COVID-19 Patients’ Right to Privacy Against Quarantine Surveillance
Governments around the world are using surveillance technologies to monitor whether COVID-19 patients are complying with instructions to quarantine at home. These include GPS ankle shackles, phone apps that track location, and phone apps that require patients to periodically take quarantine selfies and send them to government monitors. All of…
bubmagMay 20, 2020
US Senate committee revives impeachment fight with Biden subpoena
A Republican-led United States Senate committee has voted to issue a subpoena as part of its investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden's son, a move that met immediate opposition from Democrats who said the panel should be focused on overseeing the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate's…
bubmagMay 20, 2020
Genetics expert Francis Collins wins major religion prize
Physician and geneticist Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health since 2009, has been awarded one of the world's leading religion prizes for demonstrating how religious faith can motivate scientific research. Collins, who led the acclaimed Human Genome Project to completion in 2003, was announced Wednesday as winner…
bubmagMay 20, 2020
Genetics expert Francis Collins wins major religion prize
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health since 2009, has been awarded one of the world’s leading religion prizes for demonstrating how religious faith can motivate scientific researchMay 20, 2020, 8:13 PM2 min read Physician and geneticist Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health since 2009,…
bubmagMay 20, 2020
Trump Threatens to Withhold Federal Funds From 2 Battleground States Planning Voting Changes Amid Coronavirus
(Washington D.C.) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. The president’s tweets targeting Michigan and Nevada marked an escalation in his campaign against voting by…
bubmagMay 20, 2020
Coronavirus latest: WHO reports most cases in a day
The WHO highlighted the growing share of cases in less wealthy countries as cause for concern. Meanwhile, Jean-Claude Juncker criticized Berlin's handling of the Luxembourg border closure. Follow DW for the latest. Turkey and Russia believe the worst is over, reporting fewer cases Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tells…
bubmagMay 20, 2020
‘I don’t see any COVID’: Fears many Indonesians may flout coronavirus restrictions over Eid
Many mosques across Indonesia will allow group prayer for the Eid holiday this weekend, as crowded scenes from malls and other public places highlight the difficulty of implementing social distancing in the world's fourth most populous country.Key points:The Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr is usually a time for communal prayer and…
bubmagMay 20, 2020
Famously Happy Finland Is Revealing Its Secrets to the World
The Nordic country is taking its "Rent a Finn" initiative onlineThe Rent a Finn campaign began in 2019, but had to go virtual for 2020 given travel restrictions.Business Finland Amid the daily deluge of depressing headlines that Covid-19 has brought people around the world, Finland wants to lighten things up.In…
bubmagMay 20, 2020
Former Ukrainian President Joins Biden Campaign In Blaming Russia For Leaked Calls
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued a lengthy statement Wednesday blaming Russia for Tuesday’s leak of audio recordings of him speaking with former Vice President Joe Biden in 2016 about firing a prosecutor in return for $1 billion in loan guarantees. “The fifth column of the Kremlin has launched a…
bubmagMay 20, 2020