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United Airlines says it’s requiring passengers to answer questions about their health before they fly.The Chicago-based carrier says it’s the first U.S. airline to require flyers to answer the questions, which are a common screening tool in hospitals and other settings. United already is requiring passengers to wear masks onboard aircraft to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

San Antonio received $9.2 billion in export revenue in 2017, which supported almost 28,000 jobs in the state, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Texas has enjoyed an annual 6 percent export growth rate since 2002 — almost double the national average of 3.6 percent, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

New research to be published in the INFORMS journal Management Science has found popular rideshare platforms exhibit racial and other biases that penalize under-represented minorities and others seeking to use their services. The study, “When Transparency Fails: Bias and Financial Incentives in Ridesharing Platforms,” was conducted by Jorge Mejia of Indiana University and Chris Parker of American University. In addition to finding racial biases persist, similar phenomena were also documented against people who show support for the LGBT community.

Lockdowns implemented in some countries to reduce transmission of the coronavirus were extremely effective at controlling its rapid spread and saved millions of lives, two new studies suggest. Shutdowns prevented or delayed an estimated 531 million coronavirus infections across six countries — China, South Korea, Iran, Italy, France and the United States — researchers from the University of California, Berkeley report June 8 in Nature.

They are the most effective barrier to combat the spread of the SAR-CoV-2 virus. To say they are a hot commodity is an understatement. We’re talking about N95 respirator face masks. A paper that appeared in The Lancet has found them to be the best resource to reduce the risk of spreading the virus based on scientific data.