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Scientists from NTU Singapore and Harvard University develop smart and sustainable food packaging that keeps harmful microbes at bay EurekAlert!

Scientists from NTU Singapore and Harvard University develop smart and sustainable food packaging that keeps harmful microbes at bay

Source: Scientists from NTU Singapore and Harvard Uni | EurekAlert!

Smithsonian announces temporary closures of four museums amid COVID-19 surge | TheHill

Four Smithsonian museums will temporarily close because of rising COVID-19 infections.

The National Museum of African Art, the National Postal Museum, the Anacostia Community Museum and the National Museum of Asian Art

Source: Smithsonian announces temporary closures of four museums amid COVID-19 surge | TheHill

Marinated Radish and Cucumber Salad — Tanooki Homemade Cafe

Are you a fan of ziplock cooking?  When I was a kid, I only used wrap and aluminium foil, so pickles are all store-bought. If we needed to marinate something, we used a bowl or plate, and as you can guess, it’s causing avalanches in the fridge so only someone who put them in was […]

Marinated Radish and Cucumber Salad — Tanooki Homemade Cafe

Don’t feel ashamed for getting covid – The Washington Post

…Aline, who requested to be identified by her first name only for privacy reasons, is still puzzling over how she got the virus — was it because she wore a cloth mask rather than a medical-grade one? — and worries that the cough she has now could worsen because she has diabetes. That’s not the most painful part of the ordeal, though: “I feel very embarrassed and dumb,” she says, and upset that she’s causing her family stress. “It’s eye-opening that I feel so much shame from it. I’m realizing how much judgment I was secretly harboring against people who got it before…” Source: Don’t feel ashamed for getting covid – The Washington Post

Israel’s Oravax oral COVID-19 vaccine heads to Southeast Asia – The Jerusalem Post

Oravax Medical signed a cooperation and Purchase Agreement with Vietnam-based Tan Thanh Holdings Investment Joint Stock Company to pre-purchase 10 million doses of Oravax’s oral COVID-19 vaccine…

…“This pre-purchase of our oral COVID-19 vaccine in development, represents a major milestone for Oravax Medical and another step forward in the implementation of our long-term strategy,” said Oramed CEO and Oravax Chairman Nadav Kidron.

Moreover, Tan Thanh Holdings has received approval from the Vietnamese Health Ministry to conduct advanced stage clinical trials of the vaccine to help advance it toward regulatory approval….

Source: Israel’s Oravax oral COVID-19 vaccine heads to Southeast Asia – The Jerusalem Post