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Uber Reports Growth, But Loses $5.6 Billion From Investments
Revenue in the first three months of 2022 was up 136 percent from a year earlier as travel continued to rebound. Source
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In Sewage, Clues to Omicron’s Surge
Dr. Hopkins consults weekly with wastewater screeners to determine where the city should funnel resources. When officials from the Houston program noticed that the sewage in one ZIP code, a largely Hispanic neighborhood, had unusually […]
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For Coronavirus Testing, the Nose May Not Always Be Best
As Omicron spreads, some experts are calling for a switch to saliva-based tests, which may detect infections days earlier than nasal swabs do. Source
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Apple Pushes Return to Office Date Back to T.B.D.
Apple, which had already delayed its employees’ return to physical offices from September to October to January to February, has a new timeline: to be determined. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, told employees in a […]
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Why Didn’t the U.S. Detect Omicron Cases Sooner?
Last Friday, just a day after South African scientists first announced the discovery of the Omicron variant, Europe reported its first case: The new coronavirus variant was in Belgium. Before the weekend was out, Australia, […]