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Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S.-China Tensions Threaten to Dominate W.H.O. Meeting
on May 18, 2020 at 11:35 am
President Xi Jinping of China defended his country’s handling of the outbreak. Today is the deadline for public companies in the U.S. to decide whether to return P.P.P. […]
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Coronavirus: WHO faces global call for investigation at general assembly
by Yuliya Talmazan and Keir Simmons and Laura Saravia and Eric Baculinao (NBC News Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 11:24 am
The video conference focused on cooperation on vaccines, treatments and testing has already been marred by a blame game over the handling of the pandemic.
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How Virus Data Can Mislead
by David Leonhardt (NYT > Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 10:32 am
And what else you need to know today.
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EU calls for independent probe of WHO’s pandemic response
on May 18, 2020 at 10:26 am
The European Union and other countries on Monday called for an independent evaluation of the World Health Organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic “to […]
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First coronavirus case discovered in Ecuador’s indigenous Amazon tribe: report
by David Aaro (FOX News) on May 18, 2020 at 9:39 am
A member of one of Ecuador’s indigenous Amazon tribes has become the first person tribesperson in the country to be infected with the coronavirus, health officials announced […]
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Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Latest Updates
on May 18, 2020 at 9:20 am
With the state increasing its testing capacity, health officials are pushing more residents to get tested to help trace and contain the virus.
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Experts: COVID-19 has shown U.S., U.K. are vulnerable to biological terrorism
by Willem Marx and Annabel Coleman and Lidz-Ama Appiah and Tesa Arcilla and Alex Holmes (NBC News Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 9:00 am
The coronavirus raises questions about the West’s ability to cope with pandemics and whether labs are secure. What could terrorists do with a pathogen?
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The Pandemic Has Created a Youth Unemployment Crisis. We Can Fix It.
by Collin O’Mara (NYT > Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 9:00 am
The Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps helped build America at a time of national crisis.
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Crowds of people rarely obey rules and signage. COVID-19 won’t change that.
by Jessica Carney (NBC News Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 8:30 am
As an event planner, my job is to anticipate what it will take to get a crowd to go where you want and do what you want. I never rely on good intentions.
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Did the Coronavirus Kill Ideology in Australia?
by Richard Flanagan (NYT > Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 6:07 am
How a government both sectarian and divisive learned (briefly) to become inclusive.
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Trump looks ahead to post-coronavirus sports: “We want big, big stadiums loaded with people.”
by Bill Pennington (NYT > Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 3:40 am
The president called in to the broadcast of the golf tour’s first live TV event since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered tournaments.
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Canadian Snowbirds Jet Crashes During Tribute to Coronavirus Workers
by Sandra E. Garcia (NYT > Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 2:56 am
Another member of the military was injured, the authorities said. The jet crashed into a house in Kamloops, British Columbia.
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Canadian air force officer dies after jet crashes during coronavirus tribute
by Tim Stelloh and Caitlin Fichtel (NBC News Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 2:44 am
The flight was part of Operation Inspiration, a nationwide mission aimed at saluting first responders and other essential workers.
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‘Straight-Up Fire’ in His Veins: Teen Battles New Coronavirus Syndrome
by Pam Belluck (NYT > Top Stories) on May 18, 2020 at 1:58 am
Jack McMorrow, 14, awoke in agony, with heart failure. His case may help doctors understand a frightening new affliction in children linked to the coronavirus.
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Forty Years Later, Lessons for the Pandemic From Mount St. Helens
by Lawrence Roberts (NYT > Top Stories) on May 17, 2020 at 11:00 pm
The tensions we now face between science, politics and economics also arose before the country’s most destructive volcanic eruption.
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How Smart City Planning Could Slow Future Pandemics
by Emma Grey Ellis (Wired) on May 18, 2020 at 11:00 am
The Covid-19 crisis is an opportunity to rethink how cities are designed—and make them better […]
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India’s Swiggy to cut 1,100 jobs, scale down cloud kitchen operations
by Manish Singh (TechCrunch) on May 18, 2020 at 7:45 am
Swiggy said on Monday it is cutting 1,100 jobs and scaling down some adjacent businesses as […]
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Fitbit’s Chinese rival Amazfit mulls a transparent, self-disinfecting mask
by Rita Liao (TechCrunch) on May 18, 2020 at 2:29 am
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a wave of Chinese companies with manufacturing operations to […]
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Apple begins reopening some stores with temperature checks and other safeguards in place
by Brian Heater (TechCrunch) on May 17, 2020 at 11:39 pm
In mid-March, Apple closed all of its stores outside of China “until further notice.” […]
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Tech for good during COVID-19: Snorkels, thank you notes, and Headspace
by Natasha Mascarenhas (TechCrunch) on May 17, 2020 at 9:23 pm
Everyone is living a different pandemic right now. Your relationship with shelter-in-place mandates […]
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Help wanted: Autonomous robot guide
by Kirsten Korosec (TechCrunch) on May 17, 2020 at 1:00 pm
COVID-19 knocked the wheels off the economy, but one nascent tech job not only kept rolling, it […]
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