#Common cold could provide COVID-19 protection: study

#Common cold could provide COVID-19 protection: study

“#Common cold could provide COVID-19 protection: study” Coronavirus researchers are looking at fighting fire with fire. A new study published Tuesday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases suggests that the human rhinovirus, otherwise known as the “common cold,” helps block SARS-CoV-2 from replicating in the respiratory tract. Scientists at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for…

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#Zoom paid no federal income tax amid pandemic profits

#Zoom paid no federal income tax amid pandemic profits

“#Zoom paid no federal income tax amid pandemic profits” Videoconferencing giant Zoom exploited a loophole to avoid paying a penny in federal income taxes in 2020 — even though the COVID-19 pandemic drove its profits to staggering heights last year, records show. Zoom raked in nearly $664 million in US pre-tax profits in its last…

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#IRS sending out second batch of COVID-19 stimulus checks

#IRS sending out second batch of COVID-19 stimulus checks

“#IRS sending out second batch of COVID-19 stimulus checks” The feds have started distributing a second batch of coronavirus relief payments that will hit some Americans’ bank accounts on Wednesday. The Internal Revenue Service said it began processing this group of direct deposits on Friday with a payment date of March 24, meaning the people…

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#Woman sexually assaulted, robbed at gunpoint in Queens

#Woman sexually assaulted, robbed at gunpoint in Queens

“#Woman sexually assaulted, robbed at gunpoint in Queens” An armed man sexually assaulted and robbed a 36-year-old woman behind a Queens apartment building last week, police said Monday. The victim was walking near 70th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Elmhurst when the brute, armed with a gun, approached her and forced her behind a nearby…

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