Saturday 31 October 2020

Crispr Gene Editing Can Cause Unwanted Changes in Human Embryos, Study Finds


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Friday 30 October 2020

Cruise Ships May Set Sail on Sunday, but Only With Crew


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Lies Spread on Social Media Hamper Vaccinations

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Every 1 point increase in the effort to discredit vaccines is linked to an average 2% drop in annual vaccine coverage around the world, and a 15% increase in negative tweets about vaccination, researchers found.



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Grocery Workers at Risk for COVID Without Symptoms

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Because a high percentage of them have no symptoms when they are infected, they could become sources of future spread, the researchers said.



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Supersreaders Spur Record New U.S. COVID Cases

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The Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center reported that 88,521 new coronavirus cases were recorded Thursday in the United States -- the most in a single day since the start of the pandemic.



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