[aggregation-styles] News One of Australia’s most eminent vaccine developers says there may never be a vaccine against COVID-19 for some very good reasons. Professor Ian Frazer, the immunologist who co-invented the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine which prevents cervical cancer, said a coronavirus vaccine was “tricky”. He told news.com.au that...
Two More Nursing Home Deaths in Visalia as COVID-19 Toll Reaches 20
Twenty residents have now died from a COVID-19 outbreak at a Visalia nursing home, officials reported Friday. The deaths of two more residents of Redwood Springs Healthcare Center were confirmed by a spokesman for the facility according to a report by the Associated Press. The outbreak at the facility is...
Will Newsom Increase COVID-19 Costs on Farms, Other Businesses?
California growers and other businesses oppose a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would increase their workers' compensation costs by billions of dollars. Newsom reportedly is contemplating an executive order providing workers' comp benefits to every "essential" employee who becomes infected with COVID-19. And, infected employees — including farm, restaurant,...
California Cities Project 2-Year Losses of $6.7 Billion
SACRAMENTO — California's 482 cities say they will collectively lose $6.7 billion over the next two years because of the coronavirus pandemic, prompting layoffs and furloughs for public workers and potential cuts to basic services such as sanitation, public safety and housing. But that estimate, compiled by the League of...
Republicans Eager to Reopen Economy; Democrats More Cautious
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Announcing plans to begin reopening his state, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster cited the ongoing economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. “South Carolina’s business is business,” he declared this week as he lifted restrictions on department stores, florists, music shops and some other businesses that previously had been deemed...
Don’t Inject Disinfectants, Lysol Warns as Trump Raises Idea
WASHINGTON — The parent company of Lysol disinfectant warned Friday that its products should not be used internally to treat COVID-19 after President Donald Trump wondered about the prospect during a White House briefing. Trump noted Thursday that researchers were looking at the effects of disinfectants on the virus and...
As the US Battled the Coronavirus Pandemic, Twitter Accounts Linked to Iran Tried to Boost the Idea of an Independent California
[aggregation-styles] BuzzFeed News LONDON — As the coronavirus pandemic brought death and misery across the US, a group of Iran-linked Twitter and Instagram accounts aggressively pushed for California to secede from the United States. Marc Owen Jones, a professor of Middle Eastern studies in Doha, Qatar, analyzed thousands of posts...
The Gap Is Running out of Money and Stopped Paying Rent
[aggregation-styles] CNN Business Gap Inc. is rapidly burning through cash as its stores remain shut during the coronavirus pandemic. The clothing company said its future is uncertain if it doesn't get the help it needs to keep its business operational. The company issued a dire warning in a regulatory filing...
Two Hair Salon Owners in Auburn Defy Stay-At-Home Orders, Both Reopen to Pay Bills
[aggregation-styles] FOX 40 AUBURN, Calif. (KTXL) — Hair salons and barbershops across the state have been closed since March under the state’s stay-at-home order. After more than a month without income, two business owners in Auburn have decided to defy that order and reopen their doors to customers anyway. For...
Shortage on a Stick: More Swabs on the Way, but That Won’t Solve California Test Gap
For all the talk of ventilators and new-fangled serological tests, it’s the shortage of glorified Q-tips that has brought California, the world’s fifth largest economy, to its knees. But that may be about to change. Fresh off a phone call with President Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that the...