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Susan Collins: Sara Gideon ‘Has Done Nothing’ to Help Maine with Coronavirus
Susan Collins of ME, one of the most endangered GOP incumbents, saying she is "not worth the work" of trying to persuade her to vote for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett . Sen. She responded to Trump with a statement saying: 'Senator Collins works with this President - like she does with all Presidents - when she thinks he's right, and she opposes him when she thinks he's wrong. [Full Article...]
Mike Pence's fly from VP debate is now a Halloween costume
On a base bearing his name, the Mike Pence Fly Bobblehead features Pence behind a podium in his debate-night suit with the fly on his head, a plexiglass-like barrier and a removable mini fly swatter. There are no other debates scheduled between Pence and Harris , and now it is being reported that the Commission on Presidential Debates has canceled the second debate after Trump declined an off... [Full Article...]
Global coronavirus rise by one-day record of 400,000
In the United States, President Donald Trump called for the creation of a major economic stimulus package as infections in the United States exceeded eight million, with several states having record spikes. Of every 100 injuries around the world, 34 were from European countries, according to a Reuters analysis. Major European countries - the United kingdom , France , Russia , Holland And th... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: People with this blood group least vulnerable to COVID-19
People with blood type O may have a lower risk of infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19, and reduced likelihood of severe outcomes, including organ complications, if they develop the disease, two new studies suggest, the studies suggested. [Full Article...]
India records decline in new Covid cases, tally over 74L
India's active cases stood at 7,83,311, a decline from Saturday, while the recoveries reached 65,97,209. The death toll climbed to 1,12,998 with the virus claiming 837 lives in a day. Of these, almost 82 per cent are concentrated in 10 states and UTs - Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal , Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. [Full Article...]
No Major Mutation in Virus, Won't Hinder Vaccines, Says Centre; Modi Suggest
On August 11, 2020, Sputnik V , developed by the Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology, was registered by the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation and became the world's first registered vaccine against Covid-19 based on the human adenoviral vectors platform. [Full Article...]
Study Says Congenital Heart Defects May Not Increase Severe Coronavirus Risk
About 1% (40,000) of babies born each year in the United States have one or more heart defects. Two retrospective studies in Blood Advances add evidence for an association between blood type and COVID-19 risk, indicating that people with blood type O could be less susceptible to infection and experience milder disease. [Full Article...]
More parts of southern Ontario get increased restrictions as COVID cases rise
She says there are 779 newly resolved cases. Meanwhile, restaurants, lounges, retail stores, museums and libraries will be limited to half capacity. The government said there are more than 2,750 case and contact management staff active across all public health units, tracing and managing COVID-19 cases-up from approximately 1,500 staff in the spring. [Full Article...]