Category: transmission

Power Restored to Parts of Kenya After Nationwide Blackout

NAIROBI—Power was restored to parts of Kenya after a nationwide blackout lasting several hours which was thought to have been caused by a fault on a transmission line, electricity distributor Kenya Power said on Saturday. “Initial reports indicate that the outage was caused by a fault that occurred on the Suswa-Loyangalani high-voltage power transmission line,”…


Fauci Says COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccines Don’t Work Well, Calls for Improved Shots

Dr. Anthony Fauci is among the growing number of officials who are acknowledging that the COVID-19 vaccines don’t work well against infection. Vaccines against both COVID-19 and influenza have “deficiencies,” including that they “elicit incomplete and short-lived protection against evolving virus variants that escape population immunity,” Fauci, until recently President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, and…


New Monkeypox Study Holds Possible Clue to Fast Spread of Virus

A new study into monkeypox holds a possible clue as to why the virus is spreading so quickly, with researchers saying they have discovered that the virus contains an unusually high number of mutations, which may represent “accelerated evolution.” The new monkeypox strain was found to have an average of 50 mutations in samples examined…


Subaru Recall: Chain Can Slip and Break, Causing Power Loss

DETROIT—Subaru is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles in the United States because a chain in the transmission can break, causing a loss of power. The recall covers certain 2020 Legacy and Outback vehicles, as well as some 2019 and 2020 Ascent SUVs. Subaru says in documents posted Wednesday by U.S. safety regulators that a programming error…


Portugal Probes Local Transmission of Omicron at Soccer Team

LISBON, Portugal—Portuguese health authorities on Monday identified 13 cases of omicron, the new coronavirus variant spreading fast globally, among members of a top soccer club and were investigating whether it was one of the first reported cases of local transmission of the virus outside of southern Africa. The Ricardo Jorge National Health Institute said that…