Here’s some good news to start your day: A Covid-19 vaccine developed by the biotechnology company Moderna looks promising. The vaccine has triggered immune responses in all of the 45 volunteers who received it in a Phase 1 trial, according to early results published yesterday. The study also revealed some mild side effects — fatigue,…… MORE
The world took notice on May 26, when Twitter fact-checked President Donald Trump for the very first time. Trump posted a series of blatant lies about mail-in voting, and declared that “this will be a rigged election.” Twitter responded swiftly, saying that the viral posts contained “potentially misleading” information, and slapped a fact-check label on…… MORE
If Mary Trump were in the Oval Office with her uncle Donald Trump today, she would tell him to resign, she told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview to support her explosive tell-all book about the President. Mary Trump spoke about visiting her uncle in the White House in 2017 a few months after the…… MORE
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is to become the youngest ever recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester, awarded in recognition of his campaign against child poverty in the UK and for his sporting exploits on the pitch. In June, Rashford successfully pressured the UK government to reverse its decision to not…… MORE
The decision to overturn Manchester City’s ban from European football competitions has been labeled “disgraceful” and not “a good day for football” by two of the biggest managers in the English Premier League. City was originally punished by UEFA, European football’s governing body, for “serious breaches” of club licensing and Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations…… MORE
Darren Moore vividly recalls sitting at home as an eight-year-old, staring at the television in wide-eyed amazement. On the screen were 22 men running around a pitch and kicking a ball. “That’s a football match,” Moore’s father told him. From that moment, Moore knew what he wanted to do in life. “I looked at the…… MORE
The Trump administration has dropped its policy barring international students from staying in the US if they take only online courses. Major institutions like Harvard and MIT were all set to fight the policy in court. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also…… MORE
Teachers should have access to “medical grade PPE” so schools can safely reopen, a pediatrician told CNN. “We should treat them [staff and teachers] as essential workers and we should give them all of the safety equipment they need in order to be safe,” Seattle pediatrician Dr. Dimitri Christakis told CNN’s Jake Tapper Tuesday. Christakis’…… MORE
In the University of Chicago Medical Center, where Dr. Brian Williams works, doctors have been “running” in the past several weeks to try and keep up with the incoming patients. Some are infected with the coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 136,466 American lives in the past five months and is spreading uncontrollably nationwide.…… MORE
“Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Porsha Williams was among 87 protesters arrested outside a home owned by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. The protesters, who occupied the front yard of the home and chanted support for Breonna Taylor, were arrested Tuesday. Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, was killed when she was shot eight times by police…… MORE
