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Fauci Cautiously Optimistic on COVID Vaccine
The leading U.S. infectious disease expert says he is cautiously optimistic that a coronavirus vaccine with some degree of effectiveness will be successfully developed by the end of the year…
Months Into Crisis, Americans Face Frustrating Test Delays
For two weeks, Rachael Jones has stayed home, going without a paycheck while waiting and waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test from a pharmacy near Philadelphia. “I’m just…
Scientists Warn of Potential Wave of COVID-Linked Brain Damage
Scientists warned on Wednesday of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggested COVID-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium. A study…
Trump Administration Hires Tech Firm to Build a Virtual Border Wall
The Trump administration has awarded a major border security contract to a California technology start-up that will use artificial intelligence on an unprecedented scale, pairing the president’s giant steel…
Pfizer Reports Encouraging, Very Early Vaccine Test Results
The first of four experimental COVID-19 vaccines being tested by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech showed encouraging results in very early testing of 45 people, the companies said Wednesday.…
Astronauts Perform Second Spacewalk to Swap Station Batteries
Astronauts performed their second spacewalk in under a week Wednesday to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station. Commander Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken ventured out to tackle the…
FDA Will Require a COVID-19 Vaccine Be at Least 50% Effective
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that to win regulatory approval, any covid-19 vaccine will have to prevent disease, or decrease its severity, in at least 50% of the…
‘Pooled Testing’ for COVID-19 Holds Promise, Pitfalls
The nation’s top health officials are banking on a new approach to dramatically boost U.S. screening for the coronavirus: combining test samples in batches instead of running them one by…
Fauci: U.S. Could Reach 100,000 New Cases a Day
Dr. Anthony Fauci said coronavirus cases could grow to 100,000 a day in the U.S. if Americans don’t start following public health recommendations. The nation’s leading infectious disease expert made…
Firm to Offer Balloon Rides From Alaska to the Edge of Space
A company wants to use an advanced balloon to fly customers from Earth’s surface in Alaska to the highest reaches of the planet’s atmosphere. Florida-based startup firm Space Perspective plans…
Pediatricians Favor In-Person Classes for Fall
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ issued a statement advocating that children should attend classes in person this fall wherever it is possible to do so safely. In offering its guidance,…
Summer May Decide Fate of Leading Shots in Vaccine Race
People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if…
Gilead Says It Will Charge $3,120 Per Patient for COVID-19 Drug
Gilead will begin charging U.S. patients for the experimental COVID-19 drug remdesivir in two weeks, the company and the government announced Monday, as cases surge and hospitalizations reach crisis levels…
WHO: Vaccine Against COVID-19 Not Certain, Maybe in a Year
It is not certain that scientists will be able to create an effective vaccine against the coronavirus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, but it could take a year before…
CDC Adds 3 Symptoms to COVID-19 List
In an apparent update that went largely unnoticed, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added three new symptoms of possible COVID-19 infection. On May 13, in the…
WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Superseding Indictment
Julian P. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was charged by a federal grand jury with a superseding indictment today charging him with offenses that relate to his alleged role in…
U.S. Honeybees are Doing Better After Bad Year
American honeybee colonies have bounced back after a bad year, the annual beekeeping survey finds. Beekeepers only lost 22.2% of their colonies this past winter, from Oct. 1 to March…
Research: Antibody Levels in Recovered COVID-19 Patients Decline Quickly
Levels of an antibody found in recovered COVID-19 patients fell sharply two to three months after infection for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, according to a Chinese study, raising questions…
FDA Advises Consumers to Avoid Using Hand Sanitizers by Eskbiochem
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory for consumers not to use any hand sanitizer manufactured by Eskbiochem SA de CV in Mexico, due to the potential presence…