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U.S. STD Cases Spiked During Pandemic
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even as the COVID-19 pandemic kept people isolated at home, sexually transmitted disease (STDs) cases increased across the United States.Although cases fell in the pandemic's early months, infections rose again by the end of 2020, with gonorrhea, syphilis and congenital syphilis surpassing 2019 levels,…
This Thai Tech Corporation Spiked Almost 7000% in 2021 After Announcing a Crypto Mining Operation
Whoever thinks cryptocurrencies are boring definitely doesn’t know how much influence they can exert on the valuation of a business model for a traditional company. Call it hype, or call it a strategic investment. Still, a technology company in Thailand has revalued nearly 7000% in one year after announcing a shift to a more cryptocurrency…
Murders Spiked In 2020. How Will That Change The Politics of Crime?
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): New data released by the FBI last week showed a spike in homicides in 2020, while major crimes overall in the U.S. fell. This marked one of the biggest one-year increases on record, and in addition to the…