February 2020

No handshakes at meet and greet? Tech show adapts to virus

LONDON — A major European technology trade fair has a low-tech idea for reducing virus risks: go hands-free. Organizers of this month’s Mobile World Congress show are advising attendees to adopt a no-handshake policy, threatening to dampen visiting executives’ ability to meet and schmooze customers. Show organizers also plan to step up cleaning and disinfecting […]

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San Francisco to open tent ‘sobering’ center for meth users

A center for people experiencing methamphetamine-induced psychosis will open in San Francisco to help them get sober in a safe place February 6, 2020, 9:45 PM 3 min read SAN FRANCISCO — A center for people experiencing methamphetamine-induced psychosis will open in San Francisco to help them get sober in a safe place, the latest

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Experts scramble, but new virus vaccine may not come in time

WASHINGTON — The flu-like virus that exploded from China has researchers worldwide once again scrambling to find a vaccine against a surprise health threat, with no guarantee one will arrive in time. Just days after Chinese scientists shared the genetic map of the culprit coronavirus, researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health had engineered

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Turkmenistan president’s son appointed minister

Turkmenistan’s autocratic president has named his son to head the country’s newly established ministry for construction and industry February 8, 2020, 2:42 PM 1 min read ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Turkmenistan’s autocratic president has named his only son to head the country’s newly established ministry for construction and industry. The appointment that was announced Saturday in

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