It orders colleges to pursue cases only if they're reported to certain campus officials, and it says schools can choose whether to handle cases in off-campus areas that are outside their "programs or activities". DeVos's regulations are expected to be challenged in court. The final rules reflected most of those proposed in 2018. Under Barack Obama , colleges and universities were required to h... [Full Article...]
The Government has been working to find ways to ease lockdown restrictions , in the safest way possible, and have published a coronavirus app trial - the NHS contact-tracing app. Health Secretary Matt Hancock welcomed the results of Isle of Wight Radio's poll during yesterday's Downing Street briefing - and again in the House of Commons this morning (Tuesday). [Full Article...]
Four more people died of COVID-19 in B.C. since Monday's report, bringing the provincial death toll from the pandemic to 121. There are now 639 active cases, including 78 that are serious enough to put people in hospital. will begin re-opening its economy this week. "In addition, our increased surveillance testing has led us to find people in our community who are positive for COVID-19 and the... [Full Article...]
The research assistant professor was found in his town house on Saturday with gunshot wounds to the head, neck, torso and extremities, according to the Ross Police Department. He had multiple gunshot wounds, and investigators have said they believe his death to be a homicide. Professor Bing Liu, a Chinese researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in U.S., who was researching #CO... [Full Article...]
The study "Emergence of genomic diversity and recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2" was carried out by a group of worldwide scientists led by University College London. American scientists have discovered a new mutation COVID-19, which may indicate a weakening of the infection. Increased awareness "may encourage earlier diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19, as well as heighten vigilance for viral spre... [Full Article...]
The question is: which of these mutations actually do anything to change the severity or infectiousness of the disease? "The mutation Spike D614G is of urgent concern; it began spreading in Europe in early February, and when introduced to new regions it rapidly becomes the dominant form", the authors write in the paper available to read on preprint server BioRxiv . [Full Article...]
A 37-year-old Russian doctor allegedly plunged from a hospital window after he complained that he was forced to work despite contracting coronavirus . Just the day before Nepomnyashchaya's fall, on April 24, another doctor sustained deadly injuries after falling out of a window in a hospital in Moscow. [Full Article...]
Wednesday, May 6, to "salute those fighting on the front lines of the war against COVID-19". Harlem- 11:05 a.m. "These flyovers are our way of showing solidarity for those who have stepped forward to serve during this pandemic". The planes are scheduled to fly over Billings at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday. Holyoke Medical Center (Holyoke ) - between 12:35 and 12:40 p.m. Cape Cod Hospital (Hyanni... [Full Article...]