Pandemic

August 15, 2020 14:39 IST Updated: August 15, 2020 14:39 IST August 15, 2020 14:39 IST Updated: August 15, 2020 14:39 IST Masks, social distancing, fewer audience and patriotic fervour mark the celebrations. Masks, social distancing, fewer audience and patriotic fervour mark the celebrations. Amid multi-layered security arrangements and mandatory…

For the last decade, I have flown three times a year to the United States to introduce American Jews to Dror Israel, the educational movement that I am a member of. By GARY LEVY/JTA  AUGUST 15, 2020 10:05 On the streets of Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood (photo credit: SERGE ATTAL/FLASH90)…

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Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons FoundationCOVID-19 hopes are riding on antibodies that bind to a key surface protein of the new coronavirus (orange in an artist's concept).IMAGE: JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE SOURCEWhile the world is transfixed by the high-stakes race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine,…

India’s health ministry has confirmed 2,396,637 Covid-19 cases (653,622 active cases) and 47,033 fatalities. 66,999 fresh cases were recorded on Wednesday.Fatalities across the world are 749,421 (over 20.62 million infections). The numbers are as of Thursday, 12:30 pm IST. Check out the latest data hereTODAY'S TAKEAre your call detail records…

Already accustomed to moving quickly, CIOs are testing and scrapping new solutions to accommodate customers. Their work could provide blueprints for future innovation. ipopba / Getty Images As the coronavirus forced Aspen Dental Management to shutter its offices in March, the company quickly moved to connect patients with doctors virtually.But…

Q. Dear Umbra, Like everyone else, I’m really craving community right now. But I’m far from my family and I obviously can’t see my friends the way I used to, so I’m looking a bit closer to home. How do I become a better neighbor? — Looking to One’s Neighbors…

Mike Snider USA TODAYPublished 6:00 AM EDT Aug 12, 2020The newest Fisher-Price toys let kids play along with their parents who, as part of the coronavirus pandemic, are working from home and doing other stay-at-home activities.These new play sets let kids play like they also are working from home, exercising in the house,…

A crumbling American college football season took a massive hit on Tuesday when the Big Ten and Pac-12, two historic and powerful conferences, succumbed to the pandemic and cancelled their campaigns.Almost five months almost to the day after the first spikes in coronavirus cases in the US led to the…

Ricky Martin had a moment where he didn't know what to do with himself when the stay-at-home orders went into effect amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 48-year-old singer covers Out magazine's Family Issue, where he gets candid about the anxiety he felt upon realizing he had to put part of his career…