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Saturday, April 17, 2021

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Bay Area’s Nasa Ames Research Center Played Major Role in Recent Rover Landing on Mars

This project, which started in 2013, is called the Mars Sample Return and will help scientists know whether there is life on Mars.

The Women’s Leadership Summit, held at NASA Ames, featured House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Silicon Valley Congresswoman Anna Eshoo.

The Mountain View research center, which employs more than 1,000 staffers and another 1,000 contractors, is hard hit by the budget crisis.

Health officials say testing is critical to understanding where the region stands in the pandemic, particularly as new variants circulate.

Because Covid-19 can be found in stool, even from people without symptoms, researchers are testing wastewater to monitor the virus.

The vast majority of people who seek wage-replacement payments to isolate and prevent the spread of Covid-19 never get the help they need.

Even though the technology is ready, no company has federal approval to sell the tests to consumers for widespread screening.

The state Covid-19 framework gives counties credit toward their case rate for reopening if they test more people than the state average.

Testing can identify Covid-19 before a person feels unwell or before they spread it to another individual with potentially deadly consequences.

The game has already registered 11,000 players who were making deals for virtual ownership of the more than 50,000 properties in San Jose.

Hundreds of public defense attorneys from throughout the country speak out in solidarity with their colleague in Santa Clara County.

The financial disclosures come three months after the county declared a state of emergency, which expanded its authority to fight the crisis.

An infectious disease’s transmissibility is defined as its reproduction rate. And the novel coronavirus virus is very good at reproducing.

The order issued this morning will make private companies disclose overall COVID-19 test data—not just the positive results.

In the last installment of our primary election series, we move to the 15th State Senate District, where seven people are in the running.

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