Monthly Archives: August, 2020

The organizers of peaceful Portland demonstrations protesting police brutality denounced this week’s vicious attack on a truck driver as police say no arrests have yet been made in the assault.Sgt. Kevin Allen, Portland Police’s public information officer, told Fox News early Tuesday morning that the man who was seen on video being viciously attacked during a riot…

A new study assesses the influence of anti-vaccination tweets on residents of the United States counties where they were sent.Share on PinterestOnline misinformation about vaccines may have a negative influence on people’s attitudes and behavior.Health professionals consider vaccines to be one of the great achievements of modern medicine. Even so, skepticism over their value and…

There’s still so much we don’t know.The 2020 coronavirus and 1918 influenza are two highly contagious respiratory diseases that spread around the world in months, and lacked a vaccine when they first occurred. People couldn’t understand why they affected some people more than others. For the 1918 flu, healthier, younger people were most at risk.…

(CNN)Faster tests combined with a "robust" immune response against Covid-19 could soon mean a slower spread, researchers said. Tests have been delayed and in short supply as the United States surpa…

Police in Portland urged a crowd of about 200 people that had marched on a Portland Police Association (PPA) building late Monday to move away and stop attempts to damage the property.Authorities determined that people near the PPA building in the city's North Lombard street  -- which has been targeted with vandalism and fire on numerous occasions -- “may…