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20 years ago, a Lyme-disease vaccine was taken off the market. Now, 2 companies are developing one that could be available by 2025.

Some kinds of Borrelia bacteria, illustrated here, can cause Lyme disease. KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images A Lyme-disease vaccine candidate produced antibodies that lasted at least six months. The vaccine is being created by the French biotech company Valneva in partnership with Pfizer.  If Pfizer and Valneva’s vaccine gets approval, it’ll be the first of…

Trump’s suggestion that E. Jean Carroll was ‘too ugly to rape’ was too personal to be official business, appeal says

Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll Getty/Getty The DC Court of Appeals is deciding whether Trump can be sued for comments about E. Jean Carroll. Trump’s lawyers argue he’s legally protected from being sued for remarks he made as president. Carroll’s team argues that Trump’s denials of her rape allegation fell outside the scope of…

Making good on corporate pledges to buy from Black-owned companies is easier said than done. One Black female founder is building a tool to help.

Tiffanie Stanard translated her 15 years of experience in corporate procurement into a startup. Stimulus Companies like Target and Walmart have committed to buying more from Black-owned companies. Procurement expert Tiffanie Stanard founded a startup to help make that happen. Stanard is one of Insider’s 100 People Transforming Business for 2022.  After the death of…

NATO ally Turkey is attacking a key US partner force in Syria, and it’s upending joint operations against ISIS

A fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands atop a Humvee during a joint military exercise with forces of the US-led “Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve” coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group in the countryside of the town of al-Malikiya (Derik in Kurdish) in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province on September 7, 2022….

12 ways to fix your iPhone’s voicemail when it isn’t working properly

If your iPhone’s voicemail isn’t working, there are several troubleshooting steps you can try.  First, making sure the voicemail and greeting are set up properly in your Phone app. You can also call into your voicemail box to make sure the service is working properly. These days, most people take the iPhone’s visual voicemail for…

United Furniture Industries owner reportedly has vanished and is staying silent after laying off 2,700 staffers right before Thanksgiving

United Furniture Industries/Facebook United Furniture Industries founder David Belford has remained silent and unreachable since firing 2,700 employees last week.  Belford allegedly shut down a plan to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy days before the layoffs, the New York Post reported.  Staffers were terminated in late-night emails and texts sent right before Thanksgiving.   Just days…