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Not to a T — T-cell-based immunity may offer longer protection, but initial results are confusing. John Timmer - Jul 16, 2020 11:54 pm UTC Enlarge / T-cells attacking a cell recognized as foreign. Ultimately, the only way for societies to return to some semblance of normal in the wake of the current pandemic is…

Turnout has remained high as states have raced to allow voting by mail. But getting a full count on Election Day looks increasingly difficult.Shaye Moss, a Fulton County employee, scanned mail-in paper ballots at the Georgia World Congress Center during the Georgia primary elections in Atlanta on Tuesday.Credit...Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Associated PressJune 10, 2020Updated 6:20…

In addition to a rapid ramp-up of testing for the coronavirus, Minnesota will need a seriously scaled-up corps of people to retrace the steps — and personal contacts — of those who are infected before the state can begin to return to something approaching normalcy. They’re called “contact tracers,” and state plans estimate they’ll need…