Month: August 2020
US floats idea of early approval for eventual vaccine
The head of the US Food and Drug Administration raised the possibility in an interview published Sunday that a future vaccine against the coronavirus might…
Mask wearers are “dramatically less likely” to get a severe case of Covid-19
Masks slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by reducing how much infected people spray the virus into the environment around them when they cough or talk….
Haitian Super hero Tanama Makes Guest Appearance at Future Festival 2020
Tony Loui’s Haitian supershero creation, Tanama, made her first international guest appearance as part of the Future Festival 2020 organized this past weekend by #She_Builds….
Genetic data show how a single superspreading event sent coronavirus across Massachusetts — and the nation
Nearly 800 genomes from Boston and its environs show that out of 80 introductions early in the pandemic, most went nowhere. And one exploded. The…
Fauci warns against emergency coronavirus vaccine approval before widespread testing
Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is warning against prematurely distributing a potential coronavirus vaccine through an emergency use authorization, saying it could negatively…
U.S. Coronavirus Forecasts Offer Somber Outlook
The U.S. coronavirus death toll is expected to pass 180,000 and could reach 200,000 by Sept. 5, according to modelers whose forecasts are shared…
Haiti – FLASH : Dimitri Vorbe vice-president of Sogener S.A. arrested in Miami
On Friday, Haitian businessman Dimitri Vorbe Executive Director and Vice President of Société Générale d’Énergie SA (SOGENER SA) has been arrested with his wife in…
Haïti / Météo Le nord d’Haïti sur la trajectoire d’une tempête tropicale nommée Laura
La tempête Laura, formée à partir de la 13e dépression tropicale de la saison cyclonique, est attendue sur la côte nord de l’Ile (Haïti et…
The Unraveling of America
Anthropologist Wade Davis on how COVID-19 signals the end of the American era Wade Davis holds the Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk…
Dr. Anthony Fauci Talks to Healthline About COVID-19 Vaccines, School Safety
Dr. Anthony Fauci continues to be cautiously optimistic that the United States will know if there’s an effective, safe vaccine around the end of 2020…
OUTGUNNED PNH STRUGGLE AGAINST BETTER EQUIPPED GANGS – PNH MUST HAVE IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL HANDGUNS – LAST PNH GRADUATION ISSUED WITH JUNK MAS 50 HANDGUNS, DONATED BY FRANCE – PNH NEEDS TO ACQUIRE BEST PERSONAL HANDGUNS AVAILABLE – THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURED GLOCK 17 AND 19 AUTOMATIC PISTOLS
March 7, 2020 https://us.glock.com/en/learn/glock-pistols Each day we hear of another PNH death as our police force faces off against a ruthless criminal element, armed with…
Florida’s elderly ‘Romeo and Juliet’ risk COVID-19 for one final embrace
It was love in the time of COVID-19 for a 90-year-old Florida man who died Saturday after he insisted on visiting his beloved wife who…
Coach accuses president of Haiti FA of sexual abuses over many years
A former leading official at Haiti’s national football centre has accused the president of the country’s football association of sexually abusing young female players for…
Dr. Anthony Fauci says chance of coronavirus vaccine being highly effective is ‘not great’
KEY POINTS White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci that the chances of scientists creating a highly effective vaccine — one that provides 98% or more…
The U.S. has the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world: ‘The numbers don’t lie,’ Dr. Fauci says
KEY POINTS White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci agreed on Wednesday that the United States has the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world. “Yeah,…
FDA’s Shifting Standards for Chinese Face Masks Fuel Confusion
Some states stop using KN95s to protect workers; agency cites ‘regulatory flexibility’ A Meals and Drug Administration effort to deal with a scarcity of protecting…