Emmanuelle Charpentier, from France, and American Jennifer Doudna developed of a method for genome editing.
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New York City schools in hotspots ordered to close amid coronavirus flare-up
“These clusters have to be attacked,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said, likening the state to a field of dry grass ready to ignite if burning embers aren’t put out fast.
US reports 209,199 deaths from coronavirus: CDC
The CDC also said some infections can be spread by exposure to the virus in small droplets and particles that can linger in the air for minutes to hours.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tests positive for COVID-19
McEnany said she had tested positive for COVID-19, days after Donald Trump’s diagnosis, becoming the latest among the President’s inner circle to contract the highly infectious disease.
More than 300 detained in Belarus during Sunday protests
In Minsk, where according to a rights group nearly 120,000 took part in a rally, water cannons were used to disperse the crowds, the ministry said.
People still missing in French floods as bodies found on Italian beach
France confirmed three more deaths on Monday, bringing the death toll to four in France and three in Italy.
Almost a third of COVID patients in study had altered mental state
Some experts said President Donald Trump is of the age and gender of the patients in the study who were more likely to develop altered mental function.
‘Listen to the scientists’: Biden implores Trump as he campaigns in crucial Florida
Florida is seen as a must-win for Trump’s campaign, which has almost no path to victory if he fails to collect the state’s 29 Electoral College votes.
50,000 miss self-isolation in UK because of outdated Excel spreadsheet
Missing cases were never registered with the National Health Service tracing regime, meaning contacts of the 16,000 infected people did not get notified.