A team of Russian scientists published the first report on their controversial Covid-19 vaccine, finding a modest amount of antibodies in the volunteers tested.Right NowGermany is considering shortening its quarantine period to 5 days from 14.ImageA scientist working on the production of a vaccine in Moscow in August.Credit...Russian Direct Investment FundRussian scientists report modest amount…

Private security guards hired to keep people out of a city-owned park in Seattle during off hours, left during their first shift after they were verbally harassed.Cal Anderson Park has been closed since June 30 and was cleared Tuesday so the city could make repairs to a field house damaged in the protests. During a search of several tents, officers and park…

Dr. Farzad Mostashari presenting on syndromic surveillance.Farzad MostashariWhen researchers at Carnegie Mellon University had the idea to put together a survey asking the general public about their coronavirus symptoms, they knew they needed to collect millions of data points to learn anything meaningful.So they asked Facebook, which has a public team that specializes in using…

A manhunt was underway in Cleveland early Friday after a veteran police officer was fatally shot Thursday night, according to reports.Killed in the shooting was Officer James Skernivitz, 53, who had been with the department since 1998, sources told Cleveland.com.“Cleveland lost one of its finest in the line of duty,” police Chief Calvin Williams said,…

A 25-year-old male seems to have the United States’ first case of reinfection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.Share on PinterestResearchers wonder under which circumstances reinfection is possible and what it might imply.The resident of Reno, Nevada tested positive for infection with SARS-CoV-2 in mid-April 2020 after the onset of mild symptoms, such as…