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Elite medical centers associated with Harvard, Columbia, Vanderbilt and New York University

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Medical centers across the U.S. are vaccinating thousands of people against COVID-19 in defiance of state and federal guidelines. Hospitals affiliated with Harvard University, Columbia University, New York University and Vanderbilt University have given administrators, young graduates and lab technologists their first coronavirus jabs, reported The New York Times. However, millions of frontline healthcare workers and … Read more

Asset manager Columbia Threadneedle shuts former £1bn fund

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Asset manager Columbia Threadneedle shutting UK fund that held more than £1bn of investors’ money at its peak By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:49 GMT, 28 November 2020 Asset manager Columbia Threadneedle is shutting a UK fund that held more than £1billion of investors’ money … Read more

Celebrity Ex On The Beach ‘sets its sights on Columbia’ for 2021

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Celebrity Ex On The Beach ‘sets its sights on Columbia’ for 2021… ‘hoping to attract bigger names’ with the tropical South American location By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 00:22 GMT, 13 November 2020 | Updated: 00:30 GMT, 13 November 2020 Celebrity Ex On The Beach is eyeing up Columbia as the location for its … Read more

Killer whale uses tail to toss seal 40ft into the air in British Columbia

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Breathtaking moment killer whale uses tail to toss seal 40ft into the air in British Columbia captured in extremely rare photo Captain Andrew Lees, 51, snapped a Bigg’s Orca flicking a seal into the air using just the power in its tail Lees had been leading a boat tour near Sidney Island, British Columbia, Canada, when … Read more

DB Cooper ransom money found buried along Columbia River entered the water months after skyjacking

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A new clue has emerged in the infamous DB Cooper plane hijacking case after a scientist discovered that part of the criminal’s $200,000 ransom money, which was buried on the riverbank near his drop zone, had been submerged in water several months after he landed. In November 1971, a ‘non-descript man’ identifying himself as Dan ‘DB’ … Read more

Harry and Meghan’s British Columbia stay cost taxpayers more than $40,000 USD in security

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Harry and Meghan’s British Columbia stay cost taxpayers more than $40,000 USD after the couple fled to Canada in wake of Megxit, official records show.  The cost of protecting the couple during their two month stay came to $56,384.52 Canadian dollars, or more than $40,000 US dollars.  Harry and Meghan’s security and who will pay for … Read more

Columbia researchers develop one-step coronavirus test that can be run in 30 minutes 

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Researchers at Columbia University in New York City say they have developed a new coronavirus test that will be able to deliver results in just 30 minutes. It will be significantly faster than tests available at other US hospitals and medical clinics, which take between two to seven days to confirm results. What’s more, the team … Read more

Columbia scientist says special type of ultraviolet light might be secret to killing off coronavirus

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Columbia University scientist says special ultraviolet lamps could kill coronavirus lingering in the air at hospitals and schools Conventional ultraviolet light (UV light) has been used to clean hospital rooms and equipment, but it can cause skin cancer and cataracts in humans Scientists are studying a special type of UV light, known as far-UVC light, … Read more