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One in 7 reported COVID-19 infections is among health workers, WHO says
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - One in seven cases of COVID-19 reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a health worker and in some countries that figure rises to one in three, the a...
Sep 17, 2020
NIH launches trial of Rigel drug for severe COVID-19
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health on Thursday launched a clinical trial of fostamatinib, currently used to treat a blood platelet-destroying autoimmune disorder, in p...
Sep 17, 2020
Moderna would seek limited emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine based on early data
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - If Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine proves to be at least 70 percent effective, the company plans to seek emergency authorization for its use in high-risk groups...
Sep 17, 2020
Coca-Cola bottlers are feeling flat, even as U.S. grocery sales sparkle
By Richa Naidu and Martinne Geller CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - Martin Williams' great-grandfather founded their Coca-Cola distribution business in Corinth, Mississippi, in 1907, just a handful of years...
Sep 17, 2020
Bruised dollar may bounce if U.S. election gets chaotic, investors say
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some investors are betting that a bout of election-induced volatility may be just the thing to give the battered dollar a reprieve from its months-long...
Sep 17, 2020
U.S. plans for hundreds of millions of cheap, fast COVID-19 tests
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers are sharply increasing production of cheap, fast - but less accurate - COVID-19 tests, aiming for 100 million per month by year end that will enable sc...
Sep 17, 2020
Mercury released by permafrost thaw puts Yukon River fish at risk: study
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - If carbon emissions continue at current rates, so much mercury will leach from thawing permafrost that fish in the Yukon River could become dangerous to eat withi...
Sep 17, 2020
Hawaii to allow pre-travel test option to skip quarantine on arrival
(Reuters) - Hawaii Governor David Ige said on Wednesday the state's pre-travel testing progam would give travelers the option of potentially avoiding a 14-day quarantine period on arrival from next mo...
Sep 17, 2020
Exclusive: OPEC+ panel warns of virus impact, sees signs of decline in oil overhang
By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - An OPEC+ technical panel warned that a rise in coronavirus cases in some countries may curb oil demand despite signs of economic recovery and initial indicatio...
Sep 17, 2020
Uganda reverses forest destruction by inviting in … loggers
By Elias Biryabarema KALAGALA, Uganda (Reuters) - For decades, farmers hungry for land and families needing firewood whittled away at Uganda's forests, home to endangered gorillas, elephants and chimp...
Sep 17, 2020
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