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Young, healthy adults will be deliberately reinfected with COVID-19 to boost vaccine development
Healthy, young volunteers who have previously had COVID-19 will be deliberately exposed to coronavirus for a second time to see how the immune system responds, as part of a new U.K. study. Researchers at the University of Oxford on Monday launched the “human challenge” trial to investigate what happens when volunteers who have recovered from the …
Dominion Sues MyPillow, CEO Mike Lindell Over Election Claims
WASHINGTON—One of the largest makers of voting machines in the U.S. on Monday sued a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, alleging that the businessman had defamed the company with false accusations that it had rigged the 2020 election for President Biden. Dominion Voting Systems sued Mike Lindell, chief executive of Minnesota-based MyPillow Inc., …
Voting-technology company Dominion seeks $1.3 billion in defamation suit against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion for Powell’s “wild accusations” that the company rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden. “Dominion brings this action to set the record straight,” the company said in the suit filed in federal court in …
The top 10 technologies to watch in 2021
The rise of robot therapy The pandemic has starved many people of social interaction, the simple human need to have someone to talk to. Instead, we have had to make do with Zoom and phone calls. But now that we have become used to digital companionship, the next step could be replacing the person on …
Tech IPO Bonanza Yields Riches for Venture-Capital Firms
More than $157 billion has been raised as of Thursday, according to data provider Dealogic—over a third of that in the past 11 weeks—and the number of listings is the largest since the final hurrah of the dot-com boom in 2000. The soaring public offerings are showering returns on some of the biggest names in …
Meatpacker JBS Removed At-Risk Workers from Beef Plant Amid Covid-19 Surge
Meatpacking company JBS USA Holdings Inc. said it has removed hundreds of at-risk workers from a Colorado beef plant in response to rising Covid-19 infections, as the U.S. meat industry seeks to defend itself against the pandemic’s current surge. JBS’s move comes as the largest U.S. beef processor faces a fresh Covid-19 outbreak in Greeley, …
Venezuela’s Food Chain Is Breaking, and Millions Go Hungry
Ana Nuñez, a 62-year-old retired municipal worker in western Venezuela, says her meals often consist of just a few corn-flour pancakes, known as arepas. Even when she has money to buy groceries in the city of Maracaibo’s teeming flea market, she said that “instead of quality food they sell garbage, like animal hides and rotten …
$2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill includes tax break for buying tampons
Among the items in the $2 trillion-plus coronavirus stimulus law is a tax break for some feminine hygiene products, a provision worth more than $8 billion that “menstrual equity” advocates hope will increase the products’ affordability. “I’m really thrilled to see that it made it in,” said Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, a vice president with the Brennan …
European luxury stocks blasted over virus worries as UBS hit by lowered guidance
European stocks slumped on Tuesday as worries over a spreading virus in China as well as weak guidance from Swiss banking giant UBS weighed. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.70% declined 0.75% …
How you should outfit your place with smart-home technology
Google offers multiple versions of their Nest smart thermostat. The flagship model, The Google Nest 3rd-Gen ($235.99), has a sharp screen and sleek metal housing and uses a 10-wire system, which means it’ll work with just about any HVAC system. It’s a little pricier than most smart thermostats, but it’s easier to see from far …
