The nation's largest public school district plans to send kids back to school this fall only a couple days a week, with the rest of students' learning done from a distance. But President Trump wants to see fully open schools with in-person instruction — and he seems to be pressuring the CDC to change its guidance, which currently recommends students remain physically distanced.
As President Trump Pushes To Reopen Schools, Safety Guidance To Change
The CDC is readying new guidance for reopening schools as the president calls current tips on distancing and cleaning "tough & very expensive."
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Man dies after 613-day COVID-19 infection that underwent 50 mutations
Through the 613 days of infection, the virus evolved into a "novel immune-evasive variant" that had mutated over 50 times.
No link between sudden cardiac deaths and COVID vaccine, CDC says
The CDC says "the data do not support an association of COVID-19 vaccination with sudden cardiac death among previously healthy young persons."
Google AI tool could potentially be used to diagnose a person's cough
The technology system called Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) was trained on millions of audio clips of human sounds from the YouTube database.
Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the Supreme Court
Justices will hear Starbucks' case against the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that protects the right of employees to organize.
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Addressing the planet's ocean plastics problem
Our oceans are full of plastic — an estimated 200 million metric tons. And it's the microscopic pieces that could be the biggest threat.
UN warns workers are at risk from excess heat and other climate shifts
In a new report, the International Labor Organization suggested ways for governments to help address the rising effects of climate change on workers.