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This 14-year-old girl won a $25K prize for a discovery that could lead to a cure for Covid-19 By Alaa Elassar, CNN Updated 10:02 AM EDT, Mon October 19, 2020 Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for  The Good Stuff,  a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. (CNN) As scientists around the world race to find a treatment for the coronavirus, a young girl among them stands out. Anika Chebrolu, a 14-year-old from Frisco, Texas, has just won the 2020  3M Young Scientist Challenge  -- and a $25,000 prize -- for a discovery that could provide a potential therapy to Covid-19. Anika Chebrolu, 14, won the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Anika's winning invention uses in-silico methodology to discover a lead molecule that can selectively bind to the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. "The last two days, I saw that there is a lot of media hype about my project since it involves the SARS-CoV-2 virus and it reflects our co...

FIRST BANK MD TALKS ABOUT LOOTED COVID-19 PALLIATIVES This might be helpful to all 👇 Always helpful to seek first to understand the context b4 we rush to crucify. 😏 *Dr Sola Adeduntan, MD/CEO First Bank* Good afternoon Sigma Chief, Old Chiefs and Loyalists. As a no of Sigmites may be aware of, I sit on the Steering Committee of the Private Sector Coalition Against Covid 19 christened CaCovid. The other members of the SC are 1. Aliko Dangote, 2. John  Coumatorous, 3. Jim Ovia, 4. Tony Elumelu, 5. Abdulsamad Rabiu, 6. Segun Agbaje, 7. Herbert Wigwe and 8. Godwin Emefiele (CBN Governor).  We set up the coalition to pull resources together to support the Government to combat Covid 19 pandemic. Having successfully provided health facilities, diagnostic kits and medications to all the states and Abuja, we realised that the pandemic has destroyed the economic power (whatever that was worth pre Covid) of most Nigerians. We decided to provide food to 1.7m most vulnerable families acr...

The Ikorodu palliatives warehouse invaded by hoodlums were meant to be share on the birthday day of a house of representatives member representing Ikorodu constituencie 1 Agunbiade.  https://twitter.com/IretiolaDoyle/status/1320057992096714754?s=20