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BioMarin Pharmaceutical shares plummeted by a third after U.S. regulators rejected their potentially game-changing gene therapy for hemophilia A patients Due to LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer 19 August 2020, 19:23 4 min reading Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article FAIRLESS HILLS, PA – Investors fled drug developer …

NEW YORK (WABC) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a recent uptick in COVID cases in one Brooklyn neighborhood, with 16 cases of coronavirus linked to a large wedding in Borough Park. “We always want to act out of an abundance of caution,” Blasio said. …

Anthony Fauci, the official official for Infectious Diseases, said Wednesday that the government does not make future COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for the general public – although local jurisdictions may make it mandatory for some groups, such as children. “You do not want to give a mandate and try to force …

Copyright Reuters Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backtracked after suggesting that vaccinations against the coronavirus could be mandatory. Announcing a deal that could provide free doses for the entire population of Australia, Mr Morrison said there should only be medical exemptions. But after concerns raised by health experts, he …

The apps, which can automatically inform students who may have been exposed to the virus and support them to test, will be “very important” for containment, Dosch said. The goal is to complete the manual contact detection process, which requires people who test positive for the virus to remember where …