The Omicron variant has morphed into more than half a dozen different strains—the latest of which include BQ.1.1 and XBB.1, and XBB.1.5. Combined, these variants and their close relatives now account for nearly 90% of new COVID-19 infections in the U.S.
But so far, no COVID-19 vaccine directly targets them. Instead, the latest bivalent formulation of the booster (and the only one cu…
Read moreIf you’re a Virginian concerned about the environment—particularly the role power plants play in exacerbating climate change—the last three years have been good ones for you.
Yes, your energy bill has gone up—a little—by $2.39 per month, according to Dominion Energy, the state’s largest power producer. At the same time though, the Environmental Protect…
Read moreHistory does not record who the weeping woman was who joined the giant crowd at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 1962. But she was inconsolable.
“I know it’s silly to carry on this way,” she said with a hitching breath to a reporter from the Griffith Observer magazine. “But I can’t help myself.” The cause of her profound distre…
Read moreSpaceX has never been reluctant to brag, especially when it comes to its celebrated Falcon 9 rocket. Since 2010, as a company toteboard shows, 217 Falcon 9s have flown, with 61 launches in 2022 alone, making it the workhorse of the current global space fleet. So what’s not to like? Plenty, actually—at least if you care about the environment.
The Falcon 9 uses a fuel …
Read morePublic-health officials have for weeks been urging Americans to avoid gathering for Thanksgiving this year, lest the holiday turn into a national super-spreading event. But for those who still plan on getting together, experts say an outdoor get-together is far safer than prolonged time indoors, where it’s easier for the virus that causes COVID-19 to spread. Whether an outdoor Thanksgivin…
Read moreThe company had announced the review back in July after news stories about sub-contractors paying workers well below the UK’s minimum wage and also making them work in unsafe conditions.Overseen by Alison Levitt QC, the review “identified many failings in the Leicester supply chain”.
But it also said there’s “ample evidence that the steps which Boohoo is now taking in relation to …
Read moreThe entrepreneur will receive 2.217 billion euros in dividends from the company this year, which is higher than the 1.718 billion euros he received in dividends last year.In total, the company will pay out more than 3.73 billion euros to its shareholders this year, after raising the dividend by 29% to 1.2 euros per share.คำพูดจาก Read more
Last December’s announcement of the inaugural Sustainable Innovation Award, organised by Kering Greater China and technology accelerator/investment fund Plug and Play, did not go unnoticed by the Chinese textile and apparel industry. In the last ten years, salary levels in what once was the ‘world’s factory’ have been steadily rising, causing a large part of its output to shift upmarket, …
Read more“Diesel, an OTB Group brand, today announces a top management reorganizationคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Eraldo Poletto will be appointed Global CEO of the brand,” the house said in a terse release. In a surprise move, Poletto replaces Massimo Piombini, who only joined Diesel…
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