Top news of the week: 08.03.2022.
Coronavirus
A deer may have passed COVID-19 to a person, study suggests
The virus is widely circulating in white-tailed deer. Until now, no humans are known to have been infected by deer.
Truck convoy loops around Washington DC to protest Covid restrictions
The ‘people’s convoy’ of around 1,000 vehicles threaten a week of traffic disruptions around US capital
State of the Union: Joe Biden pledges to make Putin pay for Ukraine invasion
President condemns attack and seeks to reassure Americans exhausted by pandemic and its economic fallout
Ensuring Equity as Wastewater Testing Matures in the United States
On this episode of On the Evidence, guests Mathematica’s Aparna Keshaviah joins Spelman College’s Na’Taki Osborne Jelks and Arizona State University’s Na’Taki Conroy-Ben to discuss how the ...
Hong Kong reports 25,150 new daily coronavirus infections
Hong Kong reported 25,150 new coronavirus infections and 280 deaths on Monday, as authorities struggle to contain a worsening COVID-19 outbreak which has torn through hundreds of nursing ...
US man jailed for using coronavirus relief loan to buy $57,000 Pokémon card
Vinath Oudomsine forfeits trading card as part of plea deal that will see him serve three years in prison
Rural Idaho town part of trend: Conservatives seeking space
SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — Linda Navarre moved to Sandpoint, Idaho, from Cleveland in 1978, when the town consisted of people in the timber industry and hippies “and they all got along.” ...
EXPLAINER: What is the US doing to help Ukraine refugees?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia's invasion of Ukraine has set off the largest mass migration in Europe in decades , with more than 1.5 million people having crossed from Ukraine into neighboring ...