20 Years On, Human Genome Project Helps Drive COVID-19 Research

VOA — WASHINGTON – Until this March, machines at the Broad Institute in Massachusetts were decoding the equivalent of an entire human genome every 10 minutes. The automated DNA sequencing facility is... Read more »

Coronavirus: US cases ‘may have topped 20 million’

BBC News — At least 20 million people in the US may already have been infected with Covid-19, according to the latest estimate by health officials. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)... Read more »

Bayer to pay $10 billion to settle Roundup cancer lawsuits

DW — US plaintiffs are pursuing the German giant over claims its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer. Talks have been ongoing for more than a year. German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer announced... Read more »

Pompeo: US Sanctions 5 Iranian Ship Captains for Bringing Oil to Venezuela

VOA — WASHINGTON – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who had delivered oil to Venezuela, and the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed Washington’s... Read more »

Ahead of Trump Rally, Fauci Pleads Against Large Gatherings

VOA — WASHINGTON – As crowds gathered at a rally for President Donald Trump in Phoenix, Arizona, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor called the gathering a bad idea.  “I’ll say it... Read more »

Trump targets foreign workers with new visa freeze

BBC — US President Donald Trump has extended a pause on some green cards and suspended visas for other foreign workers until the end of 2020. High-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers,... Read more »

Anti-Racism Protests Continue in US

VOA — Demonstrators are again taking to the streets in the U.S. this weekend to call for racial justice and an end to police brutality. Protests across the country have continued since... Read more »

Trump Campaign Brushes Off Low Turnout at President’s Rally

VOA — WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday brushed off the underwhelming size of the crowd at his first political rally in three months, blaming “fake news media” reports... Read more »

Study Ties Blood Type to COVID-19 Risk; O May Help, A Hurt

VOA — WASHINGTON – A genetic analysis of COVID-19 patients suggests that blood type might influence whether someone develops severe disease. Scientists who compared the genes of thousands of patients in Europe... Read more »

Blacks in the US targeted by an unfair justice system

DW — Blacks make up a much greater proportion of the US prison population than whites. This is down to more than a century of systemic legal injustices — racist policing practices... Read more »