Finnish researchers say their canine sniffer experts can detect COVID-19 quickly and cheaply but, so far, their skills are hardly used to control the pandemic. https://p.dw.com/p/3kCYb
Deutsche Welle
Dogs detect coronavirus fast and reliably — why not use them everywhere?
Finnish researchers say their canine sniffer experts can detect COVID-19 quickly and cheaply but, so far, their skills are hardly used to control the pandemic. Teri Schultz wonders: Who is not letting the dogs out?