Tag: Coronavirus

PARIS (Reuters) – Teachers at a junior high school in central Paris went on strike on Thursday, forcing the school’s closure, after support staff were quarantined following two COVID-19 infections.People wearing protective face masks walk past the College Valmy school in Paris, France, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Rali BenallouTeachers said the safety of pupils could not…

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Just 40% of US college campuses will welcome students this fall. They’re also reserving the right to send them away. Getty Images Universities across the country have been flying blind, with limited federal guidance on how to reopen, even though more than 6,300 coronavirus cases have been linked to college campuses.Just 40% of colleges have committed to having…

Deportations to the Warsaw Ghetto. Leszno Street near intersection with Żelazna Street.Photo: unknown/Wikimedia Commons (Fair Use)More than 70 years ago, an imprisoned community in Nazi-occupied Poland banded together to contain a deadly epidemic of typhus, largely without the aid of vaccines or effective medicines. Instead, according to new research published today, they likely relied on…

Harvard will be accepting some freshmen back on campus in the fall to help them make the transition into college life. Harvard University For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Harvard University plans to bring some of its students back to campus in the fall. The Ivy…

CLOSE U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, further weighing down a sinking economy. An analyst from Columbia Business School sees the decline as ‘just the beginning.’ (May 15) AP DomesticWhen Clemson University students turn 21, they celebrate at Tiger Town Tavern by buying…

CLOSE For some high school senior, the decision to attend college in the fall has shifted amidst the coronavirus pandemic. USA TODAYNortheastern University was a reach for Henry Huynh. The first-generation student from Boston had already been rejected by many of the colleges he thought he could get into. The few that did accept him…

Largest Study To Date Finds Hydroxychloroquine Doesn’t Help Coronavirus Patients (time.com) Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday May 09, 2020 @12:34PM from the bad-medicine dept. A new hydroxychloroquine study — “the largest to date” — was published Thursday in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. It concluded that Covid-19 patients taking the drug “do not…

An empty road in Istanbul, Turkey.Photo: GettyLockdowns around the world are having a measurable effect on global greenhouse gas emissions. A new study out Tuesday found that daily emissions dropped by 17 percent in April 2020 compared to last year’s average levels. This is a sizable dip, but the findings offer a sobering reality check:…

Photo: GettyThe U.S. is still in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic: The death toll is climbing and quarantining is becoming increasingly unbearable. With summer around the corner, people are going to want to get outside again.While other illnesses are mostly seasonal—the flu, for instance, thrives in wintry conditions more than warm ones—it’s still unclear…