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Telemedicine shines during pandemic but will glow fade?
Racked with anxiety, Lauren Shell needed to talk to her cancer doctor. But she lives at least an hour away and it was the middle of her workday. It was also the middle of a pandemic. Enter telemedicine. The 34-year-old Leominster, Massachusetts, resident arranged a quick video visit through the app Zoom in May...
Cancer researcher creates comics to explain science
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A stalk of celery got Jaye Gardiner into science. As a precocious first grader in Chicago, she was invited to take part in a second-grade science class, where the students were conducting an experiment. Gardiner, who’d always been intrigued by science, was...
Indiana University reviews legacy of school's 7th president
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — If the name of Indiana University’s seventh president is removed from a building on the Bloomington campus, Eric Sandweiss is OK with it. The professor and Carmony Chair in IU’s Department of History sees the removal of a name as a historical event in its own right....
Iowa governor insists on state control of in-school learning
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday insisted that the state controls how public schools will resume classes next month, saying districts can provide online learning only if coronavirus cases are surging in their communities. The teachers union immediately pushed back against her...
The Latest: Ga. Democratic Senate candidate's wife has virus
ATLANTA -- Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff says he's in isolation with his wife, who contracted COVID-19. The 33-year-old candidate said his wife, Dr. Alisha Kramer, has mild coronavirus symptoms and that he’s showing symptoms, too. He said he was tested Saturday and is awaiting results...
New report questions the success of college-debt program
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island college-debt tax-credit program that will end this year unless it’s extended in the state budget received a questionable review from the state Office of Revenue Analysis. Gov. Gina Raimondo has proposed extending the Wavemaker Fellowship for three years and...
4 Thai Cabinet ministers resign after party leader shakeup
BANGKOK (AP) — Four key ministers in Thailand's Cabinet announced their resignations Thursday, as a military clique within the ruling coalition's most powerful political party continues to consolidate power. The most prominent member to depart was Somkid Jatusripitak, a deputy prime minister who has been...
Chemistry class: New managers test for right mix amid virus
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Derek Shelton needs his freedom. Maybe now more than ever. Fortunately for the first-year Pittsburgh Pirates manager, bench coach Donnie Kelly made it a point to provide it. Each day Kelly puts together a meticulous schedule designed to find a way for separate groups of players to get...
Florida students work on patent for invention for the blind
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Local high school students Jonathon Walker and Alex Johnson have been developing a device that turns text into braille for some time and now they’re working with a law firm to get a patent for it. When the students first won the science fair in Pensacola several months back,...
Foreign students weigh studying in person vs. losing visas
PHOENIX (AP) — International students worried about a new immigration policy that could potentially cost them their visas say they feel stuck between being unnecessarily exposed during the coronavirus pandemic and being able to finish their studies in America. Students from countries as diverse as India,...
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