First COVID-19 Antigen Test Gets FDA Go-Ahead
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for the first COVID-19 antigen test. This is a new type of test...
Read moreU.S. to Begin Making Coronavirus Relief Payments to Native Americans
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin announced today that the United States will “begin making $4.8 billion in critical funds available to Tribal...
Read moreReal Estate Giant Zillow Forecasts 60% Drop in Home Sales this Spring
Real estate company Zillow forecasts that “home sales will fall as much as 60% this spring”. This forecast comes after the National Association of...
Read moreBlue Bell Ice Cream Pleads Guilty to Food Contamination. Will Pay Nearly $20 Million Fine
Blue Bell Ice Cream to “plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of distributing adulterated ice cream products”, and will pay a $19.35 million fine...
Read morePotential COVID-19 Treatment Drug Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the drug remdesivir, “for the treatment of suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19”....
Read moreEducation Department Provides $1.4 Billion in Funding to Schools for Minorty and Low-Income Students
The U.S. Department of Education is providing “nearly $1.4 billion” in funding to institutions serving minority and low-income students. Historically Black Colleges and Universities...
Read moreU.S. Military Sees 3% Increase in Sexual Assault, 81% of Victims Female
According to a Department of Defense (DOD) annual report on sexual assault in the U.S. military, in 2019 there were “7,825 reports of sexual...
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