#Austin activates emergency alert due to severe COVID-19 ‘crisis’

#Austin activates emergency alert due to severe COVID-19 ‘crisis’

“#Austin activates emergency alert due to severe COVID-19 ‘crisis’” Health officials in Austin issued an emergency alert over the weekend that the COVID-19 situation in the city was “severely worsening” and has reached a “critical” point.  The “Warn Central Texas” alert system was designed for use during a disaster, which health officials say the city is experiencing.  The alert was distributed on…

Read More
#Two-tier Delta lockdowns divide Sydney

#Two-tier Delta lockdowns divide Sydney

“#Two-tier Delta lockdowns divide Sydney” SYDNEY, Aug 10 – On the sands of Bondi Beach, one of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs, surfers and seaside walkers jostle for space, while joggers clog the nearby promenade and fitness buffs huddle around public exercise equipment. To the west, where COVID-19 infections are greatest, stores sit shuttered on empty streets as…

Read More
#Scientists’ joy, frustration in making U.N. climate report

#Scientists’ joy, frustration in making U.N. climate report

“#Scientists’ joy, frustration in making U.N. climate report” GENEVA, Aug 10 – After spending hundreds of hours in virtual meetings to complete this week’s major UN climate report, scientists Piers Forster and Joeri Rogelj celebrated in a way their peers could not: by hugging. Britain-based Forster had been weary of the isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and invited his co-author…

Read More
#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained

#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained

“#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained” COLUMBUS, Ohio — Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master’s degrees in education at the University of Washington wasn’t seen as the program’s most relevant. Then COVID-19 hit, schools plunged into remote learning and suddenly material from that course was being infused…

Read More
#Moderna may be superior to Pfizer against Delta strain: study

#Moderna may be superior to Pfizer against Delta strain: study

“#Moderna may be superior to Pfizer against Delta strain: study” Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine may be more effective against the Delta variant than Pfizer, according to a new study. Researchers found the effectiveness of Pfizer’s vaccine against COVID dropped considerably last month as the Delta strain took hold, according to two reports published on medRxiv on…

Read More
#Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account

#Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account

“#Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account” Twitter has suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account for one week following another violation of the platform’s rules over a statement about the COVID-19 vaccine, the company said Tuesday. On Monday, Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted that the Food and Drug Administration “should not approve the covid vaccines.” Greene said “there…

Read More