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Month: January 2021

Hace 35 años el transbordador Challenger se desintegró 73 segundos después de su despegue. Todos sus tripulantes murieron

(CNN) — Hace 35 años, la NASA sufrió una tragedia cuando el transbordador espacial Challenger se desintegró poco después de su lanzamiento. En el siniestro murieron los siete miembros de la tripulación a bordo. Al despegar del Centro Espacial Kennedy, en Cabo Cañaveral, Florida, las condiciones climáticas frías de esa mañana, combinadas con un defecto

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Biden’s most important stimulus measure

The US federal government should spend more money, and fast, to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, rescue hard-hit families and help states, cities and small businesses. But it should also strive for a relief package built on some degree of bipartisan consensus. The first step to this package? Acknowledging that in this emergency there is nothing

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Pediatrician fatally shoots another doctor and himself during hostage situation in Austin, Texas, police say

A pediatrician diagnosed with terminal cancer killed another pediatrician during a hostage situation before turning the gun on himself, according to an Austin Police Department news release. Dispatchers received a call on Tuesday saying a man walked into the offices of Children’s Medical Group with a gun and was holding hostages inside the building. Initially,

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New York Department of Health undercounted Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes, attorney general’s report says

The New York state Department of Health undercounted Covid-19 deaths among nursing home residents by approximately 50%, according to a report released Thursday by the state attorney general’s office. Over the course of the pandemic, there have been at least 8,700 deaths in nursing homes statewide, according to the Department of Health. But the report

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New malaria mosquito emerges in African cities, and experts are worried

A new malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities, with potentially devastating consequences for those living there, according to a new study. The larvae of Anopheles stephensi — India’s main mosquito vector of malaria — are now “abundantly present” in locations across Africa, researchers from The Netherlands’ Radboud University Medical Center and Ethiopia’s Armauer Hansen

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