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United CEO testifies before House committee

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Published On :: Tue, 02 May 2017 12:17:12 -0400

The chief executive of United Airlines sat down before a House panel on Tuesday to testify about the forced removal on April 9 of a passenger from a Chicago flight, an incident that drew international condemnation.

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Lockdown diary: the Italian priest delivering blessings from car speaker

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:32:18 -0400

Priest Don Giuseppe Castelvecchio hasn't been able to conduct services in his San Fiorano church for two months. In the town where restrictions are easing, his sermons delivered from a loud speaker in a car are a welcome relief. Joe Davies reports.

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Australia to end most COVID-19 restrictions by July

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 08:03:19 -0400

Australia will ease social distancing restrictions implemented to slow the spread of the coronavirus in a three-step process, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, with the aim of removing all curbs by July. Lauren Anthony reports.

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Pocket-sized device tests DNA in blood samples for genetic conditions

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:00:50 +0000

A cheap, lightweight smartphone-heated device can test for DNA in blood, urine and other samples in a fraction of the time it takes to test in a lab

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Waste water tests could monitor 2 billion people for the coronavirus

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:00:41 +0000

We need to scale up testing efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, and looking for signs of virus RNA in our sewage could provide a shortcut

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Dingoes are both pest and icon. Now there's a new reason to love them

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Dingoes have been persecuted in Australia for centuries for killing livestock, but protecting them could benefit the environment and aid recovery from the devastating fires

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What the first coronavirus antibody testing surveys can tell us

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:55:49 +0000

We need to be very cautious about preliminary studies estimating how many people have already been infected by the coronavirus

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We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Extraterrestrial oceans are an obvious place to search for alien life, but getting there and having a look won't be easy, says NASA's Kevin Hand in his book Alien Oceans

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Analysis of 85 animals reveals which are best at holding their alcohol

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:01:11 +0000

Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and bats have evolved to be good at metabolising alcohol, according to a study that suggests many mammals can get drunk

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The 10 best documentaries you should watch right now

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 09:00:18 +0000

Apollo 11, Take Your Pills, Pandemic: How to prevent an outbreak, and Icarus are all great documentaries available to stream at the moment

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Men are worse than women at estimating their height and weight

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 12:30:35 +0000

We tend to overestimate our height and underestimate our weight to fit society’s ideals, or because we think we're still the same as our younger selves

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Pondering the big question of consciousness is a welcome distraction

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Our best mathematical theory of consciousness is sparking a rethink of one of science’s hardest problems – how simple matter gives rise to a complex mind

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China just tested a spacecraft that could fly to the moon and beyond

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 15:48:24 +0000

China just tested its biggest rocket yet, along with a new capsule designed to carry humans to its planned space station, the moon and beyond

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You can 'see' the closest known black hole to Earth with the naked eye

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 13:00:38 +0000

Astronomers found a star that appeared to be orbiting nothing at all – but it’s actually the closest black hole ever at just 1000 light years away

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Why countries should start weekly covid-19 testing for key workers

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 13:50:00 +0000

Many countries are focusing coronavirus testing on people who have covid-19 symptoms. But regularly testing all essential workers would have more of an impact

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The moon is emitting carbon, raising questions about how it was formed

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 19:00:48 +0000

The leading hypothesis for how the moon formed involves a collision between a Mars-sized object and Earth that would have boiled away elements like carbon, making its discovery on the moon a mystery

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Pfizer, BioNTech race to test vaccines

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:36:20 -0400

Pfizer's chief scientific officer tells Reuters his company got a head start on vaccine development for the coronavirus because it had already been working for two years on the flu with its German partner, BioNTech. Fred Katayama reports.

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One sick family, many test results

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:37:20 -0400

After a week or so sick in bed in their New York City apartment in March, members of the Johnson-Baruch family were convinced they had been stricken by the novel coronavirus. Subsequent test results left them with more questions than answers. Lisa Bernhard has more.

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Schumer: Reopening states without more tests is 'dangerous'

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:38:19 -0400

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday said it was 'dangerous' for the Trump administration to pressure states and businesses to 'reopen without a plan for a dramatic increase in testing'.

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Trump had 'little' contact with valet who tested positive

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:13:19 -0400

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday described a valet of his reportedly testing positive for the coronavirus as "one of those things" and said that he and Vice President Mike Pence have since been tested and they are both negative.

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Trump tests negative after valet contracts virus

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:24:20 -0400

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said it's "one of those things" after he learned that a White House valet tested positive for the coronavirus, noting contact with that person was limited. Gavino Garay has more.

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Georgia father, son arrested in shooting of unarmed black man

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:56:19 -0400

A white former police officer and his son were arrested in Georgia on Thursday and charged with murder in the death of an unarmed black man, an incident that has sparked furor in the community and among civil rights activists across the United States. Gloria Tso reports.

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Protesters decry late arrests in GA jogger death

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:56:19 -0400

Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of a Georgia courthouse on Friday to decry the killing of an unarmed black man in February and the delay in charging two white men in a shooting captured on video that was released earlier this week. This report produced by Jillian Kitchener.

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Thyroid Peroxidase Test

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Thyroid Peroxidase Test
Category: Procedures and Tests
Created: 11/18/2001 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/13/2019 12:00:00 AM

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Thyroid Blood Tests

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Thyroid Blood Tests
Category: Procedures and Tests
Created: 2/18/2001 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/8/2020 12:00:00 AM

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