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Nearly 60% of New COVID-19 Cases in Los Angeles County Occur in Residents Between 18 and 49 Years Old
Los Angeles–The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 68 new deaths and 2,347 new cases of COVID-19. Residents between the ages of 18 and 49 years old make up nearly 60% of new COVID-19 cases, with residents between the ages of 30 to 49 years old driving most of these
CDC Expects 2020 Outbreak of Life-Threatening Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Atlanta, GA–The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) anticipates that 2020 will be another peak year for cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), an uncommon but serious neurologic condition that affects mostly children. The disease has peaked every two years between August and November in the United States since 2014. Enteroviruses, particularly enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68),
NASA Astronauts Safely Splash Down after First Commercial Crew Flight to Space Station
Miami, FL–Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station to complete a test flight that marks a new era in human spaceflight. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, carrying Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, splashed down under parachutes
Coronavirus Update: California Has 509,162 Confirmed Cases to Date
Sacramento, CA–California has 509,162 confirmed cases to date, according to the California Department of Public Health. The 7-day average number of new cases is 7,929 per day. And The 7-day average from the week prior was 9,852. There have been 8,035,975 tests conducted in California. This represents an increase of 149,388 over the prior 24-hour
USCIS Adjusts Fees to Help Meet Operational Needs
Washington, DC–Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced a final rule (PDF) that adjusts fees for certain immigration and naturalization benefit requests to ensure U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recovers its costs of services. Unlike most government agencies, USCIS is fee funded. Fees collected and deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account fund nearly 97% of USCIS’
Researcher Pleaded Guilty to Conspiring to Steal Scientific Trade Secrets from Ohio Children’s Hospital to Sell in China
Columbus, OH–Former Ohio woman Li Chen, 46, pleaded guilty today via video conference in U.S. District Court today to conspiring to steal scientific trade secrets and conspiring to commit wire fraud concerning the research, identification and treatment of a range of pediatric medical conditions. Chen admitted to stealing scientific trade secrets related to exosomes and
Harvard Professor Charged with Tax Offences for Failing to Report Income Received from Wuhan University of Technology
Boston–The former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was charged today in a superseding indictment with tax offenses for failing to report income he received from Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in Wuhan, China. Dr. Charles Lieber, 61, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on two counts of making
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