Tag: Science
Only 50 people are known to have contracted COVID-19 more than once — but new strains have medical experts on high alert
It’s very rare for someone to get infected with the coronavirus causing the disease COVID-19 a second time, but the few confirmed cases of reinfection...
Opinion: Superspreader Sunday? What to do if you’re exposed to COVID-19 at a Super Bowl gathering
Health officials have urged football fans to celebrate the Super Bowl at home this year. The virus is indifferent to whether people cheer for the...
As new coronavirus strains raise questions about mask quality, the N95 market in the U.S. is still facing supply issues
Government officials in the U.S. and Europe have called for stricter mask protocols as more infectious strains of the coronavirus circulate, yet there is still...
Biden administration looks set to target ‘forever chemicals,’ as 3M warns about ‘onerous regulation’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration looks poised to crack down on a group of “forever chemicals” that have been linked to a range of...
U.S. suffers another 4,000 deaths in a single day as experts welcome Fauci’s return to White House podium
The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 climbed above 97.6 million on Friday and the U.S. death toll rose above 410,000, as experts welcomed...
Fear of new virus variant pushes U.S. toward more genomic sequencing
The United Kingdom’s use of genomic sequencing to identify a more infectious strain of SARS-CoV-2 has largely served as a wake-up call for inadequate use...
January will be worst month for U.S. pandemic so far with post-holiday travel cases seen surging
The number of global cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 edged toward 86 million on Tuesday and the U.S. set yet another record for hospitalizations,...
New science policy draft focusses on self-reliance, enhanced funding in S&T
NEW DELHI: A push for self-reliance in technology, enhanced funding for science, technology and innovation with an earmarked budget by states, gender and social audits...
Important to inculcate scientific thinking in younger generation: Venkaiah Naidu
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the ultimate aim of science is to make people’s life comfortable and happier, as he asserted that it...
These 10 clunkers are my worst calls from a decade’s worth of investment advice
For those of us in the opinion writers’ trade, ‘tis the season to pound our chests for our prescience and don sackcloth and ashes for...
FDA grants Moderna authorization for a second COVID-19 vaccine
One week after authorizing the first COVID-19 vaccine for Americans, the Food and Drug Administration granted a second emergency authorization Friday, to Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19...
Tesla may be ‘the most remarkable market story of them all,’ says strategist
So much has been made of Tesla’s breathless rise to mind-boggling valuations in 2020. But the stratospheric rise of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company also...
Has COVID-19 made life insurance more expensive? These researchers say they have the answer
The coronavirus pandemic has produced grim numbers that keep rising, like case counts, hospitalization rates and deaths. But there’s that hasn’t increased this year: the...
Moderna designed a covid-19 vaccine in just two days thanks to mRNA technology
November 29, 2020 6 min read This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. As...
The lines for COVID-19 tests are longer than the lines for Black Friday shopping
Black Friday lines are taking a different form this year. Instead of doorbuster deals, Americans are waiting on lines to get tested for coronavirus. Michael...
U.S. is ‘in the middle of the Fight of the Century,’ says former CDC head as cases rise in 45 states, hospitalizations set record
The U.S. case tally from the coronavirus illness COVID-19 climbed above 12.48 million on Tuesday, and hospitalizations again reached record levels, with 45 states reporting...
U.S. moves closer to 200,000 daily COVID cases; Birx and Fauci urge Americans to follow safety measures over Thanksgiving
The global case tally of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 climbed above 57 million on Friday, and the U.S. moved closer to 200,000 cases in a...
6 Indian scientists among top 10 in their fields, 1500 in world’s top 2% | India News
Six scientists from India rank among the top 10 contributors to their fields globally, and 11 are among the 10 most cited in their fields...
As Apple releases its new line of Macs, the biggest beneficiary may be Microsoft
Apple is set to launch its next generation of MacBooks this week. For the first time since the surprise 2005 announcement by Steve Jobs that...
COVID Plan ‘Built on Bedrock of Science’
Nov. 9, 2020 — President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team on Monday announced its coronavirus task force, a group of doctors and scientists that will advise...
Purdue Pharma to Plead Guilty to Multiple Federal Charges (Updated)
The OxyContin manufacturer will pay the government $225 million and own up to misleading the DEA and incentivizing doctors to write prescriptions. Grow Your Business,...
She said Tesla could hit $15,000 a share, and then billions of dollars came pouring in to her fund
Elon Musk (Getty Images) Back in February, Catherine Wood, founder and chief executive of ARK Invest ARKK, -0.49%, made the extremely bullish case for Tesla...
An AMD-Xilinx deal would be fraught with more risk than the Nvidia-Arm tie-up
Nvidia’s announcement a month ago of a plan to acquire Arm Holdings for $40 billion was followed last week by reports of another towering deal...
Here are the Senate races to watch, as Democrats battle to take control from Republicans
If Democrats take control of the U.S. Senate, that could lead to laws that shake up key sectors such as tech, health care, finance and...
Wall Street sees Biden win speeding U.S. shift to clean energy
Electric energy generating wind turbines near Palm Springs, Calif. David Mcnew/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images President Donald Trump vowed four years ago to bring back the U.S....
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