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- U.S. retailers plan to stop paying rent to offset virus closures https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/u-s-retailers-plan-to-stop-paying-rent-to-offset-virus-closures 230 comments
- “I Don’t Think the Virus Can Be Stopped Anymore”, Says Harvard Epidemiologist https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/i-don-t-think-the-virus-can-be-stopped-anymore-a-03d404e6-762b-42fb-ac48-e4a8f03a2f2b 27 comments
- If You Still Don't Understand How China Succeeded Stopping the Virus https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-still-dont-understand-how-china-succeeded-stopping-mario-cavolo/ 2 comments
- China’s customs step up monkeypox measures to stop virus entering country https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3186501/chinas-customs-step-monkeypox-procedures-calling-travellers?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage 8 comments worldnews
- Easy-to-deliver mRNA treatment shows promise for stopping flu and Covid-19 viruses https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/giot-emt030421.php 4 comments science
- Plexiglass Barriers Won’t Stop the Virus at the Debate, Experts Warn https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/health/coronavirus-debate-pence-harris.html?action=click&module=spotlight&pgtype=homepage 31 comments politics
- A team of scientists has identified 21 existing drugs that stop the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2577-1 7 comments science
- A minimum of 80% vaccine efficacy to stop the corona virus epidemic. https://theconversation.com/how-good-does-a-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-need-to-be-to-stop-the-pandemic-a-new-study-has-answers-142468 20 comments science
- Silver: On track but virus spread may stop NBA https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29389139/adam-silver-track-coronavirus-spread-stop-nba 44 comments nba
- ‘Hard stop’: States could lose National Guard virus workers https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/19/national-guard-coronavirus-267514 12 comments politics
- Texas attorney general asks court to stop counties from issuing mail-in ballots to voters afraid of virus https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/politics/texas-attorney-general-mail-ballots-coronavirus/index.html?source_referral=fb_instant?medium=android?user_app=androidmobile 20 comments politics
- New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52436658 19 comments worldnews
- Louisiana church expecting 2,000 at Easter service despite coronavirus: 'Satan and a virus will not stop us' https://thehill.com/homenews/news/492277-louisiana-church-expecting-2000-at-easter-service-despite-coronavirus-satan-and 184 comments nottheonion
- Most believe stopping virus is larger priority than saving economy: poll https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490970-most-believe-stopping-virus-is-larger-priority-than-saving-economy-poll 39 comments nottheonion
- Most believe stopping virus is larger priority than saving economy: poll https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490970-most-believe-stopping-virus-is-larger-priority-than-saving-economy-poll 268 comments politics
- Brazil court orders government to stop advising against virus isolation https://www.france24.com/en/20200328-brazil-court-orders-government-to-stop-advising-against-virus-isolation 260 comments worldnews
- Xi warned officials that efforts to stop virus could hurt economy: sources https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-xi-economy/xi-warned-officials-that-efforts-to-stop-virus-could-hurt-economy-sources-iduskbn2050jl 274 comments nottheonion
- China virus outbreak revives calls to stop wildlife trade https://pandemic.pwastart.com/latest-news/china-virus-outbreak-revives-calls-to-stop-wildlife-trade/?utm_source=reddit 15 comments worldnews
- How exactly does the rabies virus control human beings (stop them from drinking)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtiytblJzQc 43 comments askscience
- The world’s nuclear watchdog has stepped in to help Brazil fight the Zika virus by zapping millions of male mosquitoes with gamma rays – sterilising them to stop the spread of the virus, linked to thousands of birth defects. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/23/gamma-ray-blasts-to-cut-spread-of-zika-virus-in-brazil?cmp=twt_b-gdnnews 7 comments worldnews
- Brazil sends in 200,000 soldiers to stop the spread of the Zika virus outbreak http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3417175/brazil-sends-200-000-soldiers-stop-spread-zika-virus-outbreak-seen-huge-numbers-babies-born-small-heads.html 3 comments worldnews
- More than 1,300 quarantined in South Korea to stop spread of MERS virus http://www.koreatimesus.com/more-than-1300-quarantined-in-s-korea-to-stop-mers/ 16 comments worldnews
- Ebola Is Caused By Cannibalism Not Bush Meat claims Ghana Pastor; Warns Health Workers to Stop Misinforming the public about the virus because they are ruining the Bush Meat Business http://showbiz.peacefmonline.com/pages/news/201408/211056.php 23 comments worldnews
- Health workers are rushing to stop a "rapidly evolving Ebola outbreak" in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Monday. So far, the deadly virus has sickened 86 people and killed 59 of them. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/03/24/293754812/ebola-breaks-out-in-west-africa-for-the-first-time 4 comments worldnews
- Notch making "hard science" space MMO with programmable computers. Says he won't stop player made viruses and that they will be on their own. Sounds amazing. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17611838 58 comments technology
- Biden signs executive order instructing agencies to stop using 'xenophobic' coronavirus terms like 'China virus' https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-executive-order-xenophobic-coronavirus-china-virus 22 comments moderatepolitics
- Trump defends use of phrase 'China virus,' despite demands from China to stop https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-defends-use-of-phrase-china-virus-despite-demands-from-china-to-stop 7 comments worldnews
- Trump coronavirus task force coordinator says millennials 'are the core group that will stop this virus' https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-dr-birx-calls-millennials-the-core-group-stop-coronavirus-2020-3 29 comments politics
- NY attorney general orders televangelist Jim Bakker to stop promoting alleged coronavirus cure: The World Health Organization says there is no treatment for the virus. https://abcnews.go.com/us/ny-attorney-general-orders-televangelist-jim-bakker-stop/story?id=69472032&cid=social_twitter_abcnp 11 comments worldnews
- Russia plans to stop condom imports despite rise in HIV: Russia is one of the few places in the world where the HIV virus is still rapidly spreading, driven mainly by intravenous drug use and unprotected sex. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/russia-plans-to-stop-condom-imports-despite-rise-in-hiv-1.2311698 35 comments europe
- Cells' Fiery Suicide in HIV Provides New Treatment Hope: Most T cells are not killed by the HIV virus itself, but by the body’s defense mechanism. Stopping this process could prevent a patient’s progression to AIDS http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cells-fiery-suicide-in-hiv-provides-hope 166 comments science
- An Elite Israeli Military Unit Responsible For Cyberwarfare Has been Accused of Creating a Virus That Has Crippled Iran's Computer Systems and Stopped Work At Its Newest Nuclear Power Station. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8034987/israeli-cyber-unit-responsible-for-iran-computer-worm-claim.html 5 comments reddit.com
- N. Carolina lawsuit cites virus to stop touch-screen voting https://apnews.com/44c6c833a9d44cc33a0f12f23af538c9 11 comments politics
- Government response updates: Trump issues stricter guidelines to stop virus spread https://abcnews.go.com/politics/white-house-grapples-coronavirus-guidelines-markets-plummet/story?id=69620218 63 comments moderatepolitics
- Baxter working on vaccine to stop swine flu, though admitted sending live pandemic flu viruses to subcontractor http://www.legitgov.org/baxter_flu_vaccine_260409.html 7 comments worldnews
- DHS study Trump touted on sunlight, heat killing virus preliminary, not peer-reviewed: Trump has said since February that, by April, warm weather could stop the virus. https://abcnews.go.com/politics/dhs-study-trump-touted-sunlight-heat-killing-virus/story?id=70328629 29 comments politics
- Filthy lucre: Paper money shunned for fear of virus spread — A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over their useful life, could be a vector for the spreading coronavirus. https://abcnews.go.com/business/wirestory/filthy-lucre-paper-money-shunned-fear-virus-spread-69702909 34 comments worldnews
- Combining HIV antibodies may stop more strains of HIV than any single one can do alone, two new studies in monkeys suggest. Both combinations showed "impressive protection" and prevented infection from multiple strains of an HIV-like virus. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ganging-hiv-antibodies-may-defeat-virus 2 comments science
- Researchers discover that a protein, Hira, can stop viruses developing, in a mouse model. The team had already established that the same protein can suppress cancer. Now the fight is on to fully understand how it works in the hope of turning the laboratory research into a treatment. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-41664511 5 comments science
- Drug treatment stopped transmission of HIV in gay couples,study finds,A European study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples who had sex without condoms — where one partner had HIV and was taking antiretroviral drugs to suppress it — has found the treatment can prevent sexual transmission of the virus. https://www.myheartcares.com/2019/05/drug-treatment-stopped-transmission-of.html 11 comments science