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Technology | Analysis 17 April 2020 By Adam Vaughan How useful are apps for containing coronavirus outbreaks?Steve Taylor / SOPA Images/Sipa USA As countries search for ways to exit lockdown and avoid or manage a second wave of covid-19 cases, many have turned to the promise held by contact tracing apps. In a rare display…

Environment 17 April 2020 By Adam Vaughan The coronavirus restrictions are a new challenge for the UK’s National GridCW Images/Alamy The coronavirus-led shutdown of large parts of the economy is likely to cut the UK’s electricity needs dramatically this summer, potentially by as much as a fifth. While electricity demand always dips in summer months,…

Nearly 300 Illinois nursing home patients and staff have died from COVID-19, but exactly where still remains largely cloaked in secrecy. Unlike some states, Illinois hasn’t named specific facilities where the virus has been detected. That’s been true even in cases of significant clusters of deaths. While state officials signal that could be changing, for…

Jason Gale and Stephanie Baker, Bloomberg Published 5:50 am PDT, Friday, April 17, 2020 Gothic windows at the Bodleian library in Oxford, England Gothic windows at the Bodleian library in Oxford, England Photo: Snowshill/Getty Images/iStockphoto Photo: Snowshill/Getty Images/iStockphoto Gothic windows at the Bodleian library in Oxford, England Gothic windows at the Bodleian library in Oxford, England…

Moderna's stock was surging Friday after the biotech company announced it has received as much as $483 million in federal funding to accelerate development of a coronavirus vaccine.Shares of the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm opened more than 12% higher to around $46. During Thursday's session, the stock hit an intraday all-time high of $41.55.Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel…