MIAMI (AP) – Two major league games scheduled for Monday night were postponed when the Miami Marlins dealt with a coronavirus outbreak that left them stranded in Philadelphia. The Marlins ‘first game against Baltimore was suspended, as was the New York Yankees’ game in Philadelphia. The Yankees would have been …
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Moderna’s shares rose nearly 6% on Monday after the biotech company announced that it received an additional $ 472 million from the United States government to support the development of its potential coronavirus vaccine. Additional funding from the Advanced Biomedical Research and Development Authority will support the development of its …
Read More »More than two dozen first responders in New Jersey test positive for COVID-19, health officials say
More than two dozen first responders on Long Beach Island tested positive for the coronavirus after attending social gatherings outside of work, health officials said Friday. “The health department began receiving reports of COVID-19 activity between Surf City first responders on Saturday, July 18 and Harvey Cedars first responders on …
Read More »Opening remarks by the WHO Director-General at the press conference on COVID-19
Good morning, good afternoon and good night. This Thursday marks six months since the WHO declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international interest. This is the sixth time that a global health emergency has been declared under the International Health Regulations, but it is easily the most serious. Almost …
Read More »COVID-19 gave the planet a break. Now is the time to keep the momentum
You have seen the tweets or witnessed the changes first hand. With COVID-19 locks in place, skies over cities around the world were bluer. The notoriously dirty air in New Delhi was cleaner, and the canals in Venice were so clear that you could see marine life swimming through them. …
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