ON Semiconductor donates 10,000 masks to help fight coronavirus
Phoenix-based ON Semiconductor Corp. donated 10,000 face masks Thursday morning to kick off the city of Phoenix’s personal protective equipment donation drive for health care workers and first responders. ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON) donated 8,.....»»
Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720,000 masks due to coronavirus outbreak
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Sunday that the social media company has donated its emergency reserve of 720,000 masks to provide health workers with more protective gear......»»
The Pentagon is making up to 5 million masks available for the coronavirus fight
The Department of Defense is preparing to make up to 5 million N95 respirator masks available for the coronavirus fight, the defense .....»»
Jack Ma donates two million masks for coronavirus crisis in Europe
Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has pledged to donate two million protective masks for distribution across Europe, with a first consignment arriving in Belgium late on Friday......»»
"STOP BUYING MASKS": US Surgeon General and VP say masks won"t help fight coronavirus, as demand for emergency supplies increases
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence, now the head of the US coronavirus task force, said on Sa.....»»
"STOP BUYING MASKS": US Surgeon General and VP say masks won"t help fight coronavirus even as demand for emergency supplies increases
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the US coronavirus task force, said on Saturday that th.....»»
Pandemic-driven demand buoying chip suppliers in 2021 and beyond
The ongoing coronavirus-induced stay-at-home activities have continued to spur demand for semiconductor and IC parts in 2021, buoying sales at many Taiwan-based chipmakers, including second-tier players, according to industry sources......»»
Experts say it"s too convenient for politicians to blame COVID-19 outbreaks on variants - we have the tools fight them, we just need to use them
The current variants may help the coronavirus spread better, but the virus hasn't changed enough to render our disease-fighti.....»»
What the Very Latest U.S. Rules on Masks Mean
U.S. authorities have been all over the map when it comes to whether ordinary people should wear masks in the era of the coronavirus. At the start of the pandemic in early 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discouraged it in m.....»»
What the Fresh, New, Latest U.S. Rules on Masks Mean
U.S. authorities have been all over the map when it comes to whether ordinary people should wear masks in the era of the coronavirus. At the start of the pandemic in early 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discouraged it in m.....»»
4 coronavirus variants can make people sicker or spread faster, including the variant first found in India. Here"s why experts are so concerned about mutant strains.
COVID-19 "variants of concern" include the coronavirus variant first found in India, which is more infectious than the original strain. People wearing masks in Del Mar, California. Mike Blake/Reuters There are four coronavirus variants that .....»»
We just got our first evidence that Moderna"s coronavirus booster shot works to fight variants
Trial volunteers who got a third dose of Moderna's vaccine saw significant jumps in levels of antibodies that neutralize spreading variants. A lab tech processes blood samples from participants in M.....»»
3 coronavirus variants can make people sicker or spread faster - and experts are monitoring others, including one spreading in India
COVID-19 "variants of interest" include the coronavirus variant first found in India. It's not yet clear how its mutations change its behavior. People wearing masks in Del Mar, California. Mike Blake/Reuters There are t.....»»
3 coronavirus variants can make people sicker, evade the immune response, or spread faster - and experts are monitoring others, including one spreading in India
COVID-19 "variants of interest" include the coronavirus variant first found in India. It's not yet clear how its mutations change its behavior. People wearing masks in Del Mar, California. Mike Blake/Reuters There are t.....»»
: COVID-19 crisis deepens in India as the U.S. and others pledge help
AFP via Getty ImagesThe number of daily coronavirus infections in India reached another record on Monday for the fifth consecutive day, with 352,991 new cases, as many world powers pledged to send aid to help fight a surge th.....»»
U.S. Government Stopped Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Rollout
Governments worldwide are already using various coronavirus vaccines to fight the pandemic, but the process is still on a trial and error stage; only now errors have real consequences as the doses are administered to the people. Q1 2021 hedg.....»»
Inside the U.S. government’s new $30 million effort to combat pandemic profiteering
Tucked in the third round of stimulus aid was $30.4 million allocated to the Federal Trade Commission to fight coronavirus-related scams. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, acting FTC chair, discusses the efforts in a Q&A with The Post......»»
Facebook and Twitter must do more to fight anti-vaccine misinformation, a dozen state attorneys general demand
State attorney generals want social networks to take stronger measures to ensure misinformation doesn't slow down efforts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic......»»
Pandemic-driven demand boosts semiconductor market up 10.4% in 2020
The semiconductor market saw strong growth in 2020 as the industry marked its third year in the last four of double-digit expansion, despite turmoil from the coronavirus that disrupted many global industries, according to Omdia......»»
How convalescent plasma could be used to treat new variants of the coronavirus - especially where vaccines are scarce
Dr. Arturo Casadevall of Johns Hopkins University thinks convalescent plasma could be a vital tool in the fight against coronavirus variants. A medical worker.....»»
The 4 things the US is doing wrong in the fight against COVID-19, and what we should be doing instead
We need to stop wasting time contact tracing, design better masks, let people travel, and test better. The COVID-19 playboo.....»»