STORRS, Conn. – University of Connecticut officials have discussed creating helmet stickers, warm-up T-shirts and altering athletic uniforms in other ways to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement.The school last month committed to joining others in the Big East conference in adding BLM patches to basketball jerseys.But emails obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information request show discussions dating back to June and involving all sports at the school.Those talks accelerated after the the NCAA's Rules Oversight Panel on July 30 approved rules to allow student-athletes in all sports to wear social justice messages on their uniforms.“My plan is to ask the Administration if we will allow teams to participate,”.

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Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears

The slice of Michigan that covers Detroit, its suburbs and towns dependent on the auto industry is coveted political terrain in one of this year's most important presidential swing states. It also has another distinction as home to one of the worst-performing U.S.

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UK announces income support program to help workers hit by covid pandemic

LONDON : Britain’s treasury chief on Thursday announced a new income support program to help workers hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, responding to pressure from businesses and labor unions to step in with more direct support for people in precarious work situations.Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a package of economic measures, including a program that subsidizes the wages of workers whose hours are cut due to the pandemic, during a speech to lawmakers.The new economic plan would replace a furloughed worker program which is due to expire next month.

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How to download NHS Covid-19 app and how it tracks spread of coronavirus

NHS Covid-19 app has finally launched in England and Wales today, September 24. NHS says it’s “the fastest way of knowing when you’re at risk from coronavirus ”.

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UK may inject volunteers with coronavirus for vaccine trials: Report

vaccine and around a month later exposed to Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ‘The Financial Times’ reported.The government-funded study is expected to begin in January, with the trials likely to take place in a large secure facility in Whitechapel in east London or nearby.Around 2,000 potential volunteers have signed up for challenge studies in the UK through the US-based group 1Day Sooner, campaigning for COVID-19 trials, and are expected to be paid a few thousand pounds for signing up to the upcoming trials, according to the newspaper.The project’s academic leader is Imperial College London, and it will be run by hVivo, a spinout from Queen Mary University of London that was bought earlier this year by Open Orphan, a

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Hamilton stars impacted Covid scare may not be fit for Dundee United clash says Brian Rice

Hamilton stars impacted by the Covid scare at the club could miss this weekend’s clash with Dundee United. Three first-team players who returned false positives and Lee Hodson, who came into contact with St Mirren goalkeeper Jak Alnwick who has the virus, missed the defeat to Kilmarnock last weekend.

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LAPD rescues wheelchair-bound man from vehicle moments before it bursts into flames in dramatic video

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Police Department officers pulled a wheelchair-bound man from a car following a crash, moments before the vehicle burst into flames. The entire rescue was captured on dramatic video.LAPD Foothill Community Police Station officers with unit 16Z3 were on “another routine patrol shift” on Sept.

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Berkeley may be first in nation to ban big groceries from selling junk food at checkout lines

BERKELEY, Calif. - The Berkeley City Council on Tuesday said no to Snickers, Skittles, and soda at the checkout line.The unanimous vote on the "Healthy Checkout Ordinance" said grocery stores bigger than 2,500 square feet will no longer be allowed to sell unhealthy food and beverages at the check-out line, and instead are encouraged to offer more nutritious food and drink. Only food items with no more than 5 grams of added sugars or 250 milligrams of sodium per serving would be allowed.Sugary treats will still be allowed in the store, just not at the checkout line, where impulse buys are more common. Councilmember Kate Harrison told KTVU the ordinance is not a ban on junk food, but rather a nudge in the right direction.

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Throne speech makes ‘vague promises,’ according to Saskatchewan premier

Scott Moe criticized the throne speech as an attack on the province as it failed to mention western Canadian industries like the energy and agriculture sectors.On Wednesday, Moe told reporters at the Saskatchewan legislature he will not support the speech, blasting it as “a number of vague promises.”“It’s simply not a speech from the throne with much substance or substance around supporting any industries that build wealth and build our communities in this province,” Moe said.

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London, Ont., businesses issue plea for local support amid pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic and issue a plea for local support.The news conference, which saw owners from a number of industries including restaurant, retail and optometry, comes as the city deals with three outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. Appointment bookings in the works for October amid massive COVID-19 testing demand in London, Ont.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau says Canada can ‘bend the curve’ together again

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said that together Canadians can help “bend the curve” again, stressing they can “define the change” and while Canada is at a “crossroads,” they can get out of the pandemic.

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Junior hockey: Provincial election may slow return for WHL’s B.C. teams, Kelowna Rockets

It’s been six months since the Kelowna Rockets last took to the ice.Back in March, the Western Hockey League cancelled its season due to COVID-19 concerns.

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Throne speech: Conservatives say they will not support Liberals’ plan

Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Conservative MP Candice Bergen said on Wednesday that the party would not support the Liberal government’s throne speech, saying it “leaves behind more Canadians who are suffering” and racks up more debt.

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10 things we learned today about the spread of Covid-19

At a National Public Health Emergency Team briefing this evening, Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said Ireland was moving into the second chapter of the coronavirus emergency.

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Scientists may know about Covid vaccine by December, says Fauci

Washington: Dr Anthony Fauci says by the end of this year government scientists should know whether they have a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19.Fauci is among top officials testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labour and Pensions committee on Wednesday.As the government's leading infectious disease expert, Fauci has been a realist about the dangers of the coronavirus but also optimistic about the prospects for a vaccine.Fauci says people who recover from the virus develop antibodies against it, which gives him confidence a vaccine that triggers the immune system will work.Fauci says several kinds of vaccines are in final-stage testing in the US.

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'West Side Story' Delayed an Entire Year, 'Black Widow' Moves to May 2021 Amid Pandemic

Two more major movies are being delayed amid the very slow box office as the COVID-19 pandemic is still going on.

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Stanford study: Smoke from California wildfires may be factor in up to 3,000 deaths

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Berkeley may be first in nation to ban big groceries from selling junk food at checkout lines

The Candy Bar - Fenton store (Dierbergs Markets) BERKELEY, Calif. - The Berkeley City Council on Tuesday said no to Snickers, Skittles and soda at the checkout line.The unanimous vote on the "Healthy Checkout Ordinance" said grocery stores bigger than 2,500 square feet will no longer be allowed to sell unhealthy food and beverages at the check-out line, and instead are encouraged to offer more nutritious food and drink.

How to prepare your immune system for winter as coronavirus continues to spread

coronavirus cases surging, it’s important to prepare your immune system. Having flu and Covid-19 at the same time significally increases your risk of death, according to government scientists.

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Immune system may trigger anxiety in response to infection

a study involving a mouse model of psoriasis found that IL-17a caused depression-like symptoms. In humans, researchers have also linked the molecule to treatment resistant depression.Research in mice has even implicated IL-17a in the development of autism.

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Australia's virus epicentre may speed up lifting curbs as cases fall

Australia's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria is considering easing curbs sooner than previously flagged, the state's premier said, as the two-week average of new infections in the city of Melbourne dropped below 30.

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Controlled spread of Covid-19 an option, Swedish expert to tell committee

A Swedish expert will today tell the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response that controlled spread of the coronavirus should be allowed among people aged under 60.

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'The port came to us': Story behind AP photo of Beirut blast

When Mustafa Kinno felt the ground shake and heard the deafening blast toward the port, he frantically called his brother living nearby. No reply.

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People with 'silent Covid' carry just as much virus and are 'driving the spread'

coronavirus without any symptoms are driving the spread because they carry just as much of the virus, experts have warned. Researchers in South Korea said people infected without symptoms have "comparable potential" to spread than those with them.Symptoms include fever, a new and persistent cough and a new loss or change of taste or smell.Professor Sung-Han Kim said the study urged the use of face masks among the general public.His study evaluated how much of the virus both groups were carrying.

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East Kilbride teachers do their bit to try and reduce the spread of coronavirus at school

link.Now one school is taking extraordinary measures to ensure their pupils are following social distancing rules.On Monday, a teacher from St Andrew’s and St Bride’s High started following kids into East Kilbride Village at lunchtime to try to enforce separation.

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Company behind Irish Covid tracker app launches in Pennsylvania

The Irish company behind Ireland's Covid-19 tracker app has launched a similar service in the US state of Pennsylvania.

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Parents Of Children With Special Needs Fear Lack Of Support As Remote Learning Begins Again.

New York Times (9/16, Levine) reports that at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, “the Education Department stressed that all public schools that would be providing virtual or online education during the pandemic must continue to serve their students with disabilities. But a survey released at the end of May by the advocacy group ParentsTogether, found that 40 percent of kids in special education hadn’t received any support at all, and only 20 percent received all the services they were entitled to.” Meanwhile, more than one third “were doing little to no remote learning, compared with 17 percent of their general education peers.

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Silver to CNN: A later NBA season may disrupt Olympic plans

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that his “best guess” is that next season will not start until at least January, plus acknowledged that the later-than-usual schedule could mean top U.S. men’s players miss next summer’s Tokyo Olympics.Silver, a guest in a series of panel discussions on CNN, did not indicate that any decisions are finalized.

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Boris Johnson claims troubled Test and Trace scheme 'nothing to do' with Covid spread

Boris Johnson has come under fire for claiming the troubled Test and Trace programme "has very little or nothing to do with" the spread of coronavirus.

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Blue Origin readies for first New Shepard flight in months to test moon landing tech

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29 more coronavirus cases reported in Waterloo Region, most since early May

Ontario reports 478 new coronavirus cases, largest 1-day jump since early May Out of the 29 cases, 11 involved people aged 11 to 19 while eight others involved people aged 20-29.No cases were connected to anyone under the age of 10 or over the age of 70.The region’s four testing centres continue to be worked into overdrive as they have now conducted 85,365 tests, which is 3,699 more than Friday’s update.There are now 142 active cases in the region which is the most since June 4, when there were 165 active cases.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]A new outbreak has been reported at the Village at Winston Park retirement home in Kitchener after a staff member tested positive.

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Ontario reports 478 new coronavirus cases, largest 1-day jump since early May

reporting 478 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 47,752.Tuesday’s case count is another increase from Monday which saw 425 new cases, and marks the highest one-day increase since May 2. Ontario cases have been on the upward trend over the last couple weeks.According to Tuesday’s provincial report, 153 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 95 in Peel Region, 90 in Ottawa, 27 in both York Region and Waterloo, and 16 in Durham Region.All other public health units in Ontario reported 15 or fewer cases.

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Trump to announce Supreme Court pick on Saturday, Romney signals he’ll support a vote

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, Ohio on Sept. 21, 2020.

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CDC Confirms Person-to-Person Spread of New Coronavirus in the United States

Media Relations (404) 639-3286The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed that the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has spread between two people in the United States, representing the first instance of person-to-person spread with this new virus here.Previously, all confirmed U.S. cases had been associated with travel to Wuhan, China, where an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by this novel coronavirus has been ongoing since December 2019.

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Decline in Child Vaccination Coverage During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016–May 2020

On May 18, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Cristi A. Bramer, MPH1; Lynsey M.

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CDC Confirms Possible Instance of Community Spread of COVID-19 in U.S.

Media Relations (404) 639-3286The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 in California in a person who reportedly did not have relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient with COVID-19.At this time, the patient’s exposure is unknown. It’s possible this could be an instance of community spread of COVID-19, which would be the first time this has happened in the United States. Community spread means spread of an illness for which the source of infection is unknown.

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HHS Announces CARES Act Funding Distribution to States and Localities in Support of COVID-19 Response

Media Relations (404) 639-3286The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing upcoming action by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide additional resources to state and local jurisdictions in support of our nation’s response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).Using funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, CDC is awarding $631 million to 64 jurisdictions through the existing Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement.

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Preliminary Estimate of Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Outbreak — New York City, March 11–May 2, 2020

On May 11, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) COVID-19 Response Team (View author affiliations)Views equals page views plus PDF downloadsSARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has since spread worldwide. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic (1).

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits — United States, January 1, 2019–May 30, 2020

On June 3, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Kathleen P. Hartnett, PhD1,2; Aaron Kite-Powell, MS1,2; Jourdan DeVies, MS1,2; Michael A.

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Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 — COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1–30, 2020

On April 8, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Shikha Garg, MD1*; Lindsay Kim, MD1*; Michael Whitaker, MPH1,2; Alissa O’Halloran, MSPH1; Charisse Cummings, MPH1,3; Rachel Holstein, MPH1,4; Mila Prill, MSPH1; Shua J. Chai, MD1; Pam D.

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Public Health Response to the Initiation and Spread of Pandemic COVID-19 in the United States, February 24–April 21, 2020

On May 1, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Anne Schuchat, MD; CDC COVID-19 Response Team (View author affiliations)The first confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case in the United States was reported on January 21, 2020. The outbreak appeared contained through February, and then accelerated rapidly.Various factors contributed to accelerated spread during February–March 2020, including continued travel-associated importations, large gatherings, introductions into high-risk workplaces and densely populated areas, and cryptic transmission resulting from limited testing and asymptomatic and presymptomatic spread.

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Evidence for Limited Early Spread of COVID-19 Within the United States, January–February 2020

On May 29, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.CDC COVID-19 Response Team; Michelle A. Jorden, MD1; Sarah L. Rudman, MD2; Elsa Villarino, MD2; Stacey Hoferka, MPH, MSIS3; Megan T.

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Timing of State and Territorial COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders and Changes in Population Movement — United States, March 1–May 31, 2020

1; Christine Herlihy, MS2; Michael A. Tynan3; Gregory Sunshine, JD1,3; Russell F.

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Characteristics of Adult Outpatients and Inpatients with COVID-19 — 11 Academic Medical Centers, United States, March–May 2020

On June 30, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Mark W. Tenforde, MD, PhD1; Erica Billig Rose, PhD1; Christopher J. Lindsell, PhD2; Nathan I.

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Characteristics of Persons Who Died with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–May 18, 2020

On July 10, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Please note: This report has been corrected.Jonathan M. Wortham, MD1; James T.

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Primary Indicators to Systematically Monitor COVID-19 Mitigation and Response — Kentucky, May 19–July 15, 2020

On August 25, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Kate Varela, DVM1; Benjamin Scott, MPH2; John Prather, MBA2; Erin Blau, DNP1,2; Peter Rock, PhD2,3,4; Adam Vaughan, PhD5; Cara Halldin, PhD5; Sean Griffing, PhD5; Heidi Pfeiffer, MEd5; Janine Hines5; Emilio Dirlikov, PhD5; Doug Thoroughman, PhD2,6 (View author affiliations)State and local health departments use various indicators to identify local and regional changes in the number of COVID-19 cases and severe outcomes, including hospitalizations and deaths.Kentucky’s indicator monitoring report (IMR) is a useful tool that combines multiple data elements to generate a daily COVID-19 status score that allows systematic assessment of the state’s mitigation, response,

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 Case Surveillance — United States, January 22–May 30, 2020

On June 15, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Erin K. Stokes, MPH1,*; Laura D.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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