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Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Aug. 5: Man Sentenced to Prison in Attack on Asian Family He Blamed for Covid, Mysteries of N.Y.C. Wastewater, and Today’s Statistics
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 848th day of the pandemic.
If you are weary of pandemic-related headlines, it may be refreshing to see that polio is back in the news again.
Last month, a non-vaccinated man in Rockland County, New York, tested positive for the virus, suffered partial paralysis, and had to be hospitalized. Subsequent tests of …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Aug. 4: Hospitalizations Quadruple Since April, More Countries Hit 20 Million Mark in Cases
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 847th day of the pandemic.
Although I’ve been writing a daily brief about the pandemic since before it was classified a pandemic, I’m not immune to the scope of human tragedy I report on a daily basis. There were days when I cried, especially in the earlier months, and there were …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – August 2: The Day Midnight Came Early, Apple Drops Face Mask Requirement
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 845th day of the pandemic.
It’s been noted by many that time has both sped up and slowed down during the pandemic.
Now we have some scientific evidence of this.
June 29 was the shortest day on our planet since the 1960s, the time when scientists began measuring the earth’s rotation using atomic …
Great Moments in Travel History – August 2022 Edition
August, a holiday month in a good part of the world, is the eighth month of the year in both the Juliana and Gregorian calendars. It is named after Augustus, a Roman statesman who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire. The month was originally named Sextilis because it was the sixth month of the ten-month Roman calendar.
The current name was chosen by Augustus because several of his greatest …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – July 31: What Countries Lead in Returning to the Office, Austrian Doctor’s Suicide After Anti-Vaxxer Threats
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 843rd day of the pandemic.
Mobile data from Google shows that British workers have returned to the office in far fewer numbers than in other European nations.
The number of commuters according to Google, which uses anonymous data from products such as Google Maps, is currently down 35% when compared to pre-pandemic …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – July 29: U.K. Cases at All-Time High, U.S. Orders 171 Million Reformulated Vaccine Doses
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 841st day of the pandemic.
In news we cover today, the United States will receive 171 reformulated doses of a bivalent coronavirus vaccine later this year and cases in the United Kingdom have reached an all-time high.
Here’s a look at what has taken place over the past 24 hours.
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The Biden …
Heatwave Engulfs Northern Hemisphere; U.S., Europe, China Bake
Extreme and dangerously high temperatures are causing hundreds of millions of people across the Northern Hemisphere to swelter as record-breaking temperatures baked much of the United States and China and caused a number of wildfires in Europe.
The unprecedented weather pattern is comprised of separate high-pressure weather systems that are linked by atmospheric waves. High-temperature records have been shattered in places from the United Kingdom to Texas and Oklahoma, as well …
