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Further coronavirus heart impact discovered; new clues to why women fare better than men
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. Justice Department weighs civil rights probe of blue states over COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday ordered several Democratically-controlled states to hand over COVID-19 data to help it determine whether to launch civ...
Aug 26, 2020
18 million people watched second night of Republican National Convention
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - A total of 18 million people watched the second night of the mostly virtual Republican National Convention, according to early Nielsen Media Research, slightly fewer than t...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. health agency says some exposed to COVID-19 do not need test, reversing course
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention narrowed its guidance for who should get tested for COVID-19 this week, saying those who were exposed but are not symp...
Aug 26, 2020
California wildfire home losses leap as evacuees return to torched houses
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - California firefighters made progress on Wednesday in containing monster blazes in the San Francisco Bay Area, but inspectors and returning homeowners reported a jump in the ...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 177,759 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said the number of deaths due to the coronavirus had risen by 1,142 to 177,759 and also reported 5,752,653 cases, an ...
Aug 26, 2020
Facebook warns advertisers on changes due to upcoming Apple OS
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc outlined some changes on Wednesday that might affect advertisers as thousands of iPhone users are expected to upgrade to Apple Inc's upcoming operating system. "Apple's update...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. marks 100 years since women given right to vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States marked the centennial of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote on Wednesday with celebrations of the "historic victory" as well as ...
Aug 26, 2020
New York rejects 11th parole bid of John Lennon’s killer
By Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man who cut short the life and music of rock superstar John Lennon with a burst of bullets nearly 40 years ago lost his 11th bid to be freed from a sentence t...
Aug 26, 2020
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine trial more than 50 percent enrolled
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Enrollment in the 30,000-volunteer U.S. trial testing a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech is more than 50 percent complete, Dr. Nicholas Kitchin, a top ...
Aug 26, 2020
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