With a loud whir and a whoosh, a fixed-wing drone slingshots out of a medical warehouse, zips through hazy skies at 80 mph, pops open a belly hatch and drops a box of medical supplies. Slowed by a little parachute, the box drifts downward and lands with a plop, less than 8 minutes after launch. For North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Basil Yap, it is a eureka moment.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: North State Journal

Doctors, scientists and epidemiologists have made strides in their research to learn what they can about SARS-CoV-2 and the illness it causes, COVID-19. Multiple vaccines are in different stages of development as institutions scrutinize the effectiveness of existing drugs to treat coronavirus patients in clinical trials.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

The New York City Fire Department Pension Fund, with an assets-to-liabilities ratio of 63 percent, has enough money on hand to pay beneficiaries for 10.1 years, according to a new ranking of public retirement funds from the Wirepoints website. The retirement system ranked 32nd on a list of 148 state and local retirement funds nationwide with at least $2 billion in assets, the website reported.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Center Square

Pierce County Fire District 23 and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department are seeking help identifying the people who broke into a fire station over Memorial Day weekend. A security camera shows the people stealing several items, including firefighting equipment, from one of the stations in the west half of the district on Monday, Fire Chief Matt Medford said.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune

We are happy to announce that one of our biggest summer events, Seattle Fire Day with MOHAI, is still happening … on the Seattle Fire Facebook page. This year, also for the first time, we will feature real-time programming in Spanish! Thanks to a long-standing partnership with MOHAI, every year, Seattle Fire marks the anniversary of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Patch