The headquarters of biopharmaceutical company BioNTech in Mainz, Germany [File: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters] German pharmaceutical company BioNTech has begun testing a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus on volunteers. BioNTech, which is working with the US-based Pfizer, said on Wednesday that 12 participants of a clinical trial in Germany received doses of the vaccine candidate BNT162…
Download the free WMUR appThe cameras can’t detect the virus, but they can take people’s temperatures without getting close to them. The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manchester is already using the technology, as is a grocery store in Georgia and other facilities.“Whereas, now, you get screened for metal or your ID, perhaps there will…
WMUR'S JESSICA MORAN HAS MORE ON WHAT THE CAMERAS CAN AND CANNOT DO. >> THIS COULD BE THE NEW NORMAL, WHAT WALKING INTO SOME PUBLIC VENUES. >> NOW WHERE YOU GET SCREENED FOR METAL OR YOUR I.D., MAYBE NOW WOULD BE ANOTHER POINT O ELEVATED TEMPERATURE READINGS. FLEER SYSTEMS MAKES INFRARED CAMERAS THAT CAN DETECT…
Published on Apr 16, 2020As face masks become more important in fighting the COVID-19 spread, hospitals are facing a deadly shortage. To help fill the gap, retailers like New Balance, Ralph Lauren, and Under Armour have started making masks out of factories that once produced shoes and clothes. Business Insider spoke with two companies about…
California mom feels 'violated' after discovering her photo being used in an advert for face masks on Facebook that claimed her family had DIED of coronavirusSara Ancich was contacted by distressed friends who saw an ad on Facebook stating which claimed that she and other family members had died of COVID-19The ad, created by the…
For 20 years I have been saying some version of the same thing about leafy greens and cattle. Water runs downhill. Cows poop. Lettuce grows at the bottom of the hill. Now FDA’s own scientists have put real numbers on it, and they deserve credit for doing it. A new paper in the Journal of Food
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that