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New antibody drug shows promise in mouse study; vaping may increase lung vulnerability to virus
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 ...
Jun 07, 2021
Big tech supports global tax, but wants digital services levies axed
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants could benefit from the agreement of the Group of Seven rich countries' agreement to create a global minimum 15% corporate tax rate if the final d...
Jun 07, 2021
U.S. administers 302.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 302,851,917 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 371,520,735 doses in the country as of Monday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Jun 07, 2021
From Vermont to Kentucky, some Republicans expand voting access in 2021
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vermont's Republican governor on Monday signed a law requiring the state's top election official to send a mail ballot to every eligible voter, becoming one of th...
Jun 07, 2021
State COVID roundup 6/7: beds in use, overall case count dwindle
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As the state marches towards this Friday’s full reopening, COVID-19 numbers continue to decrease in proper ways. Illinois Department of Public Health said 244 people be...
Jun 07, 2021
New York couple settle insider trader charge by U.S. SEC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York-based couple has agreed to pay more than $325,000 to settle charges of insider trading in the stock of a pharmaceutical company where one was employed, The U.S. Secur...
Jun 07, 2021
Four killed by car were victims of anti-Islamic hate crime -Canada police
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Four people killed after a car jumped the curb and ran into them on Sunday night were deliberately targeted in an anti-Islamic hate crime, Canadian police said on Monday. "It was pr...
Jun 07, 2021
U.S. recovers $2.3 million from Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it recovered some $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Colonial Pipeline Co ransomware attack. U.S. Deputy A...
Jun 07, 2021
Biden’s first international trip schedule – from the queen of England to Putin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The following are some of the main events of President Joe Biden's schedule on an eight-day trip to the UK, Belgium and Switzerland, the first foreign trip of his presidency, be...
Jun 07, 2021
Giant drone sculpture menaces New York City, with intent
By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - A giant, white sculpture of a drone has appeared 25 feet (7.6 m) over Manhattan's High Line park, unnerving New Yorkers - which was the creators' intention...
Jun 07, 2021
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