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COVID-19 cases confirmed in east China prison
A traveler from Canada and another from Lebanon tested positive for the virus after returning home from Iran . He said that the virus had been imported into prisons and that there were no deaths among infected prisoners, The South China Morning Post reported . [Full Article...]
CDC: 18 Americans from Diamond Princess cruise ship positive for coronavirus
A total of 300 Americans who were aboard the Diamond Princess were repatriated on two flights chartered by the State Department this week. Roughly 760 million persons are topic to a few form of quarantine measure, greater than double the inhabitants of all the United States. [Full Article...]
'Western-style' diet is making you fat and stupid, study says
Reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers from Macquarie University and Griffith University in Australia gathered 110 "lean, healthy" people in their twenties. The research suggests eating a western-style diet causes some disruption in the hippocampus region of the brain, the region involving memory and appetite control, making it more hard for people to regulate their ... [Full Article...]
MIT scientists use AI model to identify powerful new antibiotic
Collins and his colleagues believe neural networks can help the pharmaceutical industry pinpoint novel versions of antibiotics that function differently to previous drugs, not only beating bacteria but making it more hard for them to develop a resistance. [Full Article...]
USC announces free tuition for students from families making less than $80G
Investing in the talent and diversity of our student body is essential to our educational mission. "We're opening the door wider to make a USC education possible for talented students from all walks of life", Folt said in a statement. Tuition alone at USC cost $57,256 in 2019-20. Of that, $375 million comes from USC grants and scholarships. USC says it has expanded need-based grant funding b... [Full Article...]
Rivals take pre-debate shots as Bloomberg faces major test
Under fire from almost all his primary challengers during the two-hour debate Wednesday night on everything from his political history and wealth to criticism he's faced about workplace confidentiality agreements, Bloomberg compared the experience to being a Utah football fan "in Provo during the "Holy War", a reference to the intrastate college football rivalry between the University of Utah and ... [Full Article...]
In About-Face, Warren Welcomes Super PAC Help She Once Shunned
I'll lead the charge. "It can't be the case that a bunch of people keep them and only one or two don't", Warren added. Warren's statement comes as former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent almost a billion dollars on his campaign just within the last four months since making a late entrance into the race. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: Death Toll In China Climbs To 1665
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There were 1,843 fresh cases in hard-hit Hubei province, where the outbreak first emerged in December and spiralled into a nationwide epidemic. China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases on Saturday even as the government announced new anti-disease measures to aid businesses that reopened following sweeping controls that have idled much of the economy. [Full Article...]