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Profiling coronavirus mutations help scientists find weak spots
Erica Ollmann Saphire spent the past year and a half profiling the coronavirus, creating intricate three-dimensional images in her San Diego lab to understand its most problematic features. That information is now revealing the pathogen’s weak spots and ways to exploit them.
Toxicity in the land of enlightenment? This yoga dispute has the community tied up in knots
Former teachers at Down Under School of Yoga accuse the studios' owner of being a bully. But she and current teachers say there's something else going on.
Delta variant extinguishes Beta variant in South Africa, study shows
The more infectious nature of the Delta mutation of the coronavirus has seen it almost completely displace the Beta variant in South Africa, the discovery of which led to widespread travel bans.
PG&E charged in California wildfire last year that killed 4
Pacific Gas & Electric was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes last year, prosecutors said.
Canadians released after Huawei CFO resolves US charges
Two Canadians detained in China on spying charges have been released from prison and flown out of the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday, hours after a top executive of Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies resolved criminal charges against her in a deal with the US Justice Department.
As Mass. and Cass crisis continues, landowners nearby band together to fund extra services
Property owners in the Newmarket industrial zone ― where Boston’s opioid and homelessness crisis has spiraled in recent months near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard ― could soon pay a fee to fund additional neighborhood services.
NY hospitals, schools fear staff shortage from vaccine rules
Some of the nation’s most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine mandates are scheduled to take effect Monday in New York amid continued resistance from some to the shots, leaving hospitals and nursing homes across the state and schools in New York City bracing for possible staff shortages.
‘We don’t want to be people’s dumping grounds.’ Big change could be coming to Everett’s industrial riverfront
Two huge swaths of land along the Mystic River in Everett are being primed for redevelopment.