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Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings

Fri, 2020-09-25 19:49 — mike kraft

Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings MISSION, Kan. (AP) — It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus outbreak is heating up fast in smaller cities in the... AP NEWS

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lorida reopens: DeSantis lifts state’s coronavirus restrictions

Fri, 2020-09-25 19:35 — mike kraft

Florida reopens: DeSantis lifts state’s coronavirus restrictions Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Friday removing remaining capacity restrictions on bars, restaurants and retail stores statewide. The order also prohibits local governments from closing businesses or collecting fines related to pandemic mandates. The order takes effect immediately. Gray Rohrer, Austin Fuller, Steven Lemongello orlandosentinel.com

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Countries should meet these five criteria before easing lockdowns, study says. Many aren't even close

Fri, 2020-09-25 10:52 — mike kraft

Study: Five criteria countries should meet before easing lockdowns Countries should not ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions until they meet five criteria -- and many nations are not even close, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet medical journal. Emma Reynolds, CNN CNN

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FBI director warns that Chinese hackers are still targeting US COVID-19 research

Thu, 2020-09-24 18:33 — mike kraft

FBI director warns that Chinese hackers are still targeting US FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday said Chinese hackers are continuing to target U.S. Maggie Miller TheHill

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday said Chinese hackers are continuing to target U.S. companies involved in COVID-19 research and described China as the nation’s “greatest counterintelligence threat.”

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Gov. Cuomo says New York to review any COVID-19 vaccine authorized by federal government

Thu, 2020-09-24 18:21 — mike kraft

Cuomo says New York to review any COVID-19 vaccine authorized by federal government New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said the state will carry out its own review of coronavirus vaccines authorized or approved by the federal government due to concerns of politicization of the approval process. Maria Caspani U.S.

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Fauci cautions that a Covid-19 vaccine won't eliminate the need for masks and public health measures

Thu, 2020-09-24 18:11 — mike kraft

Fauci cautions that a Covid-19 vaccine won't eliminate the need for masks and public health measures Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that even an effective Covid-19 vaccine won't replace the need for other public health measures, such as wearing a mask, social distancing and washing hands. Christina Maxouris and Eric Levenson, CNN CNN

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COVID-19 data on Native Americans is ‘a national disgrace.’ says scientist

Thu, 2020-09-24 13:17 — mike kraft

COVID-19 data on Native Americans is ‘a national disgrace.’ This scientist is fighting to be counted Abigail Echo-Hawk is working around the clock to close discriminatory data gaps Science | AAAS

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Red Cross warns coronavirus is prompting discrimination in Asia

Thu, 2020-09-24 13:04 — mike kraft

Red Cross warns coronavirus is driving discrimination in Asia warned on Thursday that the novel coronavirus is driving discrimination towards vulnerable communities in Asia, including migrants and foreigners. Reuters Staff U.S.

(Reuters) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned on Thursday that the novel coronavirus is driving discrimination towards vulnerable communities in Asia, including migrants and foreigners.

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Are people to be left to die?' Vaccine pleas fill UN summit

Thu, 2020-09-24 12:53 — mike kraft

'Are people to be left to die?' Vaccine pleas fill UN summit JOHANNESBURG (AP) — If the United Nations was created from the ashes of World War II, what will be born from the global crisis of COVID-19? Many world leaders at this week’s virtual U.N.... AP NEWS

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ANALYSIS: One Virus, Two Americas-- How Federalism Both Saved and Doomed the United States

Wed, 2020-09-23 20:16 — mike kraft

One Virus, Two Americas How federalism both saved and doomed the United States. Ashish Jha Foreign Affairs

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