Old Drugs May Find a New Purpose: Fighting the Coronavirus

In the early 1950s, psychiatrists began treating schizophrenia with a new drug called chlorpromazine. Seven decades later, the drug is still used as an anti-psychotic. But now scientists have discovered that the drug, also known as Thorazine, can do something entirely different.

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Labs Across U.S. Join Federal Initiative to Study Coronavirus Genome

The project, announced by the C.D.C., will help trace patterns of transmission, investigative outbreaks and map how the virus is evolving, which can impact a cure.

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Republicans, It’s Too Late to Back Away From Trump

G.O.P. lawmakers have enabled all of the president’s misadventures up to now. They can’t disavow his response to the coronavirus. Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board.

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In a Crisis, True Leaders Stand Out

Swift action, compassion and trust in science mark the most effective responses to the coronavirus. The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.

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How Lobbyists Robbed Small Business Relief Loans

Years of lavish political spending by special interest groups were all in anticipation of a time like this. Mr. Fischer and Mr. Payne are directors at the Campaign Legal Center.

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The ‘PuffPacket’ could help researchers learn when, how, and why people vape

Vaping is a controversial habit: it certainly has its downsides, but anecdotally it’s a fantastic smoking cessation aid. The thing is, until behavioral scientists know a bit more about who does it, when, how much, and other details, its use will continue to be something of a mystery.

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Amid a Rising Death Toll, Trump Leaves the Grieving to Others

President Trump has led no national mourning for the more than 62,700 Americans who have died from the coronavirus, emphasizing confidence about the future rather than dwelling on the present. WASHINGTON — One morning this week, President Trump called food sector executives.

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Pence Visits Ventilator Plant in Indiana, This Time Wearing a Mask

The vice president had been sharply criticized for visiting the Mayo Clinic this week and violating its requirement to wear one.

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Why the Trump Ploy Stopped Working

As the nation unifies, divisiveness falls flat. Even in a pandemic there are weavers and rippers. The weavers try to spiritually hold each other so we can get through this together. The rippers, from Donald Trump on down, see everything through the prism of politics and still emphasize division.

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There May Be a Dangerous Shortcut to a Coronavirus Vaccine

Should we take it? Mr. Bokat-Lindell is a writer in The New York Times Opinion section.

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Why the Global Debt of Poor Nations Must Be Canceled

Delaying the repayments to the Group of 20 is not enough. Mr. Ahmed is the prime minister of Ethiopia.

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What Do We Know About Coronavirus? There Will Be Mistakes

Urgency demands patience, because advancement is always a product of missteps. Dr. Bach and Dr. Sepkowitz practice at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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In Psychotherapy, the Toilet Has Become the New Couch

Virtual sessions offer the intimacy — and comedy — of seeing patients and therapists in their personal environments. Ms. Gottlieb is a psychotherapist.

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Will Warm Weather Slow Coronavirus?

It’s hard to know yet. But there are many things we can do to flatten the next wave of the contagion. Will there be another wave of Covid-19? And if so, how big will it be, and will there be more waves after it?

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When Science Is Partisan

How can a president who shows disdain for science manage a crisis that requires faith in it? With Ross Douthat off this week, Frank Bruni and Michelle Goldberg debate the federal government’s coronavirus response with Yuval Levin, a former policy adviser to President George W.

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B2B challenger bank Finom raises $7M Seed from Target Global and General Catalyst

Just as challenger banks have appeared in the B2C space, so to have B2B startup banks aimed small businesses, among them startups like Qonto (Fr), Tide (UK), Penta (GER) and CountingUp (UK). Today another such firm, Finom, has closed a €6.

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27 Days in Tokyo Bay: What Happened on the Diamond Princess

The cruise ship captivated the world as it docked in Yokohama, harboring Covid-19—and 3,711 people who became subjects in a life-and-death quarantine experiment.

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Biloba lets you chat with a doctor if you have questions about your children

Meet Biloba, a French startup that wants to leverage tech to make it easier to keep your children healthy. The company recently launched a new mobile app that lets you chat with a doctor whenever you want between 8 AM and 8 PM.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/30/biloba-lets-you-chat-with-a-doctor-if-you-have-questions-about-your-children/
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African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME e-commerce portal

San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has launched Flutterwave Store, a portal for African merchants to create digital shops to sell online. The product is less Amazon and more eBay — with no inventory or warehouse requirements.

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Index and Credo lead a $2.75M seed in anti-fraud tech, Resistant AI

Prague based Resistant AI has nabbed a $2.75M seed round.

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Emissions Declines Will Set Records This Year. But It’s Not Good News.

An “unprecedented” fall in fossil fuel use, driven by the Covid-19 crisis, is likely to lead to a nearly 8 percent drop, according to new research.

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For Boris Johnson, a Baby Amid a Dizzying Year of Peaks and Valleys

The birth of a son follows a sweeping election win, a divorce, an engagement, Brexit and a life-threatening illness during a pandemic.

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Meet EventBot, a new Android malware that steals banking passwords and two-factor codes

Security researchers are sounding the alarm over a newly discovered Android malware that targets banking apps and cryptocurrency wallets.

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Tesla Posts Another Profit as Musk Slams Virus Restrictions

The CEO has criticized shelter-in-place orders, which have forced the closure of the company's California assembly plant.

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Inside a N.Y.C. Covid Unit: ‘Patients Have Panic in Their Eyes’

There is little respite for the nurses working with coronavirus patients at N.Y.U. Langone Health. Inside the recently opened Kimmel Pavilion in Manhattan, hundreds of patients rest in rooms designed to minimize infection.

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This Luxury Tower Has Everything: Pools. A Juice Bar. And Flood Resilience.

Unless we learn to adapt, only the rich will be able to avoid the ravages of climate change. Mr. Shaw is a member of the faculty at the Southern California Institute of Architecture.

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Two of My Colleagues Died of Covid-19

In a meatpacking plant, changes were made too late. Ms. Dominguez is a union steward at the JBS beef plant in Souderton, Pa.

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Ad Dollars Keep Flowing Into Google and Facebook—for Now

The two online ad giants say business fell sharply amid the Covid-19 lockdowns in March, but has stabilized in April. 

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Tesla to reduce price of standard range Model 3 in China

Tesla said it will reduce the price of its standard range Model 3 vehicle in China to meet the government’s new eligibility requirements for subsidies. This marks the second time this year that the automaker has reduced the price.

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Dozens of Decomposing Bodies Found in Trucks at Brooklyn Funeral Home

Neighbors complained of a foul odor coming from trucks parked outside the home, which had a broken freezer, a law enforcement official said. It was not immediately clear whether the bodies found in the trucks, at the Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home, were linked to the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Bad News Won’t Stop, but Markets Keep Rising

Trillions in stimulus dollars have convinced Wall Street that the government has its back, and investors are seizing on even glimmers of good news about the pandemic. The government said on Wednesday that the U.S. economy had suffered its worst contraction since the last recession.

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Coronavirus: major drugs trial offers hopes for treatment - BBC News

At present there is no drug proven to be effective in treating coronavirus infections. But several existing medicines for other conditions are undergoing trials. It’s the world’s biggest study of potential treatments, involves thousands of patients. Five drugs are being studied, including tr

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Party Royale, Travis Scott, and Fortnite's 'Third Place'

As the online game is proving with Travis Scott and Party Royale, digital places are every bit as legitimate as their analog counterparts.

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Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Latest Updates

It’s Wednesday. Weather: Maybe a sprinkle, with a high in the mid-50s.

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Why Zoom Is Terrible

There’s a reason video apps make you feel awkward and unfulfilled. Last month, global downloads of the apps Zoom, Houseparty and Skype increased more than 100 percent as video conferencing and chats replaced the face-to-face encounters we are all so sorely missing.

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Who’s Profiting From the Coronavirus Crisis?

Amid an economic catastrophe, a few billionaires are still winning. Mr. Cohan is a former investment banker and the author of four books about Wall Street.

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Trump Hasn’t Given Up on Divide and Conquer

It worked for him before, but will the rising racial liberalism of white Democrats counter the rising racial conservatism of white Republicans? Is that even the right way to frame the question? Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.

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States Are in Crisis. Why Won’t Trump Help?

Federal support for cities and states was a core part of the New Deal. The president is tearing it apart.

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Shelter-in-Place Orders Are Perfectly Legal

Supreme Court precedent comes down on the side of state and local governments. Ms. Meyler is a scholar of British and American constitutional law.

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The Specter of Mexico’s Coronavirus Crash

President López Obrador and businesses will have to work miracles to avoid economic catastrophe. There are few countries so connected economically.

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In conversation with Sasha Astafyeva, Atomico’s new consumer-focused investment partner

European VC firm Atomico announced this week that it has hired Sasha Astafyeva as a new investment partner. Astafyeva previously spent three years as a principal at Felix Capital .

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/29/in-conversation-with-sasha-astafyeva-atomicos-new-consumer-focused-investment-partner/
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Coronavirus: The hospice staff working through a pandemic - BBC News

The coronavirus crisis has dramatically changed how hospices operate - including visitor restrictions and social distancing rules, to minimise the risk of the virus being passed on. The BBC's Ed Thomas finds out the impact on staff, patients and families at East Cheshire Hospice, which thinks hospi

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Samsung expects COVID-19 to hurt smartphone and TV sales, but increase demand for memory

In its first-quarter earnings report today, Samsung said it expects the COVID-19 pandemic to continue impacting its business for the rest of the year, cutting into sales for smartphones and TVs, but increasing demand for PCs, servers and memory chips as people continue to work or study from home.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/28/samsung-expects-covid-19-to-hurt-smartphone-and-tv-sales-but-increase-demand-for-memory/
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How French Workers Took on Amazon in the Middle of a Pandemic and Won

Yes, it’s possible. Mr. Stangler writes about labor and politics in France.

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De Blasio Breaks Up Rabbi’s Funeral and Lashes Out Over Virus Distancing

After overseeing the dispersal of hundreds of Hasidic mourners in Brooklyn, Mayor Bill de Blasio called the gathering “absolutely unacceptable.

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Can API vendors solve healthcare’s data woes?

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 epidemic and the acceleration of the consumer adoption of telemedicine, along with the fragmentation of care to a number of different low-cost providers, access to a patient’s medical records to get an accurate picture of their health becomes even more important.

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Thuan Pham, who fled Vietnam as a child and became Uber’s CTO in 2013, is leaving the company

Thuan Pham, hired as Uber’s chief technology officer by former CEO Travis Kalanick back in 2013, is leaving the company in three weeks, the ride-share giant revealed today in an SEC filing that came out as a report in The Information was published, suggesting that massive layoffs at Uber are being

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Trump Declares Meat Supply ‘Critical,’ Aiming to Reopen Plants

The executive order is meant to prevent shortages of pork, chicken and other products. But unions fear it will endanger workers in the plants, which have become coronavirus hot spots.

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Trump Administration’s Message on Reopening Continues to Be Contradictory

The president said the coronavirus wouldn’t come back while Dr. Anthony Fauci said it would be “a bad fall” and the attorney general threatened to sue states for enforcing restrictions. WASHINGTON — A week ago, President Trump chastised Georgia for starting to reopen.

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‘Governors Don’t Do Global Pandemics’: Cuomo Faults Others Over Virus

The governor accused various world and federal health groups, as well as the news media, of not sufficiently warning the world of the coronavirus outbreak. ALBANY, N.Y. — A day after seemingly expressing regret for not sounding the alarm on the coronavirus crisis sooner, Gov. Andrew M.

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Despite Trump’s Nudging, Schools Are Likely to Stay Shut for Months

Most districts have no plans to end online lessons soon, and reopening will bring significant changes, educators say.

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Pence Tours Mayo Clinic and Flouts Its Rule That All Visitors Wear a Mask

The vice president, who leads the White House’s coronavirus task force, said that masks were meant to prevent the spread of the virus and that he was tested regularly and does not have it.

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Joe Biden Is Not Hiding. He’s Lurking.

Never get in the way of an incumbent who is digging his own grave. Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board.

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Is Sweden Doing It Right?

The Swedes aren’t battling the coronavirus with broad lockdowns. President Trump has often described this pandemic as our “war” with an “invisible enemy” — the coronavirus. That war metaphor is wrong and misleading.

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