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Chinese scientist at center of virus controversy denies lab leak theory

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 10:37 AM

WASHINGTON - The Chinese scientist at the center of theories that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak from her specialized lab in the city of Wuhan has denied her institution was to blame for the health disaster. Read more »

Huge parts of the internet facing outages

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 08 07:25 PM

(UPDATE) Multiple outages hit social media, government and news websites across the globe on Tuesday morning, with some reports pointing to a glitch at US-based cloud computing services provider Fastly. Read more »

Joyless, aimless: Know the signs of languishing in the time of COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 08:40 AM

It's the feeling of being stuck: not quite depressed or burned out. It's the blahs, of uncertainty in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, a low level anxiety that saps joy out of every moment. Read more »

Meet the 16-year old Filipina who won this year’s New York Times STEM writing contest

JEROME B. GOMEZ
Posted at May 05 06:43 PM

Natalia Araña’s essay was one of the 11 winners in this year’s competition which harvested more than 3,000 entries    Read more »

US plant ruins 15 million J&J coronavirus vaccine doses: report

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 01 09:19 AM

WASHINGTON - About 15 million doses of the single-shot coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson were ruined in a factory error in the United States, The New York Times reported -- a blow to the company's efforts to quickly boost production. Read more »

New York Times digital 'NFT' article sells for $563,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 08:49 AM

A New York Times columnist on Thursday sold one of his articles in digital form for $563,000, the latest example of the craze surrounding "non fungible tokens," which collectors are snapping up. Read more »

‘I will keep my promise’: Liham para sa kabiyak na pumanaw sa COVID, nailathala sa NY Times

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 08:29 PM

Sa TeleRadyo, ibinahagi ni Sean Luke Dado ang trahedyang sinuong ng pamilya at kung paano niya pilit na kinakaya ang pagkawala ng asawang si Hazel. Read more »

New York Times boosts paid subscriber base to 7.5 million

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 02:04 AM

Nearly 90 percent of the subscribers were digital, according to the prestigious daily which released its quarterly earnings.   Read more »

With remote learning, a 12-year-old knows her English is slipping away

Juliana Kim, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 30 07:41 PM

NEW YORK — When Taniya Ria moved to the Bronx from Bangladesh in 2019, she didn’t know a word of English. Within months, Taniya, now 12, was translating for her mother, making American friends in class and getting good grades. Then the pandemic arrived. Read more »

He was hospitalized for COVID-19. Then hospitalized again. And again.

Pam Belluck, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 30 04:02 PM

Nearly a year into the pandemic, it’s clear that recovering from COVID-19’s initial onslaught can be an arduous, uneven journey. Now, studies reveal that a significant subset of patients are having to return to hospitals, sometimes repeatedly, with complications triggered by the disease or by the body’s efforts to defeat the virus.   Read more »

More contagious coronavirus variant found in Colorado

Carl Zimmer and Bryan Pietsch, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 30 01:38 PM

The first United States case of the more contagious coronavirus variant that was initially discovered in Britain was found in Colorado on Tuesday, Gov. Jared Polis said, raising the worrisome possibility that the variant is already well established in the patient’s community — and perhaps elsewhere.  Read more »

9 ways the pandemic will change travel in 2021

The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 30 10:39 AM

On the brink of the new year, we looked at nine of the most pressing queries facing the travel industry and individual travelers. Read more »

US diet guidelines sidestep scientific advice to cut sugar and alcohol

Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 30 08:10 AM

Rejecting the advice of its scientific advisers, the federal government has released new dietary recommendations that sound a familiar nutritional refrain, advising Americans to “make every bite count” while dismissing expert recommendations to sharply reduce consumption of sugar and alcoholic beverages.   Read more »

Small number of COVID patients develop severe psychotic symptoms

Pam Belluck, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 30 08:07 AM

A small number of COVID patients who had never experienced mental health problems are developing severe psychotic symptoms weeks after contracting the coronavirus. Read more »

She’s a chess champion who can barely see the board

Dana Mackenzie, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 29 01:27 PM

Meet Jessica Lauser, the reigning 3-time US Blind chess champion. You can call her Chessica — the nickname her math teacher gave her in eighth grade. Read more »

The secret to longevity? 4-minute bursts of intense exercise may help

Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 29 11:22 AM

If you increase your heart rate, will your life span follow?  Read more »

With money, and waste, China fights for chip independence

Raymond Zhong and Cao Li, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 28 08:58 AM

Computer chips are the brains and souls of all the electronics the country’s factories crank out. Yet they are mostly designed and produced overseas. China’s government is lavishing money on anyone who can help change that.   Read more »

Holidays in a Pandemic? Here’s What Happened in 1918

Jacey Fortin, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 27 04:59 PM

That pandemic, like the coronavirus today, seemed to roll across the United States in waves. Read more »

'Vodka in your coffee Cup’: When Pandemic Drinking Goes Too Far

Alix Strauss, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 26 11:46 AM

Some women in the US are hoping to regain control over their drinking habits spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

COVID-19 patient bludgeoned to death in California hospital

Concepción de León, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 25 09:37 PM

An 82-year-old man who was being treated for COVID-19 at a hospital north of Los Angeles was bludgeoned to death with an oxygen tank last week by his roommate, authorities said. Read more »