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Is Your Phone Spying on You? Delete These 17 Apps Immediately

Have you ever considered that freeware apps on your smartphone might monitor you in real-time? Experts point out that three data types in your phone — location tracking, camera access, and email addresses — are the most severe privacy vulnerabilities. Are you aware of your phone’s surveillance? Symantec, an internet security company based in the ...

Mikel Davis

Illustration of a man with a key standing next to a giant cell phone with a padlock that has an eye looking out from the screen.

New Nasal Flu Vaccine Significantly Enhances Immunity Level

Many people, especially parents of young children, were relieved when in 2003, the FDA approved FluMist, the first nasal flu vaccine to be marketed in the United States. It is also the first live virus influenza vaccine approved in the U.S. Researchers have hailed nasal flu vaccines for treating infectious respiratory diseases. Nasal flu vaccines tend to fare better than ...

Armin Auctor

Nasal vaccine.

New Defense Against Dengue and Emerging Mosquito-Borne Viruses

New treatments to cut the global death rate from mosquito-borne viruses — such as dengue, Zika, and West Nile viruses — could result from research led by The University of Queensland. The research has been published in Science. Associate Professor Daniel Watterson from UQ’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences said the team identified an antibody ...

Troy Oakes

A mosquito sucking blood.

Remnants of Ancient Viruses Could Be Shaping Coronavirus Response

Why are some people more resilient to viruses like the CCP coronavirus than others? The answer has eluded scientists for centuries and, in the age of COVID-19, has come to represent one of the holy grails of biomedical research. Ed Chuong, an assistant professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at CU Boulder, proposes an ...

Troy Oakes

A test tube with viruses.

U.S. Government Approves Delayed Tax Payments in Response to Virus Outbreak

To deal with the economic consequences of the CCP coronavirus outbreak, the Trump administration has announced that individuals and businesses can have delayed tax payments for the year. In addition, measures like supplemental income and corporate loans have also been proposed.   Tax and income “Individuals will be able to delay paying up to US$1 million ...

Jack Roberts

Filling out a tax return.