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For many survivors of COVID-19, the silver lining of the grueling illness is the hope that they will have gained permanent immunity and can never contract the disease again. But new studies suggest this may not be the case and that immunity to the coronavirus may be short-lived.        A U.K. study published on July 11, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, found that antibodies may start to decline 20 to 30 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms and that detectable amounts of… Source link

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Health Ministry on Saturday posted a record for new coronavirus cases reported on a single day, with 7,615 more confirmed cases, bringing its overall tally of infections to 338,913, health ministry data showed. The ministry also reported 578 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 38,888 deaths. The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases. Speaking to a news conference,… Source link

Google will ban ads promoting coronavirus conspiracy theories, remove ads from pages that promote these theories, and demonetize entire sites that frequently violate the policy starting on August 18th. CNBC reported the news earlier today, noting that it supplements an existing ban on monetizing harmful medical misinformation. A Google spokesperson confirmed that the new policy will cover pages contradicting an “authoritative scientific consensus” on the coronavirus pandemic. While… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on “dangerous content” that goes against scientific consensus during the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s largest search engine updated its policy as the health crisis has continued to rage throughout the United States, and digital… Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Pradeep Gaur | Mint | Getty Images Google next month will ban publishers from using its ad platform to show advertisements next to content that promotes conspiracy theories about Covid-19. It will also ban ads that promote those theories. In cases where a particular site publishes a certain threshold of material that violates these policies, it will ban the entire site from using its ad platforms. Google already prohibits ads from running against content that makes… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe reveals he has coronavirus  Yahoo Sports Source link

Dee Lescault, owner of Muti Hair Design Studio in Costa Mesa, is having to close her studio again, which she reopened for only 13 days. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Dee Lescault got the bad news from her landlord. Her Costa Mesa hair salon had reopened on June 1 after being dark for months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, dealing a painful economic blow to the 66-year-old stylist. And now, Coronavirus Shutdown 2.0. “Is it asking too much to wear a mask?” Lescault tweeted in a rush… Source link

A second shutdown of the U.S. economy would destroy the country’s financial system, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson told Yahoo Finance. “When you look at the damage that was done the first time, you do that again, and you completely destroy the financial infrastructure, and a lot more people would…die than would ever die from the virus,” said Carson.  The stay-at-home orders put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in mid-March have thrust… Source link

At least 43 people have tested positive for coronavirus after attending a large house party in Michigan, health officials said Monday. The majority of the cases are among people between the ages of 15 and 25 years who went to or came in contact with someone who went to a house party between July 2 and 3 in the area of Saline, about 10 miles south of Ann Arbor, the Washtenaw County Health Department said in a statement. Another 66 people, not including family members who live with the 44 who… Source link

Disney heiress Abigail Disney and Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield are among a growing list of millionaires signing a petition for higher taxes. “Today, we, the undersigned millionaires, ask our governments to raise taxes on people like us. Immediately. Substantially. Permanently,” the petition states. “We are not restocking grocery store shelves or delivering food door to door. But we do have money, lots of it. Money that is desperately needed now and will continue to be… Source link