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THE VILLAGES, Fla. – For months, many of the residents of one of America’s largest retirement communities went on with their lives as if the coronavirus barely existed. They played bridge. They held dances. They went to parties in golf carts that looked like miniature Jaguars and Rolls-Royces. And for …

A British pharmaceutical company said Monday that positive results from a clinical trial of a new coronavirus respiratory treatment could indicate a “breakthrough” in the global fight to stop the spread of COVID-19. Synairgen, a respiratory drug discovery and development company, said in a press release that an initial trial …

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) – Get report Shares rose further in premarket operations on Monday after the drug maker reached an agreement to sell 30 million doses of its experimental coronavirus vaccine to the British government. Pfizer, which is working on two candidates for its BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine program in collaboration …

Yosemite National Park, California – With no confirmed cases of coronavirus, Yosemite National Park appeared to be a safe haven against the pandemic. But tests of the park’s raw sewage have confirmed the presence of the virus, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, and dozens of people are believed to have …

By Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News DENVER – Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at the University of Colorado UCHealth Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the third case of trench fever this year, a rare condition transmitted by …