Hawks fall in New York

Hawks fall in New York

Clint Capela and the Hawks came across stronger than them Wednesday in the NBA. Atlanta lost 137-127 after overtime on the floor of the New York Knicks, who picked up their eighth success in a row. Winners of nine of their previous eleven games, the Hawks paid for their lack of bench depth late in … Read more

Work on the future Cadolles medical center has started

Work on the future Cadolles medical center has started

A large medical center will soon be opened in Cadolles. Work began on Wednesday in the upper part of the city of Neuchâtel. The structure of more than one thousand square meters is to open on February 1, 2022 in the building that already houses shops and a pharmacy. The idea is to offer a … Read more

SARS-CoV-2 present in the United States from December 2019 (study)

SARS-CoV-2 present in the United States from December 2019 (study)

The coronavirus had been present in the United States since at least December 2019, weeks before the first confirmed case in January 2020, according to a study. The virus’ gateway was also not in New York, but in Illinois and Massachusetts. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) analyzed 24,000 blood samples taken from volunteers … Read more

Anti-Covid-19 developed by Humabs approved in the United States

Anti-Covid-19 developed by Humabs approved in the United States

The Californian pharmaceutical group VIR Biotechnology has obtained emergency authorization from the United States Medicines Agency (FDA) for the monoclonal antibody sotrovimab (VIR-7831) against mild to moderate Covid-19 in adults and children with high risk. The treatment developed by its Swiss subsidiary Humabs in partnership with the British giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has resulted in an … Read more

Covid mortality undoubtedly undervalued in the United States

Covid mortality undoubtedly undervalued in the United States

The Covid-19, which officially killed 581,000 people in the United States, has ‘no doubt’ killed many more people in the country, said White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci. The country is the most bereaved in the world by the coronavirus. Asked Sunday about a study published this week by the University of Washington, which estimates … Read more

Atlanta beats Miami despite Capela’s absence

Atlanta beats Miami despite Capela’s absence

The combined absences of Clint Capela and Trae Young did not disturb the Hawks. Atlanta defeated Miami 118-103 on Friday to pick up a 10th win in their last 13 games. Victim of a contusion to the back, Clint Capela thus missed his eighth game of the season on injury, he who runs at 19.9 … Read more

Presidential: calm protests in New York, tension in Detroit

Presidential: calm protests in New York, tension in Detroit

Thousands of Joe Biden supporters marched in New York on Wednesday night, demanding that ‘all the ballots be counted’. Supporters of Donald Trump demonstrated in Detroit, Michigan, to demand an end to the counting in that state. The New York demonstration took place peacefully. It brought together people of all ages who walked down 5th … Read more

Opening of polling stations in New York and in four states

Opening of polling stations in New York and in four states

Polling stations opened Tuesday in New York at 6 a.m. (12 p.m. Swiss) for the US presidential ballot. Some have also opened in New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine and Virginia. By midnight (6 a.m. Swiss), the office in the small village of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, had already opened, as tradition dictates. Even before polling day, … Read more

New York comes to the Museum of Fine Arts in Le Locle

New York comes to the Museum of Fine Arts in Le Locle

Strolling through the streets of New York while staying in the Neuchâtel Mountains: this is what the new series of exhibitions at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Le Locle allows. The institution honors the American metropolis by bringing together different perspectives on the city and those who inhabit it. Between the Covid-19 pandemic, anti-racism protests … Read more